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While German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s speech in the EU Parliament could have been one of the most memorable events of his time in office, what we got instead was a heated argument about the lack of ambition of the German...

An odd telecom industry term – “large traffic generators” – recently made it into the European Commission’s “fair share” consultation about EU network fees. This misleading framing ignores the fact that it is telcos’ own customers that request, and thereby generate, data.

The European Commission has finally acknowledged the absence of carbon capture and storage (CCS) from its emissions-reduction strategy but much remains to be done, writes Chris Davies.

A resolution calling on France and the EU to work towards listing the Wagner group as a terrorist organisation, which is reportedly guilty of multiple crimes in Ukraine and Africa, was adopted by the French National Assembly on Tuesday. The...

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party is reportedly considering nominating former Lombardy region governor Roberto Formigoni, a former politician convicted of corruption, in the upcoming 2024 European elections. According to rumours in the Italian press, Formigoni could be one of Fratelli...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama voiced strong support for incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, just days before Turkish citizens will vote in presidential elections. Rama’s intervention indicates the geopolitical balances in the region, with neighbouring Greece carefully watching the...

The Slovak economy is the most vulnerable when it comes to Chinese car imports and could lose approximately 0.4% of its GDP if no action is taken, according to a new study by German insurer Allianz. Chinese-built electric vehicles pose...

It is impossible to stop the planned whaling this summer despite the country’s Food Authority’s conclusion that the hunt does not comply with the objectives of Icelandic animal welfare legislation, Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir said on Monday. The...

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP/Renew) has called for a tougher stance on China after a scheduled meeting with his Chinese counterpart was cancelled at the last minute. Lindner was scheduled to meet with Chinese Finance Minister Liu Kun on...

The European Parliament appears to have abandoned plans for an expensive expansion of its premises in Strasbourg, according to a note obtained by EURACTIV,  

The European Parliament adopted a report on Tuesday (9 May), on the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), including criticism of the belated transposition from certain EU countries. 

A draft Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services, seen by EURACTIV, moved the requirement excluding non-European companies into a new subcategory.

To make German law fit for the Digital Services Act (DSA), Berlin proposed an advisory board that monitors the EU regulation's implementation and enforcement, according to a draft of the implementation law seen by EURACTIV.

The leader of Bulgaria's conservative GERB party, Boyko Borissov, is widely expected to propose on Wednesday morning (10 May) European Commissioner Maria Gabriel as the country's next prime minister, in the hope of forming a viable government after four failed elections.

French EU lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann on Tuesday (9 May) rejected the idea of a joint list with the radical left La France Insoumise (LFI) ahead of the 2024 European elections, arguing that the political differences between the parties were too large.

An ambitious new law to reduce methane emissions in the energy sector was approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday (9 May), despite a last-minute attempt by the far-right and conservative lawmakers to water down the regulation.

As digitalisation expands and the volume of data required to sustain it grows, attention is increasingly turning to the promotion of connectivity and what might be required to boost it in the future.

Dictators are afraid of people. It would be very worrying if democracies were too.

The legal service of the EU Council of Ministers slammed the EU proposal to fight child sexual abuse material (CSAM), criticising, in particular, the ambiguity of detection orders and their possible impact on privacy rights. The CSAM draft law has...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Ukraine as "the beating heart of today's European values" in a deeply symbolic visit to Kyiv on Europe Day (9 May) as Russia marked its World War Two Victory Day.