Stinging rebuke from Amnesty International follows EU ministers declining to endorse any sanctions over Gaza warMiddle East crisis โ live updatesEurope live โ latest updatesThe EU has been accused of a โcruel and unlawful betrayalโ of Palestinians and …
The EU is gearing up to phase out the harmful chemicals which have found their way into most human bodies.
Donations are booming, increasing the health and psychological risks to donor children.
Industry, lawmakers and safety campaigners begin new lobbying scramble as AI laws are revisited.
“The current EU regulation is not enough”, acknowledged the Danish minister.
Amid guidance delays โwe should not rule out postponing some parts of the AI Act,โ Henna Virkkunen tells meeting in Luxembourg.
As the Trump administration plays hardball, a new EU strategy puts collaboration front and center.
EU ministers are set to discuss the potential of sanctioning Hungary over its rule of law concerns, but there is no majority for imposing sanctions.
European Council President Antรณnio Costa calls the agreement, โan important step toward a stronger Europe.โ
The package targets the Kremlinโs so-called shadow fleet.
Fleet of tankers sailing under flags of convenience estimated to carry up to 85% of Russiaโs oil exportsCalls to step up and coordinate the interdiction of the unflagged Russian โshadow fleetโ of oil tankers in the Baltic Sea were made this weekend bef…
EU ministers and officials have vowed to continue imposing restrictive measures on Moscow to force it to enter into peace negotiations with Kyiv.
No concrete decisions are expected when EU ministers gather in Warsaw and Lviv, as efforts to expand military aid fizzle.
French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will hold a Paris conference Monday to attract US researchers dissatisfied with Trumpโs policies. EU ministers, scientists, and commissioners will discuss financial incentiv…
It was a week when penguins, bonds, the new German coalition, Louisiana soybeans, fossil fuels, the EU’s Digital Markets Act, France’s creaking politics and American bourbon all became one news story. POLITICO explains what got us all yippy.
The bloc has an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other as it prepares for a tough encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Swedish EU Affairs Minister Jessica Rosencrantz, like other EU ministers, said she would like to see fisheries linked to an EU-UK security pact.ย ย
Belgium has sided with the Democratic Republic of Congo as Rwandan-backed rebels have captured swaths of the country rich in natural resources.
Agreement reached to curb aluminum imports ahead of the three-year mark of Russiaโs full-scale invasion.
Ministers also discussed ways to prepare European citizens to respond to various threats, from invasions to natural disasters.
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High on the ministers’ agenda is the question of migrant returns.
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From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.
Kyiv is anxious to discuss Washington’s plans to end its war with Russia.
Syria’s de facto leader extended a hand to France’s foreign minister, but not to Germany’s Baerbock. Women’s rights were a focus of the trip.
EU ministers water down proposal on child sexual abuse
The EU sets the bar high for trade talks with British prime minister, according to report by The Times.
EU ministers reach compromise on fishing quotas for overfished Mediterranean
EU ministers offer soothing talk for farmers in CAP reset launch
At the final Health Council of the Hungarian Presidency, EU ministers will agree on two key plans, but discussions on smoke-free environment rules may take a sour turn.
โOne of our first steps in the new mandate will be a new omnibus legislationโ to cut rule overlaps, von der Leyen said.
U.S. President calls on authorities in Tbilisi to investigate election violations and to repeal a Russian-style โforeign agent” law.
Stockholm wants to see Tbilisi moving toward “a more democratic development.”
“Such decision-making, which neglects our environmental responsibilities, is profoundly short-sighted in an era already marked by environmental crises,” says Remi Cossetti, fisheries policy officer at Seas At Risk.
EU ministers set cautious Baltic fish quotas amid fear over Russian hauls
Bloc officials overcome deep divisions on atomic power but finance goal commitment remains unresolved
David Lammy becomes the first foreign secretary since Brexit to take part in a regular meeting of EU ministers.
UK Foreign Minister David Lammy will attend the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, joining EU counterparts for the first time in two years. Talks will focus on the Middle East and Ukraine, following an invitation from Josep Borrell. This move foll…
French Ministry for Foreign Affairs says Israel’s targeting of UNIFIL troops was “deliberate.”
Amid an apparent rightward shift on migration, EU ministers are meeting to talk new migration deals and how to make the return of irregular migrants more efficient.
Also in this newsletter: how pro-Russia sentiment is spreading in Italy โ and elsewhere in Europe
A political win for von der Leyen.
EU ministers criticised the downgrading of Ukraine in Hungaryโs agenda of its presidency of the bloc, in a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (24th September).
Foreign Minister Szijjรกrtรณ sat down for three hours with the CEO of the Russian energy giant.
Top Brussels diplomat Josep Borrell’s comments on Ukraine and the Middle East anger Budapest.
Group of finance ministers call for sanctions to be ratcheted up amid signs Moscowโs war machine is weakeningOpinion: Russia sanctions are working โ and we need moreVladimir Putin is โpeddling liesโ about the strength of the Russian economy that must b…
The re-elected president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced “a strategy for sustainable management of water” at a time when 21 EU ministers called for water to be a top priority on the European agenda and France was set to see de…
Ministers from agricultural powerhouses Spain and Germany spoke out against Hungary’s stance on “novel foods” at the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) in Brussels on Monday (15 July).
The country wants to hold a regular summit once Hungary assumes the presidency of the Council of the EU.
The alleged quid pro quo, which Brussels denies, is the latest twist behind a major nature restoration bill that finally passed on Monday.
On Monday 17 June, The EU ministers of environment agreed on a common position aimed at revising the directive on food and textile waste, following the targets proposed by the Commission but falling short on the European Parliament ambition.
Austria contests move by climate minister Leonore Gewessler to back environmental protection bill
Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke has a great CV for the EU’s top health post. But will Belgium let him go?
Higher trade barriers, more subsidies, and bigger European companies, are all part of the solution.
EU leaders reaffirmed their support for free trade on Thursday (30 May) despite the US’s top trade official’s recent explicit denial that Washington would continue to support barrier-free commerce.
After almost five years of public consulting, negotiating and extensive corporate lobbying, EU ministers have given the final and ultimate sign-off to potentially one of the most game-changing global laws aimed at reorienting the purpose and drive of l…
European Commission Vice-President Vฤra Jourovรก has said she would recommend that the EU executive withdraw the Article 7 procedure against Poland, launched in 2017, following discussions on the issue among EU ministers at the General Affairs Council o…
Salome Zurabishvili says protests in Tbilisi prove Georgians โwill never return to Russian pressureโEurope live โ latest updatesGeorgia is โreturning to the pastโ through the new foreign agents law, the president of the former Soviet state has said, as…
European affairs ministers and their counterparts from EU candidate countries started talks on Tuesday (30 April) on how to strengthen the rule of law both within the bloc and in countries seeking to join it.
Member states warned at meeting not to be complacent but ministers stop short of pledging Patriot missilesEU ministers have been warned against โrelaxingโ support for Ukraine but stopped short of new pledges to supply air defence systems Kyiv is urgent…
Foreign and defence heads stopped short of concrete offers over system that Kyiv values most. This live blog is closedA new US package of military aid to Ukraine will not change the situation on the frontlines, where Russia has the upper hand, the Krem…
European environmental groups have urged the EU Commission to stand firm on implementing the bloc’s landmark anti-deforestation legislation โ despite a backlash from governments in South America, Africa and some EU ministers.
The bulk of U.S. aid is stuck in Congress.
On Tuesday, MEPs on the Committee on Foreign Affairs will discuss the future of EU enlargement with ministers, vice-ministers and secretaries of state of EU member states.Committee on Foreign Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
The EU is nearing a deal on using profits from frozen Russian assets to buy ammunition for Ukraine, while preparing the next round of anti-Russia sanctions.
This week, EU leaders come together in Brussels for theirย usual two-day summit to discuss defence, enlargement, migration and foreign affairs. EU ministers for foreign affairs and EU affairs will meet earlier in the week to prepare the European Council.
EU ministers meeting in Brussels stressed that social investments are not just expenses but also generate revenue.
Farmers faced off with riot police in Brussels streets paralysed by tractors on Monday, as EU ministers huddled to try to streamline rules and red tape that are fuelling protests across the bloc.ย
The former ECB chief has been tasked with producing a high-level report on the EUโs competitiveness.
Polish Justice Minister Adam Bodnar presented EU ministers with an action plan to restore the countryโs rule of law, which EU Commissioner Vฤra Jourovรก described as a first step for the Commission to withdraw the Article 7 procedure against Warsaw.
Death of Russian opposition leader imbues EU summit with renewed nervousness over war in UkraineGermany is to propose a new batch of sanctions against Russia over the death of Alexei Navalny as EU ministers meet his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, in Brussels….
EU to provide platform for Yulia Navalnaya to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin and galvanize opposition to his regime.
Foreign secretary wants an increase in European defence output and to give profits from seized Russian assets in Europe to KyivDavid Cameron will discuss strengthening Ukraineโs defences and finances against further Russian aggression with European par…
Western leaders have decried Israel’s planned Rafah invasion plan, but PM Netanyahu โdoesnโt listen to anyone,โ Josep Borrell says.
Business and civil society groups have made a last-ditch effort to urge EU ministers not to collapse a key law on company due diligence ahead of a decisive vote on Friday.
Business and civil society groups have made a last-ditch effort to urge EU ministers not to collapse a key law on company due diligence ahead of a decisive vote on Friday.
Brussels struggles to get the A list to its big meeting, while developing countries flag EU’s double standards between confronting Russia and Israel.
EU ministers face a race against time to decide on whether to work with a new UN authority on international tax policy. But France and Germany have been leading European opposition to the new tax body.
Compromise will phase in a sweeping overhaul of the unionโs complex budget framework
EU institutions have reached a political agreement on five regulations that, for the first time, will lay down a harmonised approach to migration management for Europe, though NGOs have criticised the deal as going against basic human rights.
EU ministers are ready to fund walls, fences, and barbed wire in third countries to prevent migrants’ departures, and boost surveillance at EU borders as part of a migration โsolidarityโ mechanism, according to closed-doors negotiations among EU lawmak…
The European Parliament has approved an ambitious position ahead of talks with EU ministers on the overhaul of European honey marketing rules in a bid to stem floods of counterfeit imports mainly coming from China.
Most EU agriculture ministers have voiced their resolve to continue work on the EUโs contentious pesticide regulation, despite the European Parliament voting against the file and further negotiations on it.
Also in this newsletter: Why NGOs are sceptical of Brusselsโ proposal to fight foreign interference
EU agriculture ministers have failed to find a position on EU plans to relax rules on new genomic techniques (NGTs) as thorny issues like coexistence with organic farming and patentability continue to split European countries.ย
EU finance ministers are set to discuss debt and spending rules over dinner on Thursday evening (7 December), in what officials say may turn into an all-nighter.
As EU ministers gather to discuss the proposed โNet-Zero Industry Actโ on Thursday (7 December), representatives of the European solar industry have warned against the European Parliament’s demand to exclude Chinese solar panels from solar auctions.
Safety campaigners have written to EU ministers urging them to reject moves to lower the age at which young people can begin training to drive a heavy-duty vehicle, arguing it could lead to higher numbers of serious road accidents.
EU member states’ position on the long-term residents directive is โfar less ambitiousโ than the European Parliament’s position, indicating tough negotiations ahead, MEP Damian Boeselager, who will be Parliament’s lead negotiator on the proposal, warne…
As EU Ministers of Health meet on 30 November in Brussels with the Open Strategic Autonomy in the field of health at the top of the agenda, talks are expected to focus on medicines shortages.
The new system aims at keeping energy prices low without upsetting the European Commission and other member countries.
Economic and finance ministers of the European Union made on Thursday significant progress on the reform of the bloc’s fiscal rules. But the final push depends on a Franco-German compromise.
The Spanish presidency has proposed a final compromise for the bloc’s debt and spending โ in a final bid to come to an agreement before the end of the year.
SNEAK PEEK โ After the European Space Agency agreed on a plan to launch a cargo spaceflight mission by 2028, thereโs a space-focused Competitiveness Council today. โ Russia reported damage to a telecommunications cable connecting St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad, and the Finnish Coast Guard suspects it could be linked to damage sustained by other Baltic [โฆ]
Josep Borrell says there is a ‘basic consensus’ but no unanimity.
Blocโs foreign policy head, Josep Borrell, and ministers see getting aid and power to Gaza as essential alongside release of hostagesIsrael-Hamas war: live updatesEU foreign ministers have endorsed a โhumanitarian pauseโ in the war between Israel and H…
EU interior ministers discussed on Thursday the lessons the EU should learn after two terrorist attacks hit Europe in just one week.
SNEAK PEEK โ Ukrainian forces fired American-supplied ATACMS missiles, striking a Russian airfield in occupied Ukraine and marking the first known use of the long-range weapon. โ Multinational military exercises kicked off in Spain this week, in what is the first time the EU has led and organized wargames independently of NATO. โ An underwater [โฆ]
The highly anticipated deal on the reform of the European Union’s fiscal rules will not arrive until November at the very least, pushing the bloc closer to its end-of-the-year deadline.
Poles will head to the ballot on Sunday in a highly-contested election. This week, EU ministers responsible for employment and social policy will meet in Luxembourg while MEPs will vote on the shortlist of nominees for this year’s Sakharov Prize.
EU interior ministers agreed to classify ‘non state actors’ such as NGOs on a par with Russia and Belarus in causing increased levels of migration, as they agreed their position on a new crisis management law.
