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This is the second time the European Parliament has voted to lift Bystron's immunity to allow German investigations.

On Tuesday, MEPs agreed to use the urgent procedure for a targeted change to CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

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On Tuesday, MEPs agreed to use the urgent procedure for a targeted change to CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

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Berlin in shock after Bundestag refused to confirm Merz in first ballot in unprecedented rebuke.

On Wednesday at 14.00, Roberta Metsola, EP President, and co-rapporteurs, Siegfried Mureșan and Carla Tavares will speak to journalists on the priorities for the next long-term EU budget.

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On Wednesday at 14.00, Roberta Metsola, EP President, and co-rapporteurs, Siegfried Mureșan and Carla Tavares will speak to journalists on the priorities for the next long-term EU budget.

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In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Breaking Bad in Bohemia as Czechia tops European meth charts, Europe of Sovereign Nations and a possible Bulgarian split, and so much more.

Following the runoff election on 18 May, the newly elected president will begin party negotiations to form a new governing coalition.

The water from the Arda River is critically important for agriculture in Northern Greece.

The business groups argue that the current implementation timeline poses “a serious risk to the stability and competitiveness” of Czech firms.

COP30 must be a turning point – led by the Global South, backed by the EU. Climate, trade, and finance must align, and action must replace promises. With unity, urgency, and a clear agenda, real progress is not just possible, but essential.

As Merz is crowned chancellor, Europe should prepare for its most French-style German leader in decades. 

Just over half of the bloc's 27 member states have heeded the European Commission's call to request more fiscal space to ramp up defence spending.

The centre-left party will send four women and three men to the cabinet of incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Experts attribute the trend to a long-standing tradition of home-based production dating back to the communist era.

Staying the course would mean the Netherlands would lose out on around €70 million in R&D investments each year, said pharma association, VIG.

Czech Deputy Health Minister tells Euractiv he's backing calls for a longer regulatory data protection (RDP), using conditional incentives.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola opened the 5-8 May plenary session with a minute’s silence in memory of His Holiness Pope Francis

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