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Rewatch this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to learn about the potential of a European hydrogen corridor stretching from South-Western to Central Europe and the challenges and opportunities of a European hydrogen backbone. What would the infrastructure need to connect supply with demand in the most efficient manner? How can the H2Med project contribute to RePowerEU’s objectives of decarbonisation, building energy security and reindustrialisation? And what are the implications for the entire value chain of hydrogen production, consumption and transportation?

The EU should make its recently-agreed ‘cash for migrant control’ deal with Tunisia a model for similar deals with other countries, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said in a letter to EU leaders ahead of a Brussels summit on Thursday (29 June).

It is in Europe's interest to see Ukraine building back - and it is our shared solidarity, between cities and regions, to accompany this process with all our means, write Vasco Alves Cordeiro, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, and Niina Ratilainen.

The digitalisation of distribution grids is one of the main priorities of the German Federal Network Agency, which presented ambitious plans on Monday (26 June) for the expansion of the country's electricity grid.

A majority of EU countries have pushed for an EU-wide ban on fur farming alongside a ban on the sale of fur products - however, the European Commission said it is waiting on further scientific opinions to steer its work on the matter.

Half of the sightings by the EU border agency Frontex prompted Search and Rescue missions or migrant interceptions by Libyan coastguards in international waters, according to a new report, a practice that typically leads to people being illegally returned to an unsafe country.

Rumours doing the rounds in Brussels speak of a potential coalition between the European People's Party (EPP) and the far-right Brothers of Italy following the European elections in 2024.

Austria's heating law, which aimed to ban new fossil-fuel heaters from 2023, has been stuck in parliament for months as the government has yet to obtain the necessary backing from the centre-left SPÖ. 

As the European Commission announced €330 million in funds - plus the approval of the first round of €100 million - for EU farmers to help with the drought and the impacts of the Ukraine war, member states have raised concerns about the 'opaque' decision process.

The European Commission released the results of its in-depth investigation into the €18.6 billion-worth marriage of Orange and MásMóvil, largely regarded as a testbed for maintaining the current competition doctrine in mobile markets.

As the number of elderly people and the demand for care increases, the European care sector is at risk due to underpaid, overworked, and unprotected carers, and the EU should do more, according to a report issued by Caritas Europa on Monday (27 June)

Airlines’ touting of green measures that reduce the climate impact of flying amounts to greenwashing according to consumer groups, who have submitted an official complaint to the European Commission and national regulatory authorities.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is likely to remain in his position for one more year, four NATO diplomats have told EURACTIV.

Rewatch this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to learn more about illicit trade in Europe. What practices can Member States put in place to tackle this issue?

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, CEO of Hydrogen Europe, makes the case for hydrogen as a key enabler of the sustainable transition, and invites the curious, the passionate and the driven to the European Hydrogen Week to find out how they can contribute to it.

Online retailer Zalando has begun legal action against the Commission over its designation earlier this year as a “Very Large Online Platform” (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). 

France, Germany and Italy will cooperate more closely on critical raw materials as ministers pledged in Berlin on Monday (26 June) to invest in joint projects and exchange views on the EU's currently debated Critical Raw Materials Act.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised to rebuild Greece's credit rating, create jobs, raise wages and boost state revenues after he was sworn in for a second term as prime minister on Monday (26 June) following a resounding election win.

The future of Spain's nuclear power industry hinges on next month's election, with the opposition party that now leads the polls campaigning to extend the use of the plants that the government wants to start closing from 2027.

Europe's defence industries have called on EU institutions to clarify the sector's status in line with the bloc's sustainable finance legislation in order to open doors for more public and private investment.