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The European People's Party (EPP) cast the deciding vote in favour of the far-right group, which includes Viktor Orbán's MEPs.

To help avoid future gas price spikes, Brussels is breaking with Green Deal orthodoxy and opening up to fossil fuel investment abroad.

"If we are talking about peacekeepers, then we are walking into the Russian trap because they don't want peace," the EU's top diplomat told Euractiv in an exclusive interview.

''X is committed to defending these [fundamental rights to due process] through the legal system and will not back down in the face of justice'', the platform posted today.

It's a hat-trick for Meta with Whatsapp joining Facebook and Instagram in needing to comply with the Digital Service Act's strictest rules.

Even while the meeting in the Saudi capital was underway, Russia signalled a hardening of its demands.

On 4 February, Meta’s EU Innovation Day 2025 brought together policymakers, tech leaders, and businesses for a series of panel discussions and product demos

Euractiv has obtained a draft of the Clean Industrial Deal, due to be published next Wednesday.

Merz wants to break up the current 'super ministry' for economy and climate.

Bayrou had to make key concessions to the Socialists and the far right to secure their goodwill.

The Commission chief's proposal to trigger "the escape clause" in the bloc's fiscal rules has created confusion – given the rules include two different such clauses.

In a letter seen by Euractiv, Spain says they want to ease burdens for business, but that the most important thing is to "unlock capital flows forward the green transition."

The European Investment Bank could back a new camp close to the Lithuania-Belarus border, in a sign it could fund a wider range of military projects.

In today's edition of the Capitals, read about Italy's spyware scandal, Bulgaria's chance to join the Eurozone, and so much more.

The first round of the presidential election is scheduled for 4 May.

Key problem remains inflation exceeding Maastricht reference by 0.03%.

Commission spokesperson maintains that national authorities are be responsible for investigating such cases, not the EU executive.

And France's foreign interference head spoke against EU Democracy Shield ambition, favours sharing best-practices instead.

Slovak government has faced defections from both coalition partners.