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Economy

EU court upholds anti-bailout banking rules for Spain's Banco Popular

Judges ruled against investors who lost billions, in the first test of controversial banking laws

Economy

EU urges France, Germany to slash energy crisis spending

A European Commission report spells the return of belt-tightening after years of crisis-driven largesse

Business

EU Russian sanctions stymied by complexity, poor enforcement

Economic punishments for the Ukraine invasion are still too easy to avoid, some lawmakers say.

Business

EU’s football money-laundering plan inflamed by Chelsea claims

Lawmakers say allegations of misdealing by ex-owner Roman Abramovich lend credence to their crusade against dirty money in sport, though others urge caution

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Earth News

French Camembert makers cheesed off at new EU recycling rules

The European Commission has now addressed cheese makers' concerns about the new packaging rules.

Tech News

TikTok joins Meta in appealing against EU gatekeeper status

Under the Digital Markets Act, companies with more than 45 million monthly active users and a market capitalisation of €75 billion are considered gatekeepers providing a core platform service.

Tech News

EU asks Amazon for information on measures to stop illegal products

The request comes under the new Digital Services Act (DSA) that requires large technology companies to comply with requirements that aim to protect consumers.

Climate

ECB berates proposed EU bank carveout from corporate due diligence law

Plans to exclude finance from EU environmental due diligence legislation aren’t going down well with supervisors in Frankfurt

Europe Decoded

Race to host EU’s money-laundering watchdog AMLA hots up

Heft, geopolitics and money-laundering prowess are all coming into play as cities from Madrid to Vilnius jostle for a new agency

Climate

MEPs and EU countries reach deal on key biodiversity bill

The key piece of legislation on nature restoration and biodiversity had stumbled over the issue of agriculture.

Business

EU Court touts re-run of Apple’s €13 billion Irish tax dispute

A legal opinion offers support for the European Commission’s crusade against alleged multinational tax-dodging

Business

EU seeks to make 10-second instant bank payments a reality

A legal deal struck late Tuesday could put an end to long waits to transfer money across borders

Ukraine

War in Ukraine: Ursula von der Leyen makes unannounced visit to Kyiv

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday. This is her sixth visit to Ukraine since Russia's invasion.

Ocean

Keeping fishing fair: On board an EU patrol vessel in the Adriatic Sea

In partnership with the European Commission

In this episode of Ocean, we step on board the Ocean Sentinel patrol vessel to see first-hand how EU member states and agencies are working together to enforce fishing regulations in the Adriatic Sea.

Ocean

How European collaboration is closing gaps in fishery control

In partnership with the European Commission

Ocean spoke with the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), Dr Susan Steele, to discuss the practical value of interagency collaboration across multiple water zones.

Climate

Can Poland’s new government wean the country off coal?

On International Day of Climate Action, we look at how young activists played a major role in ousting Poland’s ‘anti-climate’ party.

Tech News

EU AI Act nearing trilogue agreement despite key roadblocks

As the European Parliament, European Council and member states prepare for fifth round of negotiations on the AI Act this week, three key stumbling blocks remain in the negotiations, MEP Dragoș Tudorache told euronews in an interview.

Europe News

Some EU policies ‘hinder’ climate action, WWF says

A handful of policies risk derailing the European Union’s ambitious climate goals, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report published on Monday, days before the European Commission is expected to publish its own assessment.

Tech News

AI Act trilogue to wrangle foundation models, governance

Disagreements between the EU institutions over foundation AI models and governance issues are set to be wrangled during tomorrow’s (24 October) fifth trilogue negotiation taking place in Brussels, one of the AI Act’s MEP co-rapporteurs has told euronews.

Earth News

EU ministers back ‘polluter pays’ principle on wastewater treatment

EU environmental ministers have agreed that pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies should pay to cover costs of removing micro-pollutants from wastewater as the EU Council agreed an opening negotiating stance over an update to the bloc's 1991 Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.