The European Parliament won't disclose recent investments made in a luxury pension scheme for MEPs — despite demands made by the EU's administrative watchdog, the European Ombudsman.
If you watched Fox News last month, you may have heard that Ireland is planning to slaughter 200,000 cows to meet its EU climate goals. Of course, there was one big problem with the reporting: the claims were untrue.
With concerns over food security, inflation and the environmental impact of food waste becoming increasingly evident, the European Commission has proposed legally-binding targets to reduce food waste across the EU.
The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the ninth consecutive time even as the risk of recession is growing.
To date, existing measures to give young people a say in the policies that affect them have either been limited to areas such as culture or education, or have been designed for young people rather than with or by them.
The EU Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the role of the EU's border agency Frontex in the mid-June sinking of the Adriana trawler that led to hundreds of people drowning.
Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia called on the European Commission to extend their ban on Ukrainian grain imports until the end of 2023 in a bid to safeguard their farmers and agricultural sector.
According to the ECB lending survey, demand for corporate loans fell 42 percent in the second quarter of 2023, and 38 percent in the first quarter. "The decrease was again substantially stronger than expected by banks," the ECB reported.
Slowdown as the European institutions prepare to go into summer recess.
Sunday's election in Spain has left a fragmented political landscape, where no party or potential coalition has achieved a clear working majority — raising concerns about a stalemate or even new elections.If we fail to seize momentum, a reform of the EU's asylum and migration system will disappear over the horizon, further condemning Europe to its current, dysfunctional system. The Spanish EU presidency has a huge responsibility on its shoulders.
European investors are sounding the alarm over sustainable reporting rules, which they say have been weakened by the European Commission. Many reporting requirements that were mandatory in an earlier draft have been made voluntary, including climate, biodiversity and transition-plan reporting.
Spanish voters will hit the polls on Sunday for a snap general election — with a huge fork in the road ahead, between a centre-right plus far-right Vox coalition, or a centre-left plus Sumar one.
The EU agreement with Tunisia on 16 July follows similar past efforts, dating back to 2014, to stem migration, shore up borders, and ease Tunisians into more lucrative jobs in Europe.
'Uber-style' platforms offer carers what appear to be higher wages, flexibility, and locations close to home — but unions warn of the hidden risks and long-term consequences of these jobs.
The battle between the Global South and North is on. In one corner sits the transition to green economies and electric vehicles. In the other corner, development and basic human rights.
EU leaders are reluctant to issue more debt for climate investments — they shouldn't be.
Tunisian security forces have been committing serious abuses against black African migrants, says leading NGO Human Rights Watch. The findings comes against the backdrop of a EU-Tunisia deal to stem migration flows.
Unemployment levels remain at record lows, but household incomes and living conditions are deteriorating sharply in many European countries. Even holidays, or certain foods, have become a luxury.
MEPs in the budget committee have backed the decision to acquire yet another building in Strasbourg — a move dubbed "insane", expensive and unnecessary by other MEPs.
The EU's border agency Frontex may shift some of its resources in Greece towards other regions more in demand. Separately, it may also withdraw the use of EU-financed Frontex vessels by Greek authorities in response to alleged abuses.
Disagreement on Russia's war in Ukraine overshadowed the finale of a summit between EU and Latin American and Caribbean leaders on Tuesday.
An EU-Tunisia deal includes promoting legal migration to undermine smuggling — but also hinges on member states easing cumbersome Schengen visa applications.
In reality, the EU's Act in Support of Ammunition Production has little, if anything, to do with supporting Ukraine, and everything to do with guaranteeing the profit-driven interests of Europe's highly-lucrative arms industry.
The governments that spend all that money on the OSCE? They shrugged and sent congratulatory telegrams to Turkey's president Erdoğan regardless. Same in Poland: twice the OSCE found its elections violated international norms for democratic elections. Reaction? Zero.
The European Union is pushing to revive its relationship with Latin American and Caribbean countries, particularly highlighting the importance of trade deals and investments in the region in the current geopolitical context.
Reacting to Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal, EU foreign relations chief Josep Borrell said the decision is "completely unjustified" — and that Russia is yet again "weaponising the hunger of the people".
The EU-CELAC summit will take place in Brussels this week, after after eight years of hiatus. But disagreements over the condemnation of Russia's war in Ukraine have complicated the finalisation of the joint agreement.
The worthwhile objectives of a digital euro have increasingly baked the interests of the banks into the design, following the arguments of the banking lobby.
European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen is returning to Tunis along with the prime ministers of Italy and the Netherlands, Giorgia Meloni and Mark Rutte.
Although final fiscal rules are uncertain and eventual budget cuts will likely be subject to negotiation between the commission and individual member states, Thursday's announcement points to a general tightening of the purse in Europe.
Some EU governments are still looking to use EU public money to finance new fossil gas projects — despite their climate obligations.