European Union

The European Parliament has voted in favour of easing the EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, or supply chain act, with a majority consisting mainly of conservatives and far-right groups, after a compromise between the European People's Party (EPP) and the Social Democrats, Liberals and Greens collapsed. Green and Social Democrat politicians accuse the EPP of "breaking the firewall". Commentators examine the vote and its consequences.

In the wake of the corruption scandal in Ukraine's energy sector, investigations into close associates of President Volodymyr Zelensky continue. The justice minister German Galushchenko and energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk have tendered their resignations. Commentators look at whether the country's control mechanisms and democracy are still functioning.

The Finnish tax authority has published a list of all citizens who earned more than 120,000 euros in taxable income last year. For the third year in a row, Mikko Kuusi, co-found of food delivery company Wolt, tops the list, having earned more than 80 million euros in 2024. The company's approximately 450,000 couriers deliver food orders in more than 1,000 cities across the world.

Sweeping subsidies for energy-hungry firms are ‘largely’ agreed with the EU, Berlin says

Le groupe Tirsam a officiellement donné le coup d’envoi aux inscriptions en ligne pour l’acquisition de sa nouvelle gamme de petits camions. L’opération a débuté […]

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A political tug-of-war delayed a formal position on the controversial legislation from the German government