Every year in France, 27 million medical appointments are reportedly missed, according to the Académie nationale de médecine and the Ordre des médecins (professional French doctors organisations).

If the European Parliament endorses the Asylum and Migration Pact on Wednesday (10 April), the EU will get closer to a revamped scheme for processing irregular migrants and asylum seekers at EU borders, but lawmakers and civil society are unhappy with the final text, heralding a complicated implementation. 

For the last three decades, the availability of cost-effective generic medicines has driven increased access to life-saving treatments for millions of patients in Europe. Today, generic medicines are an integral part of the healthcare system and demand for these products continues to increase worldwide.

The campaign is on to find a new chair of the EU’s highest military body, the EU Military Committee (EUMC), with three countries competing for the post, one month before the election.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to the war in Gaza is a "mistake," US President Joe Biden said in an interview published on Tuesday (9 April), offering further criticism of Israel's handling of the conflict.

Europe's top rights court on Tuesday (9 April) said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change in a historic decision that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a Boeing whistleblower's claims that the company dismissed safety and quality concerns in the production of the planemaker's 787 and 777 jets, an agency spokesperson said on Tuesday (9 April).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Bulgaria appoints new caretaker government with sudden foreign minister switch, Sánchez to embark on European tour to push for Palestinian recognition, and so much more.

Speaking from the United States on Tuesday (9 April), EU Competition Commissioner Magrethe Vestager announced new investigations into Chinese-supplied wind farms in Europe and pitched a fresh international approach to protect clean tech from unfair competition.

Last year's coup in Niger could bring about a surge in irregular arrivals to the EU, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Tuesday (9 April), the eve of a key vote on overhauling the bloc's migration rules ahead of a June election.

The candidates of the extremist party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), running in the European and local elections on 9 June, have pledged to "combat globalists and Satanists" while defending Romanian values such as sovereignty, family, and church.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev appointed the new caretaker government on Tuesday, which included a last-minute change in the foreign minister's post, which will remain in place until early elections in June.

The government of Prime Minister Robert Fico is engaged in “an extremely tough professional and political discussion” regarding the changes to the Criminal Code and the abolition of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, Fico said in a recent press conference.

Driven by political motivations and the upcoming EU elections, European regulators have unleashed a storm of enforcement actions and investigations related to the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), experts told Euractiv.

New research by Statistics Poland (CBOS) found that 74.8% of Poles oppose the army of Poland or any other NATO country getting involved in the conflict, with only 10.2% favouring such support.

The UN nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting at the request of both Ukraine and Russia to discuss attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, after the enemies accused each other of drone attacks.

In an unprecedented move, the Italian government released its Economic and Financial Document (DEF) without any programmatic targets on deficit and debt and excluding the impact of the measures the government plans for the budget law. 

Backed by more than 600,000 signatures and with the support of numerous NGOs, the Spanish parliament on Tuesday took the first legislative step towards approving a citizen’s initiative calling for the regularisation of half a million undocumented foreigners living in Spain.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will embark on a trip to rally European allies behind Madrid’s initiative to recognise the Palestinian state, with visits to Norway, Ireland, Belgium, and Slovenia, and a meeting in Madrid with Portugal’s new prime minister, Spanish government sources confirmed on Tuesday.