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The EU needs “more and not less” supply from Kyiv, according to sugar-using food producers - a statement contradicting the demands of sugar beet growers, while Romanian farmers are blocking the borders in protest at the growing Ukrainian agricultural imports.

As the deadline to comply with the EU’s Big Tech rulebook is fast approaching, the competitors of the designated gatekeepers are worried they are nowhere near satisfactory compliance.

Spain’s recognition of Kosovo passports has revitalised the debate over Kosovo’s statehood and what this means for Catalonia but the continued comparison of Kosovo with Catalonia is ill suited from the legal and political standpoint, argues Kushtrim Istrefi.

Euractiv Bulgaria interviewed Ralitsa Kovacheva (Factcheck.bg), Marina Tsekova (Bulgarian national radio) and Rosen Bosev (AFP factcheck), who stressed that disinformation in the country is so widespread that it easily influences national politics.

Although gas and electricity prices have receded below their 2022 peak, they are not forecast to return to pre-pandemic levels in the foreseeable future, the European Commission said on Monday (15 January), warning of the long-term economic consequences of high energy prices on the EU's competitiveness.

As EU environmental targets increase in ambition, so too does the temptation for companies to engage in creative climate accounting - to declare climate progress without putting in the hard, and oftentimes expensive, work of reducing emissions.

EU’s François-Xavier Bellamy has been named EU elections lead candidate of the conservative Les Républicains party (EPP) late on Monday (15 January), amid Emmanuel Macron’s poaching of key conservative figures in his new government.

Israel has said its operations against Hamas in southern Gaza will soon enter a less intensive phase, after the militant group's health ministry reported the death toll in the territory had surpassed 24,000.

Finding solutions to address shortages of critical medicines across the EU is a clear priority for the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council, write Stella Kyriakides and Frank Vandenbroucke.

Several EU countries have expressed support for plans to target a 90% emissions cut relative to 1990 levels by 2040. While Hungary is sceptical, France and Germany have yet to take a stance.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about German farmers halting protests to negotiate with the government, a leak about Catalan leaders being unlawfully investigated by the former government, and so much more.

Bulgaria will invest in infrastructure that will help, if necessary, deploy NATO forces on the eastern flank but can also be used for civilian needs, Defense Minister Todor Tagarev announced on Monday.

In a bid to maintain the security of supply for medical products, the Netherlands set its eyes on extending its partnership with India to increase the availability of high-quality medicines and health products for Dutch patients.

An agreement was reached between the Agriculture Ministry and representatives of major agricultural organisations on Monday, with the former addressing several demands by farmers who have been protesting for six days.

Feminist NGOs have criticised France, Germany and the Netherlands for blocking the inclusion of consent-based definition of rape in the EU's directive to combat violence against women as December's negotiations on the law once again stalled.

UK company Newcleo and French company NAAREA are set to form a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of their fourth-generation nuclear technologies, the two announced in an exclusive interview for Euractiv France, AFP and Le Figaro on Tuesday (16 January).

The government should stop violating the law on several issues, President Andrzej Duda told Prime Minister Donald Tusk during a meeting at the Presidential Palace, commenting on the actions of Justice Minister Adam Bodnar and other members of Tusk's government.

While the government works on further controversial Criminal Code reforms, more and more people join the anti-government protests across the country, arguing that the reforms would eliminate the anti-corruption Special Prosecutor’s Office and curtail the rights of whistleblowers.

As farmers' protests in Germany came to a temporary halt after weeks of rocking the country over planned subsidy cuts, Farmers' Association President Joachim Rukwied said he is pushing for negotiations with the federal government but stressed he wanted results by Thursday evening.

French far right National Rally (Rassemblement National) chief Jordan Bardella has vowed to work together with other anti-EU forces to create a blocking majority and essentially kill what he described as a “federalist coup d'état” pushed forward by Europhiles.