We start with the police searches this Wednesday at the Brussels and Strasbourg offices of an employee of the European Parliament. Authorities say the raids are linked to an investigation into whether some MEPs were bribed to promote Russian narratives in order to undermine public support for Ukraine in the EU.
In Everyday Europe, FRANCE 24's Luke Brown explains why a less glittery future (literally) awaits Europeans.
And our daily country report comes from our Italy correspondent, Natalia Mendoza, who details how migration is at the core of the EU election battle between the left and right.