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As Europe faces growing environmental pressures, the future of agriculture depends on resilience, innovation, and inclusivity. Euractiv’s recent Agrifood Policy Conference brought together EU policymakers, including Commissioner Hansen, alongside industry leaders, farmers, and civil society to explore how the sector can ensure sustainable productivity while remaining globally competitive.

In an interview with Euractiv, Adam Vojtěch, former Czech health minister, warns that dependence on countries like China has become a security issue, especially for essential medicines such as antibiotics.

Mainly, because people have fewer kids and move to other regions of the country.

MEPs will investigate whether EU funds were misused for lobbying by environmental NGOs, following significant right-wing pressure.

His appointment comes at a time when Chancellor Friedrich Merz is looking to reorganise Germany’s security apparatus.

The move is about ensuring that "our children and grandchildren won’t have to speak Russian", says Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson.

Using an emergency clause to bypass MEPs was to address an "existential challenge," the Commission president wrote to Roberta Metsola in a letter seen by Euractiv.

Sánchez restated that immediate and harsh measures “had been already taken” against his close-allies accused of embezzlement of public funds.

Euractiv's Editor-in-Chief speaks at the New Economy Forum in Madrid about EU media, and about Euractiv's new Spanish edition.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about the digital euro, an anti-NATO summit, the only EPP lawmaker heading to Budapest Pride, and so much more.

Three little words are all it takes, when it comes to tackling climate change, driving competitiveness, and cutting household energy bills in Europe. The audience at an expert event in Brussels on 4 June heard why it is time to talk about Whole Life Carbon.

“We’re also incrementally increasing our capacity in the United States, but the real step function is the German capacity," Tom Laliberty, the head of land and air-defence systems, said.

Europe’s procedures for building critical infrastructure are far too sluggish for a world of energy shocks, climate emergencies, and the reverberations of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.

Isn’t the euro already digital whenever we tap a card or transfer money online?

Italy eyes Austrian-style reserve corps as it scrambles to boost troop numbers and hit NATO’s defence spending goal.

Opposition bid to topple Czech government fails, as Prime Minister Petr Fiala counters political fallout from €40M bitcoin-linked resignation.

Luís Montenegro warns EU risks losing credibility and weakening its global position if it fails to ratify the Mercosur trade deal after decades of negotiations.

But only if the reforms are proportionate, targeted, and clearly linked to relevant EU policies.

Eight people were detained on Wednesday amid an investigation led by European prosecutors, with the ex-minister dismissing his attempted arrest as "political theatre".

As new regulations confront Europe's shipping sector, how will these changes shape and secure the future of EU shipping? This Special Report unpacks the policy cargo.