Mario Draghi’s presentation of his long-awaited report on the future of Europe’s competitiveness to EU officials on Wednesday (4 July) was light on details and policy proposals - with Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen signalling she hasn't accessed the full document yet.

Untreated dossiers like hydrogen, nuclear energy, and carbon capture are piling up on the desks of absent ministers, as France remains without a government since the July elections. Industry fears this governmental paralysis puts the country's energy and climate goals and associated investment at risk.  

The Swedish Medical Products Agency is pushing for the creation of a state-run pharmaceutical production company to deal with shortages of critical medicines.

The Bulgarian government has been accused of illegally blocking exports of insulin and antibiotics despite having enough stockpiles. The European Commission has been urged to intervene.

A sharp increase in preventive screening points to a post-pandemic silver lining as Czech citizens seek to futureproof their health, including a 73% year-on-year increase in claims for voluntary vaccinations.

The Strategic Dialogue on Agriculture’s final recommendations suggest agricultural policy needs to fundamentally change. What does this shift look like?

Court proceedings from the Irish Data Protection Commission against X are officially over as of Wednesday (4 September), after the company agreed to permanently stop processing some personal data collected in the EU to train artificial intelligence (AI).

On World Sexual Health Day, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) calls for urgent measures to stifle the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) amid rising diagnoses. 

Resistance to the Hungarian presidency's approach to the EU's draft law to combat online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was still palpable during a member states' meeting on Wednesday (4 September).

Poor soft wheat harvests in Europe and increased demand in third countries could intensify the ‘Russification of the market’ to the detriment of the EU, according to experts.