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In today's edition: AI deadlines, consumer agenda, DFA for kids, Spain probes Meta

In today’s edition: Mercosur’s turbulent landing as EU leaders race to seal the trade deal before year-end, Brussels launches a whip-round for the Palestinian Authority amid its shrinking role in Gaza, and capitals jostle for control as the €234bn Competitiveness Fund turns into a political power play

In today's edition: Petrol car ban, capacity markets, deforestation

With medicines, we tend to lose our love for the internal market and withdraw into our national shells, even though proven benefits of the single market for medicines are clear: accessible and more affordable medicines for healthcare payers and patients.

Vehicles using only renewable fuels should be considered zero-emission just as electric ones, the lobbies argued

Robert Fico is accusing Brussels of breaking the energy guarantees he says he secured in return for lifting his veto on EU sanctions

EPP insists it remains the farmers’ party despite backlash over budget stance

The EU executive is pushing preferential tariffs and wants products to be labelled with Moroccan regional names rather than with ‘Western Sahara’

Europe can and should shape the ethical and human-centric character of AI – ensuring that technology serves people, not the other way around

"If it's about competitiveness, this is certainly not helping," said Mario Mariniello from a Brussels-based think tank

Retailers to use KidsWallet QR scans to verify age for alcohol and tobacco sales

Capacity markets: old idea, new threat

Serhii Kuznietsov denied being part of a cell accused of placing explosives on the underwater pipelines linking Russia with Europe in September 2022

Trade unions walk out of critical healthcare wage negotiations following controversial pay proposals

The European Commission would only be able to spend new fund with Council approval

The caricature of the overpaid eurocrat who relies on connections and a bit of chutzpah to climb the greasy pole isn’t a caricature after all

S&D says EPP’s alignment with far right weakens Parliament’s negotiating powers

“The EPP found itself isolated,” a parliamentary staffer said

Europe can decarbonise its roads if it invests now, with much of the cost offset by sustainable economic returns

Industry groups dismiss findings as “sensationalism” amid calls for tighter regulation