During a discussion in the European Parliament, the European Central Bank president referenced a 2024 International Monetary Fund report that found that intra-EU barriers to trade amount to a 44% tariff on goods and a 110% duty on services – far above the punishing levies that US President Donald Trump has slapped on EU exporters over the last year.
If the overall EU budget is reduced, the EU’s Horizon research and innovation fund is the most likely casualty, according to the analyst. The Commission has proposed €175 billion for the fund, compared to €95 billion in the current budget.
From mid-May, Denmark will stop granting residence permits under the scheme to certain Ukrainians displaced by the war, including people subject to mobilisation in Ukraine.
NGOs and Latin American fishers are calling on the EU to help curb China’s aggressive squid fishing in the south-east Pacific, which they blame for dwindling stocks.
The European Commission’s president has pledged to “crack down” on national regulations that make it harder for businesses to operate across the EU, as Brussels doubles down on its push to deregulate the bloc’s economy and revive its faltering competitiveness.
On 18 March, Brussels will unveil its much vaunted ‘28th regime’: a legislative portal that seeks to transport the EU from its deeply fractured single market to a significantly more integrated one.
Europe’s two biggest carmakers have urged Brussels to tweak purchase subsidies and public procurement to favour domestic production over imported vehicles, calling for clear labelling and additional incentives for electric cars built in Europe.
Europe’s two biggest carmakers have urged Brussels to tweak purchase subsidies and public procurement to favour domestic production over imported vehicles, calling for clear labelling and additional incentives for electric cars built in Europe.
The EU will not seek to boost economic links with China despite growing tensions with the US, Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief, told reporters on Thursday.
Pretty good write-up calling out European politicians in particular for calling for increased tech sovereignty in Europe, but not putting their money where their moth is by actually using the European alternative that already exists.
The centre-right European People’s Party in the European Parliament has imposed sanctions on more than ten of its MEPs, including its seven Hungarians, who refused to oppose a far-right bid to topple the European Commission.
Fresh US tariff threats have thrown EU-US trade relations back into chaos – reigniting calls in Brussels for retaliation and jeopardising last summer’s pact with Washington.
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella said late Thursday that he would again seek to bring down Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission through a motion of censure over the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
Czechia will keep its ammunition initiative for Ukraine alive despite months of domestic political attacks, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš confirmed on Wednesday, marking a sharp reversal from his pre-election stance.
EU countries are preparing to allow the United States access to national biometric databases holding sensitive personal data, such as fingerprints and facial scans, in exchange for maintaining visa-free travel to the US.
European producers of inverters, crucial components for connecting solar panels to the grid, are teaming up outside established European industry lobbying structures in a new challenge to China’s tightening grip on the supply chain.
Portugal will on December 11 face its first general strike in 12 years to protest against the right-wing minority government’s planned labour law reforms, which unions argue harm workers’ rights.
Edit: It is a joint open source initiative between Germany, France, Italy, & Netherlands to make Cybersecurity, AI, Cloud, & Social Media Network alternatives
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.
La Polonia ha recentemente introdotto controlli ai confini con Germania e Lituania in risposta all’afflusso di immigrati irregolari dalla Lituania e alle segnalazioni di migranti illegali provenienti dalla Germania in Polonia. In risposta, il Ministro degli Interni tedesco Alexander Dobrindt (CSU, PPE) ha proposto che Varsavia e Berlino implementino controlli di frontiera congiunti.
Engels artikel omdat ik geen goede toegankelijke Nederlandse kon vinden. Het is mij nog steeds niet duidelijk wat nu precies de oorzaak was van de Spaanse blackout afgelopen April. De minister wijst zowel naar netbeheerder als gecontracteerde producenten, en die twee wijzen vooral naar elkaar… Er komt als het goed is ook nog een uitgebreider rapport later dit jaar, misschien dat die het kan verhelderen
France’s telecommunications regulator, Arcom, has ordered Eutelsat to stop broadcasting two Russian TV channels sanctioned by the EU. The landmark decision comes three years after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
L’amicizia tra Stati Uniti e Polonia ha radici lontane, addirittura secolari, dai tempi della guerra di indipendenza americana, per il contributo dato alla causa americana dal generale Tadeusz Kościuszko.
Il primo ministro ungherese Viktor Orbán ha annunciato la reintroduzione dei massimali sui margini di profitto su diversi prodotti alimentari per contrastare l’aumento dei prezzi.
A corporate accountability group called Ekō submitted ten ads to Meta and X that contained clear examples of extremist hate speech, incitement to violence ahead of the German election, and AI imagery, all of which serve as grounds for blocking an ad from running.
Tijdens de opstand op 24 juni was een deel van de Wagner troepen op weg naar een nucleaire basis. Het plan was om wat kernwapens te bemachtigen, om zo Putin extra onder druk te zetten. Mijn conclusie, Wagner = Spectre.
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