The deadly attack on Berlin’s annual pride parade was widely condemned by leaders across Europe from across the political spectrum, as the hard-right courts their newest voter base: the LGBTI+ community.
By racing ahead of the currently stalled EU process, Sweden joins a small group of member states using national bans on ‘forever chemicals’.
The EU’s efforts to crack down on Big Tech have resulted in weeks of fines and debates to tackle child safety online, and Friday’s investigation into TikTok’s teen account settings is the latest piece of a greater policy puzzle to regulate social media giants.
Google has been fined close to €1bn by the EU due to its search engine monopoly, which prioritised Google Flights or Google Store over other results, and for charging business too much on Google Play.
The battle over this 21st sanctions round lays bare a new fault line in Europe’s Russia policy, with Greece and Austria securing sensitive carve-outs.
From higher defence budgets to tighter control over social media, liberals are quietly backing a more muscular state they once resisted, arguing it is the price of keeping European freedoms alive.
Prematurely announcing Hungarian chess grandmaster would be the next president – despite promising an open contest, then backtracking, has proved Péter Magyar first major blunder since taking office.
France is leading for the way for the EU to restrict youth access to social media, but its blanket ban poses concern to critics of the Australian model for not addressing the root cause of the problem.
Launched end of May by Dutch white supremacist Eva Vlaardingerbroek and Austrian neo-Nazi Martin Sellner, the petition sought to ‘remigrate’ people who pose a “serious cultural burden.”
While studies link microplastics to behavioural problems in children and potential cancer risks, questions from MEPs to the European Commission about food and product safety remain unanswered.
Betting on influencers to sell its grand projects and geopolitical priorities to young voters is the new way Brussels’ institutions are experimenting.
Behind the friendly “pizza comunista” and open-door consultations lies a party that still hails Marx, Engels and Lenin and wants Austria out of the EU, raising awkward questions for voters who back its housing fixes but ignore its revolutionary long game.
The announcement on Friday follows the publication of reports that attempt to decrypt rule-of-law issues in each of the 27 member states. It will include a boost to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Andy Burnham has gone from the “King of the North” to Downing Street in a matter of weeks. But what does this mean for the UK and its relationship with the EU?
The Tisza government is poised to topple Orbán-era power brokers but a messy battle over Hungary’s presidency now risks dragging the Constitutional Court into a full-blown legitimacy crisis.
In this edition, we track how officials are burying EU funding audits on Gaza, shielding judges’ financial interests and limiting access to ownership data, while watchdogs and civil society push back against weakened transparency laws and chronic delays that undermine scrutiny and journalists’ work.
With the European Parliament’s resistance weakening and the powerful European People’s Party group shifting in favour of tougher controls, this surprise win for message-scanning could clear the way for an even more far‑reaching “Chat Control 2.0” that targets encrypted apps next.
“We do not expect children to design their own seatbelts. We do not expect parents to fit airbags at home. And the very same must be true for Big Tech,” warned Ursula von der Leyen, as momentum is building for an EU-wide social media ban, and the commission is feeling the heat. The EU Commission president hopes to have practical restrictions made into a proposal by autumn.
THIS WEEK: EU weighs curbs on Israeli-settlement trade, as India tech ties and carbon market review top agendaThis week’s EU agenda stretches from restrictions on trade with Israeli illegal settlements and Gaza aid to a looming electrification push and carbon market review.
Belgian minister for the climate, Jean-Luc Crucke believes in simplification and the initiative of companies to collaborate with federal sustainability measures. Despite unequal footing with international partners and a slow pace of EU reforms, the minister is “not a pessimist”