EU member states’ nominees for the new European Commission will next month have to run the gauntlet of European Parliament hearings before legislators approve their appointments.

It is time for the EU to get serious about balanced leadership. When Ursula von der Leyen was elected as the first woman President of the European Commission, many hoped this would mark a new era for gender equality in EU leadership, writes Mirta Baselovic.

Google's anti-competitive advertising practices are harming UK publishers and advertisers, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found on Friday (6 September), amid similar investigations in the EU and US over the company's monopolistic behaviour in search and ad markets.

The newly appointed French Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, is a familiar face in Brussels circles as a former MEP, Commissioner for the Internal Market and Brexit negotiator. But for many, his in-depth knowledge of European agricultural issues may come as a surprise. 

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, appointed on Thursday (5 September) by President Macron, is in a race against the clock to finalise the 2025 budget by 1 October.

The EU needs a “moderate” increase in its long-term budget, Siegfried Mureșan, the newly appointed chief negotiator for the European Parliament on the bloc's upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), told Euractiv on Friday (6 September).

Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.

Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges on Thursday, a surprise move that avoids a potentially embarrassing trial weeks before the US presidential election.

The White House convened a meeting with representatives of tech giants and civil society activists on 5 September in a bid to encourage US tech giants to offer more digital bandwidth for government-funded internet censorship evasion tools.

Europe's air safety regulator on Thursday (5 September) ordered inspections on engines of Airbus A350-1000 jets after an engine fire during the flight of a Cathay Pacific jetliner.

The world is emerging from its warmest northern hemisphere summer since records began, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Friday (6 September), as global warming continues to intensify.

A Russian court froze the shares in Raiffeisen Bank International's, the biggest Western bank in Russia said on Thursday (5 September), blocking the sale of the unit and escalating a standoff between Moscow and the West.

The EU Commission engages in 'direct' and 'intensive' collaboration with California legislators, who just approved a new AI bill that could 'strengthen' and 'complement' the EU’s AI regulation.

US President Joe Biden's administration is engaged in urgent discussions with Congress to allow it to use up $6 billion in military aid for Ukraine before a 30 September deadline.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Polish Prime Minister saying the budget portfolio will go to Poland, Renew rejecting Meloni's candidate for the EU vice-presidency, and so much more.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday (5 September) he would establish a government efficiency commission headed by billionaire supporter Elon Musk if he wins the 5 November election.

Ghana is piloting a system that traces cocoa beans from farm to port as it gears up for a new EU law banning the import of commodities linked to deforestation, a government official said on Thursday (5 September).

The Bulgarian government pledged on Thursday to fight the shadowy and criminal organisations that profit from traffic at its borders and tarnish the country's image.

Members of the ruling Slovak National Party (SNS) have bypassed Education Minister Tomáš Drucker (Hlas-SD/NI) to introduce an anti-LGBTI+ bill aimed at schools, despite the European Commission currently taking Hungary to court over similar legislation.

Czechia has sufficient gas network capacity to support other countries in case of disruption of Russian supplies via Ukraine, Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Síkela (STAN, EPP) wrote in a letter to EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson.