Left and Right agree as EP election guidelines receive rare cross-party support
In a rare display of unity, all 10 of the European Union's bloc-wide political parties endorsed a European Commission-backed code of conduct for the 2024 European…
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Despite farmers’ anger, EU to renew trade deal with Ukraine
European Union institutions have struck a deal to extend an agreement allowing the tariff-free importation of Ukrainian agricultural products - despite protests…
The tractor referendums: The EU has a choice – more democracy, or more farmer protests?
When a European leader calls a national referendum he is confident he will win, you should picture the old Road Runner villain Wile E Coyote holding a lit stick…
Qin dynasty China, a presidential assassination and post-Covid Sweden: They all have lessons on administrative reform for the European Union
To dispel the concerns of any reader that this will turn out to be a lengthy piece on the subject of bureaucracy, I begin with an assassination.
European Parliament art collection now worth €14 million
The Parliament spends around €10,000 taxpayers' money every year "investing" in artists chosen by its officials.
EU members call for revision of anti-deforestation law
A group of EU countries led by Austria is calling for urgent revisions to the bloc's anti-deforestation law set to go into effect at the end of the year, saying…
EU under attack over ‘double-standards’ on Palestine
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Ireland's outgoing Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar have both lashed out at what they said are the…
Spain: ‘Pro-European’ across the spectrum
As anti-EU sentiments continue to rumble across the continent, Spain has remained a somewhat unlikely champion of the European project.
EU agrees new limits on Ukraine farm imports
The European Union reached a provisional agreement to grant Ukrainian food producers tariff-free access to its markets until June 2025, albeit with new limits on…
Big Tech ‘may shun EU’ over AI Act
Big Tech companies might start to avoid launching new products in the European Union due to the new Artificial Intelligence Act, an industry expert has warned.
EU plans creation of pan-European health database network
European Union bodies have agreed in principle to the creation of a Europe-wide personal-health information database network.
Azerbaijan not amused as EU and Armenia buddy-up
Azerbaijan is unhappy over what it sees as an increasingly warm European Union relationship with Armenia and with the country’s possible accesion to the EU even…
‘Digital enforcer’ Breton takes a bow as European Parliament approves AI Act
Brussels' self-styled "digital enforcer", European Commissioner Thierry Breton, has taken a victory lap on social media after the European Parliament approved the…
‘Wake up or there’ll be no coffee to smell,’ German trade group warns Brussels
Europe's coffee merchants are sleepwalking into a caffeine crisis, the German Coffee Association (GCA) has warned.
European Council green-lights ‘gig economy’ workers’ protections
The European Council of Ministers has given its final green light to provide additional legal protections for workers in the "gig economy".
EU will recommend opening talks with Bosnia to join the bloc
The European Union’s executive arm will recommend opening membership talks with Bosnia-Herzegovina, a big boost for the most fragile and divided of the countries…
EC and Tinder strike sweetheart deal over pricing
Online dating and social network website Tinder has reached a negotiated agreement with the help of the European Commission regarding the pricing of its premium…
New EU aviation deal not fit to fly, says airline industry
The European Union reached a deal to free-up air-traffic reform ahead of a projected second summer of air-traffic controlllers' strikes.
Polish Government claims credit for EC revision of transport deal with Ukraine
Poland’s Government crowed that it persuaded the European Commission to revise a deal on road transport between the European Union and Ukraine, which had prompted…
EU agrees creation of emergency force to counter cyber-attack threats
European Union institutions have reached a provisional agreement regarding the creation of an emergency force for fighting cyber attacks.
Flying high? EU hopes to end air-traffic chaos across bloc
The European Union agreed on a deal to unjam air-traffic reform in a bid to bring order to what many have described as a mosaic of airspace regulations that is blamed…
EC throws more cash at pro-EU media coverage
The European Commission announced it will provide additional cash for the bloc's more reliably pro-EU media providers.
EU to ban miniature hotel shampoo bottles in sustainable packaging deal
Tiny shampoo bottles in hotel rooms will be banned, while takeaways will have to let you bring your own container, under new EU rules to cut waste.
EU agrees to ban goods made with forced labour, including many Chinese solar panels
The EU has decided to ban importing goods made using forced labour, in a move that also limits access to Chinese-made solar panels.
EU gives banks just nine months to prepare for instant euro payments
The EU has given payment providers just nine months to get ready to accept instant euro payments, a move that the bloc hopes will help European payment providers…
MEPs green-light EU-wide digital ID system
MEPs have passed the implementation of a proposed European Union-wide digital ID system.
MEPs back ‘quality’ produce protections amid farmers’ protests
MEPs have backed the implementation of further protections for so-called "quality" agricultural produce in the wake of the farmers' protests across Europe.
EP bars lobbyists for Amazon despite US firm’s €18 million ‘influence budget’
The European Parliament has kicked out Amazon lobbyists who had permanent access badges to European Union buildings but had refused three requests to tell a parliamentary…
‘Reform crucial now for troubled EU,’ says Draghi
Former Italian Prime Minister and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi has demanded a reform of European institutions, insisting that the single market was in…
Brussels burns as farm protests return to the EU capital
Fires blazed outside buildings belonging to the EU institutions on the morning of February 26, as the EU-wide farmers' protests returned to the streets of Brussels.