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Auf dem Europäischen Weltraumforum am Montag und Dienstag (24./25. Juni) in Brüssel versuchten Kommissionsbeamte, das bevorstehende EU-Weltraumgesetz in ein positives Licht zu rücken. Sie warben damit, dass es die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Industrie des Kontinents fördern werde.

The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by Euractiv’s media network.

EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen plant, in ihrer nächsten Amtszeit der externen Dimension der EU-Migrationspolitik Priorität einzuräumen. Sie erwägt die Auslagerung von Verfahren und die Entwicklung von Wirtschaftspartnerschaften mit Nachbarstaaten.

Der wegweisende CO2-Preis der EU wird maßgeblich davon beeinflusst, ob die Industrie die Klimazusagen der Politiker für glaubwürdig hält, so eine neue Modellberechnung von Forschern. Vertreter der Industrie äußerten jedoch Zweifel daran.

Les dirigeants de l’UE ne peuvent pas se permettre d’attendre et doivent nommer la présidente sortante de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, pour un second mandat lors de ce sommet, a insisté le chancelier allemand Olaf Scholz.

Professional associations have urged the Romanian government to retract the emergency ordinance requiring companies to implement the e-invoice system for transactions with final consumers from January 2025. 

Two MEPs from Bulgaria’s “We Continue the Change (PP)” party have been accepted as full members of the Renew Europe parliamentary group, the party announced on Wednesday.

The European Union and Ukraine are expected to sign a long-term security agreement when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Brussels on Thursday (27 June), pledging to maintain military support and other aid to Kyiv as it fights off Russia’s invasion....

There are more microbes in the human body than there are stars in the Milky Way. So it's no surprise that the microbiome’s vital contribution to overall wellbeing has become an important topic for both scientists and consumers in recent years. But did you know that an individual’s gut microbiota is as unique as a fingerprint? And that specialty food ingredients such as fibre, probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics and postbiotics can support gut health?

Russian pranksters who often target people the Russian state is interested in released footage on Wednesday (26 June) of a video call with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron after tricking him into thinking he was speaking to a former Ukrainian president.

The leader of Bulgaria's largest party, GERB (EPP), and former premier, Boyko Borissov, said there was a grave threat to his life, suggesting it was due to his support for Ukraine.

EU leaders are expected to nominate on Thursday (27 June) incumbent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as part of a top jobs deal, but some lingering resistance is still expected to be part of the negotiations.

João Cotrim de Figueiredo, a newly elected member of the European Parliament for Portugal's Liberal Initiative (IL), has been selected as one of the eight vice-presidents of Renew Europe, the assembly's liberal caucus, which now has 75 members, including two from Portugal, it was announced on Wednesday. 

Wie die von Europe Elects zusammengestellten Daten der Wahlumfragen zu den Europawahlen zeigen, hielten sich junge Wähler von rechten Parteien fern und wählten stattdessen die Grünen und linke Parteien. Laut Medienberichten stellten Deutschland und Frankreich hier eine Ausnahme dar.

The EU should establish a jointly funded ground defence line on Europe’s eastern border, according to a call from Poland and the three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. “Extraordinary measures need to be employed as the EU’s external border...

Le porte-parole du Partido Popular (PP/PPE) espagnol de centre droit, Miguel Tellado, a accusé mercredi (26 juin) la tête de liste du Parti socialiste ouvrier espagnol (PSOE/S&D) et ministre de la Transition écologique Teresa Ribera.

The parliament spokesman of Spain’s centre-right Partido Popular (PP/EPP), Miguel Tellado, on Wednesday accused the ruling Socialist Party's (PSOE/S&D) lead candidate and Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, of having committed an alleged “fraud” by not taking her seat as an MEP.

After Julian Assange was released by a court on the remote US Pacific territory of Saipan on Wednesday, ending a 14-year legal battle, the WikiLeaks founder's lawyer first thanked Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for making the outcome possible.

A Brussels court rejected on Wednesday a Belgian lobbyist’s arguments opposing Ursula von der Leyen’s reappointment as head of the European Commission against the backdrop of accusations related to the controversial COVID vaccines contract negotiation with Pfizer.

Doubts on the European Commission's claim of an investment gap of at least €174 billion to meet Europe's 2030 connectivity targets have been shed in a document shared with Euractiv by lobby association CCIA Europe, representing Amazon, Google and Meta, among others.