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The European Data Protection Board announced on Thursday (7 December) its binding decision about banning Meta’s platforms from processing personal data for behavioural advertising.

For the West, the current phase of the Ukraine war is certainly a bad time. The situation may still be reversible but the war fatigue that has set in is not helping.

EU lawmakers are a step closer to starting interinstitutional negotiations on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation, with the Council agreeing on their position on Wednesday (6 December) and the Parliament due to vote on theirs next week.

The European Commission has made proposals for stricter rules on animal transport and pets, but campaigners have lambasted a number of loopholes, while large parts of the originally envisaged animal welfare overhaul have been left to the next mandate.

In this edition of EU Politics Decoded, we set the scene ahead of next week's showdown between EU leaders and Hungary's Viktor Orbán over Ukraine's EU accession status.

As Russia announced on 7 December the date of the 2024 presidential elections, Russian president Vladimir Putin and a closest ally banked on an anti-Western rhetoric and on the assumption that Ukraine will become a ‘black hole’ for the US.

Negotiations on the EU's Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) are expected to conclude on Thursday evening (7 December), with EU countries set to dilute a proposed mandate to make renovations mandatory.

The European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted on Thursday (7 December) the draft report of the Cyber Solidarity Act, while the file keeps languishing in the EU Council of Ministers.

The latest compromise proposal on the EU’s seven-year budget review, which comes with large cuts and re-purposing of funds, has so far failed to convince member states, with time running out one week before a decisive EU summit.

The EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act, adopted on Thursday (7 December), aims to reduce permitting times for domestic mining and recycling projects, but fails to create the broader conditions necessary for companies to make those investments, the industry says – a warning echoed by green activists.

The next European Commission and Parliament should tackle the barriers that European knowledge institutions face in the digital world head-on, argue Felix Reda and Justus Dreyling. Felix Reda is a former member of the European Parliament and a member of...

The EU's twin transition requires skills to succeed. PwC research reveals 57% of EU CEOs anticipate these shortages will affect future profitability while employees’ awareness of upskilling needs lags. A 'skills first' approach is needed to bridge gaps and reduce inequalities.

The EU should create a new, separate entity to ensure more independence from incumbent interests in the crucial task of designing a future-proof hydrogen infrastructure, write Michaela Holl and Megan Anderson.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan travels to Athens on Thursday (7 December) in a keenly watched visit billed as an attempted "new chapter" between the NATO allies and historic rivals after years of tension.

Gradual integration of EU candidate countries into the bloc's structures is "not an alternative to membership" but the best way to keep enlargement on track and achieve faster results, Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and his North Macedonian counterpart, Bujar Osmani, told Euractiv in a joint interview.

European Union scientists said on Wednesday (6 December) that 2023 would be the warmest year on record, as global mean temperature for the first 11 months of the year hit the highest level on record, 1.46°C above the 1850-1900 average.

Representatives from various political factions are actively involved in deliberations regarding the future trajectory of Europe. The European elections carry significant implications not only for the Members of the European Parliament but also exert an indirect influence on the composition...

An emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in new security assistance for Ukraine and Israel was blocked in the US Senate on as Republicans pressed their demands for tougher measures to control immigration with Mexico.

It's the issue at the core of COP28: will this year's UN climate talks, held in major oil producer the United Arab Emirates, produce the first global agreement to phase out fossil fuel use?

This week, the Beyond the Byline podcast takes stock of what’s been happening at the UN’s Climate Summit COP28, currently taking place in Dubai. What can we expect from the negotiations? What’s the world’s reaction been to the summit, and...