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The main headlists for the EU elections debated the Green Deal on Tuesday (April 16) in Angers, offering a return to the old left/right division.

US Democrats said on Tuesday (16 April) they would wait to decide how to respond to a proposal from the Republican-led House of Representatives to consider national security assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan separately, rather than as one bill.

A lack of air defense missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in the region around the capital Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Russian investigators said on Thursday (28 March) they had found proof that gunmen who killed more than 140 people at a concert last week were linked to "Ukrainian nationalists", an assertion immediately dismissed by the US as baseless propaganda.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovaks protesting about the government shaking up cultural institutions, a Swedish ramy official saying Putin’s threats could start with NATO, and so much more.

Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) has carried out searches as part of an investigation with other European security services into alleged Russian espionage, it said on Thursday (28 March).

Slovaks took to the streets this week to protest against the abrupt dismissal of the management of several cultural institutions, with workers at the national broadcaster RTVS saying they were ready to strike if the government put the media under state control.

This week, we talk to the European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, about the European Commission’s delays in responding to Access to Documents requests.

With 159 votes in favour and 141 against, Greece’s ruling New Democracy party (EPP) survived on Thursday a no confidence vote pushed forward by the left opposition parties amid tensions over a deadly train accident that killed 57 people.

On the top of the cabinet crisis following the failure of the rotation of prime ministers, a constitutional crisis is looming as appointing a caretaker premier appears as “mission impossible”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the speaker of the US House of Representatives on Thursday (28 March) that it was vital for Congress to pass a new military aid package for Kyiv rapidly in order to maintain international unity on the conflict with Russia.

On a three-day official visit in Brazil, Emmanuel Macron proposed building a "new agreement" between the EU and Mercosur, which his Foreign Minister imagines to be broader than just trade. Critics and supporters of the original deal are now awaiting further details.

The prime ministers of Poland and Ukraine set the terms of Warsaw's additional support for Kyiv and discussed solving the current dispute over food imports during intergovernmental consultations in Warsaw on Thursday.

The European Union is looking to ban foreign wind turbines on the grounds of cybersecurity concerns, echoing similar recommendations that saw EU countries bar China's Huawei from 5G networks.

EU lawmaker (Partido Social Democrata - EPP) Paulo Rangel will be the number two in the government led by Luís Montenegro, assuming the position of Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, his first experience as a minister.

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, of the right-wing separatist party Junts per Catalunya (JxCat, Together for Catalonia), will run in the snap regional elections on 12 May on a multi-formation platform which combines his name with that of his pro-independence formation: “Junts + Puigdemont per Catalunya”.

Italy is committed to avoiding escalation in the Middle East while trying to find ways to increase trade and coordinate on migration issues, according to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who visited her Lebanese counterpart Najib ‘Azmi Miqãti. 

Following criticism from the Federal Audit Office over the alleged misuse of taxpayers’ money for online activities by parliamentary groups, Germany’s governing parties are calling for clear legal guidelines.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements that F-16 fighter jets are legitimate targets for Moscow – even on third-country airfields – is an escalation of Russian rhetoric that could potentially lead to a war, according to Swedish Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Paasikivi.

China's drive to reduce reliance on the West is worsening Europe's industrial decline.