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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the French right opposing von der Leyen’s re-run for EU Commission, the special EU fund for coal regions looking good but being costly, and so much more.

L’Union européenne n’est pas prête à accepter l’inclusion d’un pays en guerre, a averti  l’ancien président de la Commission européenne et ancien Premier ministre portugais José Manuel Durão Barroso.

EU conditions for ensuring rule of law among member states before they can receive financial aid are not strong enough to completely rule out a backsliding in democracy, the 27-nation bloc's auditors said on Wednesday (21 February).

Liberal Action party (Renew Europe) leader Carlo Calenda slammed far-right Lega party leader Matteo Salvini on social media on Tuesday, demanding an account of the 2017 agreement with Putin’s United Russia party and evidence that the deal between both parties has been cancelled.

Obwohl grüne Investitionen in den letzten Jahren an Dynamik gewonnen haben, fehlen jährlich 406 Milliarden Euro, um die Klimaziele der EU für 2030 zu erreichen. Dies geht aus einer neuen Studie hervor, die am Mittwoch (21. Februar) veröffentlicht wurde.

Le président serbe Aleksandar Vučić continuera à s’abstenir d’imposer des sanctions à la Russie malgré les pressions exercées par l’Occident, a-t-il déclaré à l’agence TASS, ajoutant en ce qui concerne les relations entre les citoyens serbes et russes : « un ami dans le besoin reste un ami ».

Euractiv a mis la main mardi (20 février) sur la proposition de révision de la directive sur la taxation de l’énergie présenté par la présidence belge de l'UE. Elle sera discutée le 29 février lors d’une « réunion de travail » entre les représentants des 27 États membres.

Mécontente de la réticence du chancelier Olaf Scholz à livrer des missiles Taurus à l’Ukraine, la tête de liste des libéraux allemands se rangera du côté du parti d’opposition conservateur sur une motion prévue prochainement, mettant une nouvelle fois à l’épreuve les liens fragiles de la coalition.

Madrid se prépare à un chaos routier mercredi (21 février), cause par des milliers d’agriculteurs qui ont prévu de protester contre les dernières propositions du gouvernement.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will continue to refrain from imposing sanctions on Russia despite pressure from the West, he told the TASS agency, adding that when it comes to relations between Serbian and Russian citizens, a friend in need is a friend indeed.

Croatian President Zoran Milanović launched his strongest invective to date against conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Tuesday, calling him a “liar and a political faker who deceives Croatian citizens”.

The European Union summoned Russia's representative to the EU and called for an independent international investigation into the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the EU's diplomatic service said on Tuesday (20 February).

The Croatian Interior Ministry (MUP) is working on changes to the laws that should limit the import of labour into Croatia, a move that could result in a significantly larger import of labour ‘in the grey zone’ than now, independent labour market analyst Predrag Bejaković warned Euractiv.

AUR party leader George Simion is involved in “destabilising efforts in Moldova”, accused Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean, which resulted in Moldovan authorities extending the party leader’s ban from entering the country.

Creating a new European fund to support coal regions – the Just Transition Fund – may look like a positive step for disadvantaged areas, but its administration is complex, costly and threatens its effective use, warns a new Czech study based on interviews with officials.

Polish Justice Minister Adam Bodnar presented EU ministers with an action plan to restore the country’s rule of law, which EU Commissioner Věra Jourová described as a first step for the Commission to withdraw the Article 7 procedure against Warsaw.

Even though green investments have gained momentum in recent years, a gap of €406 billion remains to be filled annually in order to meet the EU’s 2030 climate goals, according to new research published on Wednesday (21 February).

Two years after the process was launched by European Commissioner for Regional Development Elisa Ferreira, and a year-long series of meetings and exchanges with academics and experts, the Group of High-Level Specialists on Future of Cohesion Policy has released their long-awaited report “Forging a sustainable future together: cohesion for a competitive and inclusive Europe”.

Die derzeitige Lockerung der EU-Regeln für nationale Subventionen sollte nicht verlängert werden, forderte der dänische Industrieminister Morten Bødskov bei einem Treffen mit Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck in Berlin.

Americas Ecuador’s foreign minister said the country did not plan to send Soviet-era weapons to Ukraine after the president’s vow to do so sparked a spat with Moscow over banana and flower exports. “Ecuador will not send any war material to a country that is involved in an international armed conflict,” Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld told […]