Antรณnio Costa has invited Sir Keir Starmer to a summit with all EU national leaders in Brussels on 3 February.
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With the EU’s traditional powerhouse consumed by drama at home, others step in to fill the void.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election victory “fundamentally changed” U.K.-EU relations, polling found.
Romania and Bulgaria will become full-time members of the Schengen Area as of 1 January 2025, completing a process that dates back to 2011, when the European Commission declared both countries ready to join.
Undetected Chronic Kidney Disease affects millions in Europe, but it could be preventable, manageable and tackled with the right policies.
European Parliamentโs top bureaucrat called for a review of the project โto assess the causes of the poorer performance.”
Revealed: The highest earners in the new European Parliament
The European ombudsman has few formal powers, but can highlight bad behaviour by the EU institutions.
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Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue โambitious resetโA majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU would now accept a return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market, accordin…
Short-term rentals drive job creation, support affordable travel options and foster tourism in rural areas.
Wopke Hoekstra vows to keep EU climate targets despite Trump and populist pushback, but admits Europe canโt go it alone.
Momentum for quitting Moscowโs revenue driver has stalled. “Something new needs to happen,” Dan Jรธrgensen told POLITICO.
The shock victory of an ultranationalist in Romania’s presidential election puts the EU’s Digital Services Act in the spotlight.
Henna Virkkunen, EU Commission Executive Vice-President, has announced the investment of โฌ750 million in seven supercomputers to propel the AI capacity of European industry.
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POLITICO vous prรฉsente les nouveaux รฉlรฉments de lโaccord commercial conclu la semaine derniรจre entre lโEurope et lโAmรฉrique du Sud.
The call comes as industry says they are “running out of time” to avoid fines for non-compliance with EU CO2 rules.
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When elaborating the risk classification,ย the Commission will take into account information provided by Mercosur governments on efforts against deforestation.
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Government-ordered commission flags an “unacceptable safety risk” in continued prescription to children.
Regarding pushbacks, member states’ measures must align with EU law, the Commission said.
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The EU will fund AI-optimized supercomputers across the bloc to help startups compete with U.S. rivals.
The EU-Mercosur agreement “goes far beyond narrow European interests,” writes MEP Hรฉlder Sousa Silva.
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The European Parliament’s leaders will first approve the plans in a meeting on Wednesday, a source told Euractiv.
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Changes to CO2 rules for carmakers should “avoid legal challenges,โ the draft EPP position paper says.
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Conference of Presidents should approve mandates on Wednesday, with a plenary vote scheduled next week.
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The rapid rise of AI presents an opportunity to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness, but only if leaders act now to close persistent skills gaps in the workforce.
Wopke Hoekstraโs own political family has led calls to tweak existing rules.
The leopard claims he has changed his spots, but will he bring stability to the devastated nation?
Dreamer No. 1 โ Germany
Doer No. 1 โ Germany
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, has taken a political risk in signing off an agreement with Latin American countriesAnticipating the strong protectionist winds that will blow from Donald Trumpโs White House, the president of th…
La relation รฉtroite qu’entretient la prรฉsidente de la Commission europรฉenne avec Joe Biden pourrait รชtre un handicap.
Commission proposes measures to boost farmers leverage in food supply chain
POLITICO brings you the new elements of Europeโs trade deal with South America struck last week.
EU seeks to reduce defence dependency on US over longer term, says Commission official
Ukrainians are somewhat optimistic Trump can restore peace, the report finds.
Behind the Commission’s push to conclude the long-stalled agreement is a confluence of economic necessity and geopolitical urgency.
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The real work on Mercosur deal starts now, says French liberal MEP | Radio Schuman
As for voluntary returns, the Commission said there is hope but also “uncertainty”.
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Sรญkela wants a Commission that is faster and more focused on specific priorities.ย
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Tusk contacted Weber to get him to walk back demands on Ribera.
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While European airlines are cutting routes, Chinese carriers are increasing connections with the continent.
Doer No. 9 โ Germany
Dreamer No. 8 โ The survivor
Disrupter No. 3 โ Poland
Dreamer No. 4 โ Hungary
Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggests foreign troops to protect Ukraine until it can join Nato; Ukraineโs president woos potential next German chancellor. What we know on day 1,021 Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been kille…
Assadโs downfall was met with unbridled joy and relief among Syrians and Syriaโs expatriate community.
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European Commission scientific advisers say technology to offset global heating could wreak havoc on weatherEurope should ban space mirrors, cloud whitening and other untested tools being touted to reflect the sunโs rays, the European Commissionโs scie…
โChinese companies believe the overemphasis on economic security will disrupt the division of labour in global supply chain networks,โ reports the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU.
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German S&D MEP Geier described the crisis of the industry as “10 minutes past midnight”.
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The EU’s plans to ramp up defence production require the sector to become “a more attractive employer”, the Commission says.
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Need for Paris to cut spending is “in the interest of Europe as a whole,” says Netherlands finance minister.
The EU has not launched its own investigation into money laundering allegations against the former justice commissioner.
The bloc’s scientific advisers say the EU should push for an international treaty regulating the controversial technologies.
โI believe that a closer economic relationship between the UK and the EU is not a zero-sum game.”
The next few months will be pivotal for the Atlantic alliance. A fragmented Continent will struggle to meet the moment.
The Syrian president’s ousting “shows the weakness of Assadโs backers, Russia and Iran,” the EU’s top diplomat said.
Investigation focuses on money laundering, bribing voters and computer fraud in connection with Romaniaโs canceled presidential election.
After 25 years of negotiations, the European Commission and five South American nations have agreed on a text to facilitate trade. The agreement still has to be validated by the member states and the European Parliament. France is opposed to the treaty.
No meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy has yet been announced.
Latvia and Lithuania vetoed the package, objecting to the extension of a carveout that lets EU firms continue operating in Russia.
Deal objected to by France will, if ratified, cut tariffs on trade with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and UruguayThe EU executive has struck a deeply controversial trade deal with four South American countries, overriding objections from France and trigg…
“Concrete commitments to halt deforestation by 2030โ is one of the key changes made to the agreement, the Commission said.
She was due to stop in Paris on her way back from Montevideo, Uruguay โ but decided against it last-minute.
Sanninoโs departure leaves gap at top of foreign policy wing.
It’s alleged Reynders laundered money for years through the Belgian national lottery.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced negotiations with the South American bloc were complete.
The EU-Mercosur agreement will create one of the largest free-trade areas in the world, with tariffs removed for key EU exporting industries.
Officials from EU anti-fraud office were allegedly followed, wiretapped and had their laptops hacked by Hungaryโs intelligence agency.
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Slovak MEPs being divided over the EU-Mercosur, the final round of the Romanian presidential election, and so much more.ย
The Economy Ministry confirmed to Euractiv Slovakia that it has long supported the deal.
โIn today’s world we cannot afford a piecemeal approach; we need strong coordinated EU action,” said Sabine Weyand, director-general at the European Commissionโs Directorate-General for Trade.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said a free-trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc is “in sight” but faces resistance ahead of a two-day summit in Uruguay. Leaders from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay are negotiating…
Kaja Kallas was asked by lawmakers about a plan first seen by POLITICO to cut staffing at EU embassies around the world.
EU-supported environmental groups have urged the European Commission to take back restrictions linked to โฌ14.5 million subsidies per year.
Ursula von der Leyen granted the wish of her native Germany by flying off to seal an accord with the Mercosur bloc. France, which fiercely opposes the deal, is in uproar.
Commission asks for help shaping agri-food vision
EPP aims to use revision of the wolf’s status to include the bear, but it may not be legally feasible.
Report says Israel has acted with “genocidal intent” to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.
Mercosur trade deal: MEPs for and against
The S&D blames the EPP for cosying up with the hard right.
Early drafts of the Commission’s 2025 work programme spring few surprises โ with competitiveness the order of the day.
On the margins of Parliamentโs Conference of Presidentsโ visit to Warsaw ahead of the Polish EU Council Presidency, President Metsola delivered the following speech. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
An internal EPP document seen by Euractiv reveals a proposal to expand Frontex’s mandate and push for the return regulation to be introduced in the first quarter of next year.
TikTok has been ordered to preserve documents and data related to elections in the EU for a period of about four months, ending in March 2025.
“We have the chance to create a market of 700 million people. The largest trade and investment partnership in the world,” says Ursula von der Leyen.
Brussels steps up monitoring of platform to decide whether TikTok breached social media law.
โThe finish line of the EU-Mercosur agreement is in sight. Letโs work, letโs cross it,โ says Ursula von der Leyen after arriving for Mercosur summit.
Trump should make his intentions known so the EU can make a contingency plan, says top Polish finance official.
But the EPP’s proposal to weaken the law failed, in a blow to the center-right group’s anti-red tape drive.
But Hungary’s minister reminded countries that the move was nonbinding, as Germany and Greece abstained.
โDeindustrialisation is a reality, and de-Europeanisation is part of that equation,” said Anthony Gooch Gรกlvez, secretary general of the European Round Table for Industry.
In this episode, host Giada Santana and Euractiv’s Energy, Environment and Transport reporter Barbara Machado reflect on the political motives behind lowering the protection status of wolves and its wider implications for biodiversity. ย
36 MEPs want to prevent Knesset member from entering European Parliament
The final deal does not include any of the additional changes to the law proposed by the EPP and backed by hard-right parties.
Reform UK leader says he’s ‘never solicited a donation’ from X owner โ but reckons he could put the cash to good use.
The conclusions published by the Hungarian presidency in October defended a “dedicated” CAP budget amid speculation about Commission plans to merge it with the Union’s cohesion policy.
Downgrading speciesโ protection status for political gain puts decades of conservation efforts at risk, says WWFEuropeโs wolves will lose their โstrict protectionโ status, alarming conservationists who fear for the survival of an animal brought back fr…
Frรฉdรฉric Bernard had helped to run meetings of national leaders.
