Europäische Union

In today’s edition: the Coalition of the Willing meets in Paris to discuss security guarantees, French regulators fine Google and Shein record sums over cookie breaches, and experts warn US isolationism is draining Europe of expertise and funding

Le Pen's new message: dissolution or chaos

Europe is congratulating itself on avoiding a new tariff war. But avoiding conflict is not a strategy

Both commitments are central to July’s EU-US framework agreement, which hits most EU exports with a 15% levy

"We'll put more there if they want," Trump said in the Oval Office. "We're with Poland all the way and we'll help Poland protect itself"

The cuts were "due to excessive and uncompetitive airport fees", the Irish budget airline said

The idea was first floated before the summer break, but the effort failed to take off

After a quarter of a century in the pipeline, the “Jurassic” EU-Mercosur trade deal is lumbering back to life

"I have the impression that you want to give us the responsibility for the US tariff policy,” said Sabine Weyand, director-general at the Commission’s DG Trade, to audible groans from MEPs

With parliamentary ratification still pending, the implementation lags significantly behind Berlin’s ambitious timeline

Von der Leyen will address the Parliament on 10 September.

NATO scrutiny of Italy’s €13.5 billion Messina bridge has fueled tensions, as the US warns allies against creative accounting to meet defence spending pledges

Die Europäische Kommission hat am Mittwoch vorgeschlagen, die finanzielle Unterstützung für Grönland zu verdoppeln – auf insgesamt mehr als 530 Millionen Euro im kommenden siebenjährigen EU-Haushalt.

Pläne für den potenziellen Einsatz europäischer Truppen in der Ukraine werfen Fragen nach möglichen Sicherheitslücken auf dem Kontinent auf – in einer Phase, in der die US-Unterstützung schwindet und die Spannungen mit Russland zunehmen.

An additional regulation with safeguard measures against harmful imports is pushing the most critical member states to reconsider their stance

The move comes as US interest in the Arctic island has grown since Trump’s return to the White House

Die Europäische Kommission hat am Mittwoch angekündigt, die Handelsbeziehungen zu einer Reihe asiatischer Länder auszubauen – und zugleich die USA und China dafür kritisiert, sich nicht an internationale Handelsregeln zu halten.

Die französischen Sozialdemokraten sind es nicht mehr gewohnt – doch die Parti socialiste (PS) ist wieder zu einem zentralen Akteur in der französischen Politik geworden.

Poland is currently ninth in the global clinical trials market, sixth in Europe, but experts say this progress is at risk without modernisation

The news comes as Brussels formally presented its trade agreements with Mexico and Mercosur on Wednesday