You are here

European Union

FIREPOWER: EU dual-use research finds consensus with caveats

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 08:39
Plus, negotiators get to the crux of EDIP

Omnibus, omni-blame

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 07:31
In today’s edition: EU leaders meet in Copenhagen for an informal European Council to discuss Ukraine and defence, the Commission and Parliament clash in Brussels over the ‘omnibus’ package to cut red tape, and Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan complicates Europe’s debate on sanctions against Israel

US government enters shutdown as Congress fails to reach funding deal

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:56
Blaming Democrats and threatening sweeping job cuts, President Trump faces a partial government shutdown as Congress fails to reach a funding deal

Europe wakes up unawares to a 15-minute power trading revolution

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:00
Electricity trading just accelerated fourfold - but if all goes well, you won't even notice

Drones rattle Scandinavia’s iron lady ahead of European summit

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:00
Last week's incidents have ultimately left voters and allies alike questioning how firm Frederiksen's grip on power really is

Europe’s ‘drone wall’ only as strong as the armies behind it, industry warns

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:00
Best test would be to let Ukrainians ‘play the attacker’, says defence expert

Meloni’s regional win secures midterm boost

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:00
By securing Marche, Meloni consolidated her reputation for resilience in an unpredictable system

Supermarket boycott in Czechia isn’t hurting food tycoon Andrej Babiš

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:00
A victory at the polls would further expand both his political power and his business influence

Ireland’s data scandal put homes, clinics, and bases on the map – for sale

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:00
Ireland's Data Protection Commission stands accused of dropping the ball on enforcing the GDPR on adtech giants that fuel the trade in people's data

LNG row splits Europe as US challenges net-zero shipping deal

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:00
A global green shipping deal has split Europe and drawn in the US and China, as southern states defend LNG and northern countries push for stricter climate standards

TikTok, Meta, and YouTube overturned in most DSA content disputes

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:00
More than 75% of content removal decisions taken by social media platforms were overturned via the EU's Digital Services Act, report finds

EU’s red tape bonfire ignites Brussels blame game

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 06:00
An institutional spat is heating up as MEPs are under fire for going slow on plans to unshackle big business

Misinformation is eroding global journalism, but legacy media maintains authority

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 01:48
Despite a continued reliance on quality journalism, misinformation, AI disruption, and low media literacy threaten trust in news

Tech titans are emerging from Europe’s energy companies  

Euractiv.com - Wed, 01/10/2025 - 01:41
AI and supercomputing are transforming the energy grid, driven by new power demands and new solutions to manage electricity flows

National research ministers back dual-use Horizon plans with caveats

Euractiv.com - Tue, 30/09/2025 - 19:27
Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva said that “dual use is very different from defence research” and that research with a pure defence application would be covered by the European Competitiveness Fund

The Brief – The döner dilemma

Euractiv.com - Tue, 30/09/2025 - 19:23
'Are döner kebabs Turkish?' is not a dilemma that has been exercising much of Brussels. But it nearly wreaked havoc in Europe's skewered snack sector

Hydrogen trucks must be free to pollute temporarily, business alliance says

Euractiv.com - Tue, 30/09/2025 - 19:23
Polluting molecules can be phased out later, the alliance said in its new report

Brussels eyes outsourcing more climate action abroad

Euractiv.com - Tue, 30/09/2025 - 19:10
Hoekstra warns outsourcing cap is near its limit

EU report ‘sounds alarm’ on dire state of world’s oceans

Euractiv.com - Tue, 30/09/2025 - 18:33
Copernicus warns of record sea temperatures, vanishing ice and invasive species threatening ecosystems and fisheries

MEPs doubt Várhelyi’s CMA timeline as December committee vote looms

Euractiv.com - Tue, 30/09/2025 - 18:09
“Reaching an agreement with the Council is impossible,” says source close to talks

Pages