The Critical Raw Materials Act sets ambitious but vital goals for Europe to grow its metals resilience to supply the energy and digital transition. Now, the challenge is equally clear: delivering on this, and with speed.

Bulgaria's caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev's proposal to replace Foreign Minister Dimitar Stefanov with the conservative party's GERB deputy leader Daniel Mitov has caused tension with President Rumen Radev, who is due to sign a decree on the rotation.

Czechs are particularly concerned about security and industrial independence, according to a recent Eurobarometer survey, which reveals a divergence between voters' concerns in Czechia and the rest of the European Union.

Polish President Andrzej Duda's plans to meet with former US president Donald Trump during his visit to Washington on Wednesday were met with astonishment in Warsaw.

“I am absolutely convinced for my part that the Capital Markets Union is the best European IRA that we can develop, since it is trillions of euros of resources that can be mobilised, which are not [mobilised] today, to stimulate, support, to develop innovation, to invest."

To support the Czech initiative to aid Ukraine, which the Slovak government refused to join, Slovak organisations launched a fundraising campaign called "Ammunition for Ukraine," which raised over €700,000 in just two days.

Deputy leader of the far-left Podemos party Irene Montero on Wednesday lashed out at the Socialist Party (PSOE/S&D) government and its ally, the Sumar platform, for increasing defence spending by over €1 billion.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni embarked on a significant diplomatic mission to Tunis on Wednesday (17 April), where she solidified a partnership with President Kais Saied aimed at tackling migration challenges.

The Swedish parliament, led by conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s Moderate Party, passed a controversial Gender Identity Bill on Wednesday, despite objections from its coalition partner, the Christian Democrats and its far-right ally, the Sweden Democrats, revealing massive internal divisions within the ruling coalition.

Björn Höcke, one of the leading figures in Germany’s far-right AfD party, will go on trial on Thursday for allegedly using Nazi symbols, casting doubt on his ambitions to become prime minister of the state of Thuringia.

Croatia's ruling conservative party won the most seats in a parliamentary election Wednesday (17 April) but not enough to form a government, according to almost complete official results, with tough talks ahead to gather a majority.

All political groups in the European Parliament are at risk or have already been penetrated by Russia, including the Conservatives, as Russians are “masters of propaganda,” former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned in an interview with Euractiv.

Germany’s coalition government has many battles to tackle internally and externally and seems more divided than ever.

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Tackling gender inequality in Europe isn't an open goal, but the EU's TARGET football project provides a structured opportunity to change entrenched narratives. Latvia and Ukraine are out in front.

The European Data Protection Board opposed Meta's controversial "pay or okay" business model in an opinion published on Wednesday (17 April), saying this binary approach was not compliant with the EU's data privacy rules.

NATO Secretary-General pushed Kyiv's allies to dig deeper in stockpiles to support Ukraine militarily, while three European leaders said they will look into missile defence systems, on Wednesday (17 April).

Laying out his vision of a harmonised single market in the telecommunications sector, former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta aligned with some of the talking points by the EU's largest telecom players, according to a draft report seen by Euractiv.

The costs linked to the EU's green transition should be shared collectively to avoid burdening specific sectors, according to a report by former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta, which cites farmers as a group showing resistance to these reforms.

The European Parliament will vote on the EU Council’s 2022 financial discharge during the last plenary session of this term, starting next week. Is the Council holding its breath? Not at all.