In this episode, host Giada Santana and policy analyst Teona Lavrelashvili, discuss the successes and failures of EU enlargement policy amid Eastern Europe’s shifting political landscape.

Discussions on revising the EU's Return Directive and tripling Frontex's standing corps to 30,000 could lead to a wider overhaul that would strengthen the agency.

In a push to prevent medicine shortages across Europe, Czechia is advocating for a more coordinated approach to medicine stockpiling. The aim is to strengthen supply chains and ensure preparedness.

Europe is bracing for the outcome of the United States elections, with the future of EU-US trade relations in the balance. Pragmatism and competition with China were the battle cries at Euractiv’s expert policy discussion.

“We are too generous, with no payback,” French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau added.

European Innovation Council funding will be increased by nearly €200 million next year.

The Commission said last week "significant remaining gaps" needed to be addressed after the EU executive's Vice President and trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis and China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao engaged in the eighth round of talks.

Swedish organised crime activity in the Nordics was firmly adressed at a Nordic Council meeting dedicated to "Peace and Security in the Arctic".

The new three-part definition of what makes an EU defence company could change the way the market operates, the way the armies look, and the role of the Commission over the next fifty years. 

The agreement is the first that would allow national competition authorities from EU countries to cooperate directly with a competition authority outside the bloc.

The rapid development of neurotechnology raises important questions regarding its societal impact and regulatory requirements.

In a Declaration, Ministers and leaders from the PES family call for a clear mandate of a Cohesion Policy, built on its key principles and fit for the future.

Hungary, which holds the European Council's rotating presidency, has angered fellow EU and NATO members with its determination to maintain close ties with Russia despite the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Beijing may announce a stronger fiscal package if Trump wins a second presidency as his return to the White House is expected intensify the economic headwinds for China.

Romania, which shares a 650-km border with Ukraine, has had Russian drone fragments fall onto its territory repeatedly over the past year as Moscow attacks Ukrainian port infrastructure.

Advocacy groups said the pledges - which brings the total raised by the fund to about $400 million - fell far short of the billions of dollars envisioned for the fund.

"This was a wake-up call for people who might have thought that things would not be that bad under Trump," said Matt Tuerk, the Democratic mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, which is majority Latino and almost one-third Puerto Rican,

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about most Romanians wanting their next president to be pro-European, a Swedish MEP wanting those applying for citizenship to recognise Israel, and so much more.   

UNRWA workers involved in terrorist activities against Israel must be held accountable, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said the vote opposes the UN charter and violates international law.

'Creating a wide network of lobby organisations is the core strategy of US Big Tech,' Corporate Europe Observatory researcher Bram Vanker told Euractiv.