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Austria and six other EU member states are seeking to delay the implementation of a pioneering anti-deforestation law in the bloc, and exempt small-scale farmers from the rules, according to a note circulated among member states head of a meeting with farming ministers on Tuesday (26 March), seen by Euractiv.

"It's a double whammy: China's de-risking plus their lack of consumption is contributing to our deindustrialisation," Alicia García-Herrero, a senior fellow at Bruegel think-tank, told Euractiv.

After the rigged Russian elections, Vladimir Putin is now presenting a fake narrative about the terrible terrorist attack that struck Moscow last Friday, pointing the finger at Ukraine and ignoring the obvious Islamic State signature.

The agriculture sector is the backbone that helps feed the 450 million people in the EU with healthy, affordable food. Yet, despite its apparent strength, our food markets face unprecedented challenges.

Advanced technologies, especially the development of AI, are significantly modernising wealth management services, write Max Koretskiy and Illia Kyslytskyi.

On 20 March, at the ALDE Party Extraordinary Congress Brussels 2024, ALDE announced their chosen spitzenkandidat, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, who will be the new face of their party. This report looks at ALDE's position and prospects in the EU's political landscape.

European liberals have approved the nomination of Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann as ALDE’s lead candidate for the June elections. Strack-Zimmermann spoke to Euractiv’s Christoph Schwaiger following the 20 March ‘Renew Europe Now’ election campaign launch.

The European Commission is opening non-compliance investigations into Alphabet, Google's parent company, Apple, and Meta under the Digital Markets Act, the institution announced on Monday (25 March).

Five years ago, Germany and France signed the unique experiment of a binational parliament into being, with lawmakers hoping today that it can keep the EU’s Franco-German twin engine from drifting further apart.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) dealt a major blow to the nuclear industry at last week's International Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels when it dithered over the industry's request for more funding for nuclear projects but confirmed that investment in renewable energy would remain a priority until 2030.

The introduction of an EU-wide carbon price on heating and road fuels in 2027 should be reconsidered, Yasmin Fahimi, president of the German trade union confederation (DGB), said in Berlin on Saturday (23 March).

In the latest episode of our Today in the EU podcast, we are looking at how European elections have impacted French President Emmanuel Macron's policy choices. 

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Salvini and Le Pen cornering Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with regards to a second von der Leyen term, a Russian missile entering Polish airspace, and so much more.  

Romania's defence spending in 2023 reached 1.6% of the country's GDP, far below the 2.5% pledge made by President Iohannis at the NATO summit in Madrid in 2022, an official NATO report has found, TVR reported.

Bulgaria's largest party, GERB, has pulled out of negotiations to form a new government, despite an earlier agreement with the PP-DB to nominate former European Commissioner Maria Gabriel as prime minister, the party said on Sunday.

A Russian cruise missile briefly crossed into Polish airspace during an overnight air strike on the western regions of Ukraine, the Polish armed forces said on Sunday.

Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Monday (25 March) on concerns over tighter global supply brought about by escalating conflicts in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine, while a shrinking US rig count added to upward price pressure.

Slovakia's former pro-Western foreign minister, Ivan Korčok, scored a surprise victory in the first round of the presidential election on Saturday, but the road to final victory over Robert Fico's coalition partner, Peter Pellegrini will not be smooth, and he will have to grapple with the ruling party's increasingly problematic foreign policy stance vis-a-vis Russia and Ukraine.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) is “mistaken” if he thinks he can govern alone in defiance of the political line of the progressive Sumar platform led by Díaz, the junior member of the governing coalition, Sumar leader, Labour Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz warned on Saturday.

Madrid will continue to “firmly support” Ukraine, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) reiterated in a telephone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday.