Europeโs leaders find no quick response to Trumpโs bombshell on Ukraine
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
Top European leaders could not find common ground on issues including sending peacekeepers in Ukraine.
Leaders arrive at Paris summit for urgent talks on Ukraine after week that showed how far values have divergedEurope live โ latest updatesThey came smiling, but the task was immense. After dozens of summits at which a hesitant and discordant EU had fai…
The Polish PM is adamant that Europe must not break ties with the U.S.
The call came before the French president welcomed a group of European leaders in Paris.
On 30 January, Euractiv hosted a discussion on the European Commissionโs “CERN for AI” initiative and what a European AI Research Council could look like in practice.
A European Commission draft sets out ways for governments to subsidize and boost clean-tech investments.
Ursula von der Leyen urges โemergency mindsetโ in response to US decision to enter bilateral talks with RussiaEurope live โ latest updatesEuropeโs security is โat a turning pointโ, the president of the European Commission has said, as leaders from majo…
A draft of updated rules on permissible state aid within the forthcoming Clean Industrial Deal has no explicit mention of nuclear power, despite recent signals from the European Commission executive that it was beginning to see the technology as integr…
Commission reacts to JD Vance comments on Romanian elections.
The trip will take place in a show of solidarity as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the three-year mark, one EU official said.
After nearly three years of war in Ukraine, protests by Polish farmers are opening up social and political fractures in a once-unshakeable alliance.
The Commission president is pushing a sweeping, rapid and centralized agenda to โsimplifyโ EU rules โ and not everyone in Brussels is thrilled.
The French president’s anti-regulation push has thrown his environmental legacy into doubt and angered many in his own party.
We call on the EUโs member countries and institutions to be the voice of human dignity globally, and to mobilize, defend and support the court.
The “main European countries” will discuss the continent’s security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noรซl Barrot said the “main European countries” would meet on Monday to discuss European security.
The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.
Maroลก ล efฤoviฤ will travel to Washington on Monday in an attempt to ward off an impending trade war.
The European Commission is trying to head off a transatlantic trade conflict.
US vice-president told litany of tales of Europeโs rights infringements in speech to leaders at defence gatheringJD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europeโs leadersIn JD Vanceโs confrontational and pugnacious speech at the Munic…
Ulla Neergaard, Professor of EU Law, University of Copenhagen
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Neergaardโs forthcoming work, โโEurarcticโ: Colonialism and EU-Greenland…
Europe is facing increasingly hybrid threats, and it lacks a shared culture of preparedness, according to our guest. Sauli Niinistรถ was the president of Finland from 201HJYYUU2 to 2024 and is now a special advisor to the head of the European Commissio…
European Commission president announces plan at Munich Security Conference.
MEPs welcomed European Commission’s recent launch of infringement proceedings against 17 member states, but they say more action is needed to create positive environment for change.
The line from Brussels appears to have hardened since its response to Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs earlier this week.
Brussels has strengthened its trade defense arsenal since a skirmish in U.S. President Donald Trumpโs first term.
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EU and British politicians warn America against caving to the Kremlin’s demands on Ukraine. ย
Brussels has strengthened its trade toolkit since Donald Trumpโs first term. But it would need the broad support of EU countries to strike back hard.
Love is in the air in the halls of power.
“This new program is another step in our efforts to quickly and constructively build a solution to respond to the European Commissionโs decision on Facebook Marketplace.”
Bjoern Seibert visited Washington ahead of high-level contacts between the Commission president and J.D. Vance.
From new coordination methods to more transparency over lobbying, hereโs how Ursula von der Leyen reshaped the Commission in her own image.
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Statement from countries including France, Germany and UK comes after US president says he and Putin are ready to begin talksEuropean powers, including Britain, France and Germany, have said they have to be part of any future negotiations on the fate o…
If we canโt join Nato we must build our own, says Zelenskyy; Russian trial begins over explosion that crippled Kerch bridge. What we know on day 1,086 Nothing about ending Russiaโs war against Ukraine should be decided without the Ukrainians, Europea…
U.S. president announces that talks with Russia’s leader on ending the war will start โimmediately,โ after his defense chief warns that Ukraineโs peace goals wonโt be met.
U.S. and Russian leaders spoke on the phone Wednesday about ending the war โ and agreed to start negotiations โimmediately.โ
The European Commission wants a more flexible financial framework to meet the challenges, including green technologies, border security and defense, facing the 27 member states.
โThe status quo is not an option,โ the European Commission said in a communication laying the groundwork for the upcoming proposal on the next long-term budget (2028-34).
The bloc has to get tougher in the age of Donald Trump, argues Friedrich Merz.
SNEAK PEEK โ Where does the Paris summit leave the U.K.โs AI policy? โย MPs tackle the data bill, amendments and all. โย Patrick Vallance sets out his plan to remake science. Good morning and welcome to Wednesday, This is Tom, heading back to London from a gloomy City of Light. Come and say hi if youโre [โฆ]
โFarmers” raked in millions of euros for land they didnโt own or work.
โThe EU cannot fill this gap left by others,โย the European Commission told Euronews as disability NGOs seek emergency aid from Brussels after US President Donald Trump blocked international development projects.
First high-level meeting with Trump official strikes surprisingly positive note after he slapped tariffs on steel and aluminum.
The European Commission president told the AI Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday that the the EU would contribute โฌ50 billion with the rest pledged by ‘providers, investors and industry.’
Ursula von der Leyen says tariffs โwill not go unansweredโ as Justin Trudeau says Canadians will โstand up if we need toโEurope live โ latest updatesCanada, Mexico and the EU have sharply criticised Donald Trumpโs decision to impose 25% tariffs on all …
Bloc aims to catch up with U.S. and China in global AI race.
โUnjustifiedโ 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum โwill not go unanswered,โ says European Commission chief.
The European Commission will today publish its much anticipated working program, outlining EU policy priorities for 2025.
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The Polish prime minister’s apparent threats to defy EU migration rules aren’t as audacious as they appear.
Intentionally or not, concerned businesses, the ascendant far right and traditional conservatives are coming together to rewrite green rules.
France is hosting a global artificial intelligence summit that costs far less than the U.K.’s 2023 affair.
Donald Trump’s top lieutenant says he has “critical work in Washington DC.”
Academics can be as influential as tech bros in swaying policymakers to both invest in and set guardrails for the powerful technology.
Blocโs leaders also pledge to protect EU interests after US president announces escalation in aggressive trade policyEurope will not hesitate to retaliate if Donald Trump imposes any new tariffs, the European Commission and EU national leaders have sai…
The European Commission will not commit to launching legal action against Poland after Donald Tusk openly threatened to disregard the Migration Pact.
The DSA says that the Commission should prepare the Code of Conduct on online advertising by 18 August
A European Commission spokesperson today said that the EU’s offer “is still on the table” but that Transnistrian authorities “have gone for another solution.”
French diplomat plays down importance of declaration as focus shifts to AI sovereignty.
Opposition from the financial services sector on the FiDA bill found sympathy within the French government, which called for its demise.
The duties would โheighten economic uncertainty and disrupt the efficiency and integration of global marketsโ, the Commission said.
The European executive has announced that it would retaliate against US tariffs on aluminium and steel if they are confirmed, considering them unlawful and counterproductive.
A truce on a 2018 trade dispute on steel and aluminum between Brussels and Washington is set to lapse at the end of March.ย
Billions in EU Covid funding have gone unaccounted for. By hiding its business behind personal messaging, Brussels is dodging public scrutinyFor weeks during the height of the Covid pandemic in early 2021, the European Commission president, Ursula von …
SNEAK PEEK โ As the AI Action Summit kicks off, the U.K. is tempted against signing its main declaration. โ Peter Kyle takes his investment pitch to Paris. โ Back at home, thereโs a backlash against the Home Office over encryption. Good Monday morning, This is Tom in Paris. You can get in touch with [โฆ]
Mistral AI co-founder says China’s artificial intelligence breakthrough offers inspiration for Europe in the global AI race.
Policymaking is not accountancy: in the medium and long term, the EU will be better off keeping factories within its borders.
Proposed EU rules could see almost 100% of solid fuel local space heaters disappear from the European market, destroying European jobs, growth and competitiveness, warns CEFACD
Leaders from the bloc’s biggest companies will convene in Antwerp for the Feb. 26 event.
Google and Meta are leading the charge against a โcode of practiceโ governing tools like Gemini, ChatGPT and Llama.
The European Union has pivoted to cheering AI innovation, laying less emphasis on rules that curb potential threats.
The move would allow governments with overstretched budgets more flexibility under the bloc’s debt and deficit rules.
Center-right and center-left chancellor candidates clashed in a fiery debate, exposing deep divisions just weeks ahead of a national election.
The vice president will mingle with world leaders in Munich and Paris at a time when the White House has made clear itโs not afraid to shred old alliances.
โOur friend Trump, the Trump tornado, has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,โ Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn tells far-right rally in Madrid.
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More than 100,000 people hit the streets Friday across Slovakia and elsewhere in Europe to defend the country’s Western orientation.
Europe has the potential to play an important role, but it will have to move fast, and be smart and more united than before.
The Commissionโs refusal to describe its policies as “deregulatory” is looking increasingly absurd.
In a first jab at the White House, Ursula von der Leyen and Antรณnio Costa said the U.S. president’s move to target the International Criminal Court undermines global justice.
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s probably being shot by Donald Trump Jr.
The European Commission has been rolling out circular economy strategies for 15 years using a patchwork of waste and environmental legislation. Next year, the EU hopes to stitch them all together in one package.
With member states keen to link quotas to any deal, Antรณnio Costa says defence and fisheries โare different thingsโThe EU will not let the question of fishing rights derail a pact with the UK on security and defence, the president of the European Counc…
Germanyโs nuclear exit was meant to be final. But with energy costs soaring, conservatives are reopening the debate.
EU officials still hope to avert a trade war with the United States.
The EU’s digital competition law means users can now download a pornography video app in Europe.
The country aims to curry favor and keep the U.S. president committed to transatlantic defense by being the first to catch the mood in Washington.
What you should have on your radar on anything defence.
European Commission also urges EU lawmakers to phase out exemption on customs duties for parcels under โฌ150Parcels sent from China by online retailers such as Shein and Temu will face strict new customs controls as part of a crackdown by the European C…
Fine related to controversial Polish judicial reforms by previously ruling PiS party.
The Commission calls for stricter enforcement of consumer protection and environmental standards in online commerce in a new communication focusing on Chinese marketplaces; separately announcing an investigation into clothes giant Shein.
The European Commission plans more customs checks and fees to stem flood of low-value parcels from China.
Freeze to EUโs LIFE programme funding would deprive 30 NGOs of up to 70% of annual incomesSeveral environmental NGOs could be effectively shut down in Europe, if a defunding push by rightwing MEPs is successful, campaigners say.At the same time that ce…
The move would offer national capitals more room to increase defense spending.
European Council President Antรณnio Costa said the summit would focus on devising โthe closest relationship it will be possible to build together.โ