The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU succeeded late on Saturday 30 December 2023, one day before it passes the baton to Belgium, to move on with the Schengen enlargement with Bulgaria and Romania, after 12 years of negotiations.
The green transition and economic security are complimentary phenomena that can create a positive feedback loop.
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.
To ensure the EU’s leading role in quantum technologies, the Spanish Presidency coordinated a joint declaration on quantum technology on Wednesday (6 December). Spain presented the Quantum Pact during the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Counc…
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council shared a revised mandate to negotiate with the European Parliament on the thorny issue of regulating foundation models under the upcoming AI law. The AI Act is a flagship bill to regulate Artificial…
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council asked member states for flexibility in the sensitive area of law enforcement ahead of a crucial political meeting for the AI law. The AI Act is a flagship bill to regulate Artificial Intelligence…
Arab nations and EU members meet as a ceasefire holds shakily in the Gaza Strip.
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council wants an opt-out option for the primary use of health data in emergency situations and two mandatory ‘harmonised components’ for health record systems (EHRs) in the EU’s health data regulation, according to a po…
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council asked for feedback on a series of less controversial points after the negotiations on the AI Act with the European Parliament hit a wall on foundation models.
The Spanish Presidency of the EU Council is asking member states to compromise on climate and civil liability provisions in exchange for a carve-out of finance from the proposed EU corporate accountability rules, amid growing calls to include the secto…
The Spanish Presidency of the EU Council is leaning towards the exclusion of the financial sector from the EU corporate accountability rules, which are currently under inter-institutional negotiations, according to an internal document seen by Euractiv.
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The Spanish presidency of the EU Council of Ministers has proposed a governance architecture for supervising the obligations on foundation models and high-impact foundation models that includes the establishment of a scientific panel.
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council of Ministers has drafted a series of obligations for foundation models and General Purpose AI as part of the negotiations on the AI Act.
Following the first negotiating session on the European Media Freedom Act, the Spanish presidency of the EU Council of Ministers on Wednesday (25 October) briefed national delegations about the first compromise reached and where tension with the Europe…
EU countries are set to start discussions on the inclusion of the financial sector under the scope of the proposed EU corporate accountability directive, in an effort to find a negotiating mandate and strike a deal with the European Parliament.
Minors are especially vulnerable to manipulation by terrorist organisations and more action is needed to respond quickly to this growing threat, according to a document by the Spanish EU Council Presidency, dated 10 October and seen by Euractiv.
A partial general approach by the Spanish Presidency, dated 10 October and seen by Euractiv, suggests limiting the scope of the detection orders in the regulation aiming to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The proposed regul…
Despite continued political uncertainty in Spain, the country’s health minister José Miñones told EURACTIV in an interview that he is optimistic that the Spanish presidency of the EU Council will be able to finalise key health files.
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council has put forward a new approach to the ongoing negotiations of the bloc’s fiscal rules.
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council circulated a semi-final version of the draft cybersecurity law with hefty reductions in the list of product categories that must comply with a particular regime.
The Spanish presidency of the EU Council circulated its first compromise text of the regulation to fight child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, dated 29 June and seen by EURACTIV, focusing on risk assessment and mitigation measures.
