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Michaela Engelmeier, head of social association SoVD, described the cancellation of the tax cut as a “fatal signal”.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about von der Leyen's no-confidence vote, growing pressure from Renew and S\&D, a Russian submarine spotted off France, and no cohesion on cohesion funds.

The debate over the next EU budget is not merely a technical exercise, it is a battle over the very essence of the European project. Socialists at the European and local level warn against the risks of centralisation.

Czech centre-right leaders have slammed the EU’s proposed 2040 climate target as unrealistic, warning of economic harm, political fallout, and a backlash against the Commission.

Despite unresolved fraud allegations, Poland’s speaker says he will swear in President-elect Karol Nawrocki, citing voters’ will over judicial doubts.

Italy is launching its first major public geological research push in over 30 years, aiming to uncover critical and strategic raw materials amid Europe’s shifting supply chain priorities.

Transparency for all lobbying is difficult for the EPP to accept. By pushing through their agenda with the help of the far right, we risk creating an EU-approved template for the suppression of NGOs.

Parliament strongly opposes any exemptions to the eligibility criteria governing which contractors and subcontractors can take part in EDIP-funded defence projects.

Patience is wearing thin in Europe’s most powerful political family over its president‘s attempts to remote control national leaders at EU summits.

The bloc's Russian energy habits in charts.

“It is not a question of whether there is a US drawdown,” one NATO diplomat said, “but how orderly it can be."

Heat pump manufacturers have been laying off workers in a bid to stay afloat.

The European Commission will publish a strategy at the end of the year that will put the bioeconomy at the heart of Europe’s competitiveness push.

There will be another ‘COVID’. Governments are planning for it, but how coordinated is that planning, and how resilient will Europe be next time?

This report takes a closer look at how these innovative technologies can accelerate the EU's transition toward a sustainable, competitive, and resilient future.

Britain took an early lead, identifying carbon capture and storage as a solution for emissions mitigation. Brexit complicated cross-border efforts. Can London and Brussels agree on a new framework?

A debate will take place on Monday before a vote on Thursday, Roberta Metsola told top MEPs today.

The Danish defence minister also said he sees “no imminent threat” to Denmark’s territorial integrity, despite Trump’s repeated threats to annex Greenland.

The investment needed to reach the 90% target is beyond any New Deal or Marshall Plan, or the bank bailouts that followed the 2008 financial crisis. Will the EU rise to the occasion?

The deadly unrest was triggered by France's proposal to revise New Caledonia’s electoral roll, which pro-independence groups saw as a direct threat to their political influence.