European Union

The June European Council is an opportunity to make sure we have the right measures in place to tackle hostile state threats to security such as cyber attacks, disinformation and meddling in elections, writes Mark Sedwill.

Bulgaria launched a tender today (27 June) for a new gas link with Turkey in a push to persuade Russia to extend the second part of the Turkish Stream pipeline to its border rather than Greece.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Spanish counterpart agreed yesterday (26 June) to cooperate on migrant policy, saying a European approach was the only way forward as her Bavarian allies pile pressure on her to deliver a deal this week.

In an exclusive interview with EURACTIV, the EU's antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, said the US social network Facebook was on her radar screen but not the e-commerce giant Amazon, which is also suspected of abusing its dominant position.

Accession talks to start in 2019, not this year as hoped, after France, Denmark and Netherlands force delay despite breakthrough on Macedonia name dispute.

Trade unions and employers have joined forces to urge the EU and UK to speed up Brexit talks ahead of tomorrow's European Council summit. 

The patchwork of measures to fight air pollution currently in place across European cities is not only inefficient but sometimes counter-productive, said participants at a EURACTIV event on Tuesday (26 June).

Russian businessman Oleg Sirota thinks he knows why the French soccer team got off to a winning start at the World Cup: he is supplying their hotel with cheese and yoghurt from his dairy.

French President Emmanuel Macron held an "intense" meeting with Pope Francis during his first official visit to the Vatican yesterday (26 June), discussing global issues including the fate of migrants coming to Europe.

The German parliament, the Bundestag, is hosting a public hearing on Wednesday (27 June) on the European Commission's proposal on cars' CO2 emission limits for 2025/30 in a bid to find a consensus between the different ministries.

The European Union agreed a compromise yesterday (26 June) whereby it would open negotiations to join the bloc with Albania and Macedonia starting in June next year, provided certain conditions are met.

We need an EU budget that protects people instead of investing in borders and defence industries, argue Leo Williams and Vito Telesca.

Europe must get serious about short food supply chains (SFSC) and put an end to the frustrating inconsistencies within the Common Agricultural Policy and with other European policy fields, write Maria Heubuch and Bart Staes.

Under the EU's sanctions procedure, EU ministers listened to their Polish colleague trying to alleviate concerns over the independence of the courts.

On 26 June 2018, the Council adopted conclusions on enlargement and stabilisation and association process.

President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker congratulated President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his re-election as President of Turkey.

Appointment of 7 new members of the EFSA management board.

The Council adopted conclusions on the revision of the EU maritime security strategy (EUMSS) action plan.

In preparation for Brexit, the Council authorises the Commission to negotiate modifications to EU's WTO schedule including apportioning tariff rate quotas.

The Council adopted updated aviation safety rules, including EU-wide rules for civil drones.