Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his counterparts from other countries will propose the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) defence umbrella to the European Council and the Commission "in a few days", he announced on Monday.

As Europe gears up for the forthcoming European Parliament elections, the European Biosolutions Coalition calls upon the EP candidates to make biosolutions a priority –  they are nature’s own tools to enhance Europe’s sustainability, resilience, and competitiveness.

Western allies are taking too long to make key decisions on military support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Kyiv on Monday (20 May).

Two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, European arms and defence stockpiles are running low, and the bloc’s industry is hesitating to invest in more production capabilities. The European Commission presented the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) to speed up output...

Collaborations with far-right parties remain a touchy subject in Germany, but Jens Spahn, a leading lawmaker of the German CDU (European People's Party EPP), told Euractiv that it is time to normalise the hard-right Italian ruling party, Fratelli d'Italia.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa thanked Portugal on Monday for voting to extend Palestinian rights at the UN and for its humanitarian support, said Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel.

The opening of two Italian-run migrant centres in Albania scheduled for Monday (20 May) has been delayed due to unfinished construction work, an Albanian port official said.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterated her mission to unite Europe’s right-wing parties in an interview on Monday, which, after more conciliatory words from French Rassemblement National leader Marine Le Pen the day before, may mark a growing rapprochement between parties that have not always seen eye-to-eye.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is to announce on Wednesday the exact date Madrid and possibly other EU partners will recognise Palestinian statehood, despite earlier reports stating that he would announce on Tuesday.

Euractiv's Transport Brief brings you the latest on the transport sector in Europe. This week, a tale of the Brenner Pass transport dispute between Austria and Italy.

Kosovar police said they had closed six branches of a Serbian bank in the country's troubled north on Monday (20 May), nearly four months after Pristina banned transactions in Serbian dinars.

Security issues are dominating the debate three weeks ahead of the European elections in Finland, where the centre-right government, allied with the far-right, is not ruling out cooperation with the ECR in the European Parliament.

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Monday (20 May) he had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.

While Green co-lead candidate Bas Eickhout laments the politicisation of climate change by the far right, the main electoral threat may come from centrist-parties in north-west Europe.

22,000 public charging points. That's how many must be installed weekly to achieve the 55% CO2 reduction target by for cars and vans by 2030. But EU countries are falling short, with only 150,000 installed last year.

As Israel widens the scope of its invasion of Gaza to the southern city of Rafah, four EU countries have today decided to officially recognise the state of Palestine, in line with the long-touted proposal for a 'two-state solution' to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on the EU to take on multinationals unfairly restricting the sale of goods in the single market, leading to higher prices for struggling consumers.

As the competition to secure the economic and strategic benefits of space intensifies, Europe cannot afford to be sidelined. With the reshuffle of the European Union’s top jobs later this year, appointing a Space Commissioner would be a powerful signal, writes Arthur de Liedekerke.

The British government estimates it will spend at least 4.7 billion pounds (€5.5 billion) on implementing post Brexit border arrangements, after repeated delays in setting new rules, parliament's spending watchdog said on Monday (20 May).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Bulgarian president seeing Ukraine's victory over Russia as 'impossible', rising political violence in Germany, and so much more.