It’s Wednesday. This is Eddy Wax , with Nicoletta Ionta – who is reporting from Strasbourg this week along with Magnus Lund Nielsen and Sofía Sanchez Manzanaro. If you’re there, say hello. 🚨 RIP The Capitals. This is the final ever edition under our current name. Tomorrow, we relaunch under a brand-new identity – and you'll read it here first. Forward this to a friend or colleague to spread the good news. Need-to-knows:

Parliament: Ursula von der Leyen delivers her State of the Union speech at 9 a.m. Follow our live blog

Poland: Military shoots down drones in its airspace for the first time in the Ukraine war

Portugal: António Costa calls for Lisbon’s mayor resignation after funicular crash

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