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WhatsApp updated its privacy policy by switching to the 'legitimate interest' legal basis following an Irish Data Protection Commissioner's sanction in January.

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.

AMENDMENTS 1 - 249 - Draft report 2022 Commission Report on Montenegro
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tonino Picula

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The EU-LAC summit should present a “new era of cooperation”, but for the partnership to be balanced, it must secure sufficient EU public financing, address material consumption in the EU, and support local economies and industrialisation in LAC, argues Maria...

As a declining middle power heavily reliant on the United States for security, Italy feels significant concern over the ongoing transition in the global order and Rome will have to face the choice of whether to trade military security for economic growth, asks Arturo Varvelli.

The EU-Latin America summit this week shall not be overshadowed by the Europeans' preoccupations surrounding the war in Ukraine, Brazil's EU ambassador Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva told EURACTIV.

The vote on the EU’s proposed pesticides regulation in the European Parliament’s agriculture committee has been pushed back to October, further narrowing the window to reach an agreement ahead of next year’s EU elections.

To protect the rights of Nicaraguans, democratic governments, especially in the Americas and the EU, should strengthen and coordinate their actions effectively, write Carlos Fernando Chamorro and Juanita Goebertus.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany's far-left party looking for a new start, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez leaving the EU-CELAC summit to attend an election rally, and so much more.

EURACTIV’s agrifood team brings you the latest from Strasbourg where MEPs voted their position on two important files for the future of the EU’s agriculture: the industrial emissions directive and the nature restoration law. We take a deep dive into...

The European Commission has sent reasoned opinions to Romania, Hungary, and Croatia for not complying with their reporting obligations regarding their respective energy targets. The Commission requested Romania and Hungary to submit comprehensive progress reports on the progress of their...

An inquiry Committee, which will look into the circumstances leading up to the two mass shootings in Serbia that took place in early May, will hold its first session on Tuesday. Serbian Parliament President Vladimir Orlić scheduled the first session...

Ukraine insists on continuing waging war with Russia, Bulgaria’s pro-Russian President, Rumen Radev, said on Friday – a statement that saw a quick response from the Ukrainian Embassy in Sofia, although they did not mention the president directly. Radev, who...

Slovakia’s environment and agriculture ministries have different views on the EU’s nature protection law recently approved by the EU Parliament, with one calling it an opportunity while the other believes parts need changing. The Environment Ministry described the proposal as...

The first four weeks of the right-leaning government have included one ministerial resignation and crisis meetings after the other, but the revelations of old racist writings coming from Finns Party members continue to put the government’s life on the line....

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will force English universities to limit the number of students taking ‘low-value’ degrees, which critics believe is a move to penalise courses with a high proportion of working-class or minority-ethnic students. Courses that do not have...

Leading Dutch MEP Sophie In ‘t Veld (Volt) criticised the EU–Tunisia migration deal that was concluded on Sunday, saying outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD/Renew), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (FdI/ECR), and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have...

Ongoing tensions between the centre-right ÖVP and the chief of the far-right FPÖ, Herbert Kickl, have intensified amid accusations that the far-right leader poses a serious security risk and the accused calling for an early election. In autumn 2024, Austrians...

Spain, one of the EU's most powerful member states may get a new cabinet, as recent polls suggest that the left-of-centre coalition and their regionalist allies may lose seats necessary for the continuation of the incumbent minority government.

It is not just migration and the mammoth task of aligning with the EU legislation that Albania’s agricultural sector has to cope with: According to Agriculture Minister Frida Krifca, climate change is the biggest challenge. Albania opened negotiations with the...