The European, Economic and Social Committee has taken a unique approach to enlargement, using a future-proofing strategy to engage with EU candidate countries through a pilot initiative to include them in policy development discussions. 

The United States has reaffirmed its support to Kazakhstan for advancing human rights and democratic reforms, arguing that these domains are integral to what the US calls a vibrant new Kazakhstan.

The German coalition government is not unconditionally supporting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's bid for a second mandate, with high-ranking representatives of the ruling parties saying she would need to make concessions in return for German support.  

The EU is ready to reactivate its border mission around the besieged southern Gaza city of Rafah. The EU's foreign ministers on Monday (27 May) agreed on this as part of stepping up their diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the region.

EU foreign ministers on Monday (27 May) have repeated calls on the Georgian government to repeal the controversial 'foreign agent' law and are likely to decide on potential measures in June.

Despite an additional week of intensive talks, negotiators were unable to reach agreement on the text of a new Pandemic Accord ahead of the World Health Assembly.

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, several senior Russian politicians, including President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and former president and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, have made several statements widely seen as threatening to use nuclear weapons.

The mandate of the next European Commission is a make-or-break period for the large-scale deployment of carbon capture projects in Europe. Without these technologies, the EU can forget about achieving its climate targets for 2040 and 2050.  Joop Hazenberg is...

Europe's car-producing regions know that decarbonisation will hit the traditional car industry hard and result in thousands of job losses. For them, the name of the game now is how to limit the damage, and how the EU can help.

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EU foreign ministers meeting on Monday (27 May) vented their anger with Hungary's "pattern of behaviour" which increasingly often blocks EU foreign policy decisions and prevents progress on crucial military aid for Ukraine.

In an interview with Euractiv, the Ukrainian deputy minister of digital transformation on IT industry development, Oleksandr Bornyakov, laid out his vision for how the country can use defence tech innovation to boost its economy and change modern warfare.

Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah designated for the displaced, Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang praised a restart in relations with Japan and South Korea as he met their leaders for the first three-way talks in four years on Monday, striving to revive trade and security dialogues hampered by global tensions.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Italy opposing Stoltenberg’s idea to use Western-supplied weapons against Russia, European issues not being featured in the Bulgarian election campaign, and so much more.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday (26 May) to attend his peace summit as Ukraine struggles to stave off unrelenting attacks by Russia in its 27-month-old invasion.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS/ECR) will host a high-level meeting of seven European leaders in Prague on Tuesday to bolster support for Ukraine.

The European Union is “complicit” in “genocide” allegedly being carried out by Israel in Gaza, while the European bloc acts with “hypocrisy” by sending arms to Ukraine but leaving the Palestinian people to their fate, Irene Montero, the lead candidate of Spain’s radical left Podemos party in June’s European elections, has said.

Twelve parties in Moldova clinched a pact on Sunday (26 May) committing them to act in favour of EU membership for the ex-Soviet state as the campaign for an October referendum on European integration heats up.

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on Sunday strongly criticised a video posted the same day by his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz on X, featuring two flamenco dancers interspersed with images of Hamas terrorist attacks and a direct message to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.