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In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Zelenskyy's anti-corruption shake-up, the EU’s possible responses to Trump tariffs, Denmark’s immigration minister taking aim at Angela Merkel, and a new Competitiveness Alliance with Japan.

Germany's annual 'summer interview' with the country's far-right leader veers off course

Kaare Dybvad says the centre-left can be tough on migration – and should stop ceding ground.

Europe failed to exploit the productivity bonanza created by the internet revolution of the late 1990s. Today’s wave of technological advances offers Europe another chance.

Six Czech industry groups warn Green Deal targets risk “industrial decline”, urging PM Fiala to fight for free ETS allowances, state aid, and tax breaks in Brussels talks.

Belgium’s healthcare reform aims to cap excessive fees and curb pharmaceutical spending, while safeguarding care quality and provider autonomy.

Any AI rulebook Meta would voluntarily follow would be a cop-out.

Rachida Dati was charged in 2019 on suspicions of lobbying for the Renault-Nissan car making group while being a member of the European Parliament

EU officials have said there have been some improvements for aid access to Gaza, but that a lot more needs to be done.

Ankara considers the app ByLock to be the preferred communication tool of those allegedly responsible for the failed coup in 2016

Amendments to remove the independence of two anti-corruption bodies were approved on Tuesday, a day after the arrest of an official working in one of the agencies

Future cooperation could also extend to other sectors, a draft of EU-Japan summit communiqué, seen by Euractiv, states.

Twenty-five states - including France, Italy, the UK, Spain, Canada, Australia and Japan - have published a joint statement calling for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip and demanding that Israel fulfil its obligations under international humanitarian law. Germany and the US were not among the signatories. Commentators ponder the consequences of the appeal.

Every year, German public broadcaster ARD invites the German Chancellor and the leaders of the parties represented in the Bundestag to a summer interview on a terrace in Berlin's government district. This year the exchange with AfD leader Alice Weidel was disrupted by a group of loud demonstrators. Commentators criticise both the discourse on German television and the approach to countering the rise of the far-right party, which was classified as right-wing extremist by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in May.