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Airbus announced a record 500-plane deal with Indian airline IndiGo on day one of the Paris Airshow on Monday (19 June), as strong demand for jets and air defences vied for attention with the industry's supply chain problems.

Consumer associations from 13 European countries and the United States pointed out the risks of generative AI models like ChatGPT in a report published on Tuesday (20 June) and urged regulators to step in. Generative AI models can produce sophisticated...

Belgium announced on Monday (19 June) it will join the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme to build the next-generation systems of combat and fighter (FCAS), teaming up with France, Germany and Spain.

France convened a meeting of defence ministers and military representatives in Paris on Monday (19 June) to discuss EU air defence, underlining the importance of European procurement.

NATO expects Germany to maintain its commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defence, the military alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said after talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Monday (19 June).

The telecoms sector remains divided on how to respond to key issues in the market, such as infrastructural weakness, the lack of a single market, and an investment gap, as some stakeholders argue the issues do not even exist.

The European Parliament's rapporteur of a key telecom file proposed abolishing fees for intra-EU calls, and further harmonising provisions on broadband rollout.

The EU is at risk of long-term dependence on outside nations for batteries, slowing the switch to zero-emission vehicles and extinguishing the bloc’s ambition to become a global battery powerhouse, a new European Court of Auditors report has found.

Paris will be hosting a one-of-a-kind ‘Summit for a New Global Financing Pact’ on 22-23 June, in an effort to secure financing for Global South development aid and climate transition, and enshrine the need for a review of multilateral institutions.

The deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus has been met by the West with ostentatious indifference. We will argue, however, that this is, in fact, a very dangerous move by Vladimir Putin that could have major consequences.

China and the US agreed on 19 June to try and stabilise their intense rivalry to avoid veering into conflict, but did not announce any major breakthroughs during a rare visit to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

The agency work sector did not wait for the current debate around fair wages, to develop innovative practices, embedded in social dialogue, to ensure adequate remuneration, including pay and social protection benefits, for its workers.

The German government and Intel signed a deal on Monday that would see over €30 billion of investments in chips plants in Saxony in return for €10 billion of government subsidies.

On Tuesday (20 June), the European Commission is expected to present proposals to review the bloc’s seven-year budget, new sources of income for the EU budget, and the long-awaited European Sovereignty Fund.

Moldova's Constitutional Court declared a pro-Russian party behind a wave of anti-government protests "unconstitutional" on Monday (19 June), a ruling that means the party is immediately banned.

With EU enlargement on the rebound since Russia invaded Ukraine, member states have been asked to explore how a future enlarged bloc could function though, at least initially, without considering EU treaty reform, according to an internal note seen by EURACTIV.

The EU Council and European Parliament have provisionally agreed on new rules to digitise visa application procedures in the Schengen area. 

France was not invited to a meeting of pro-renewables countries on Monday (19 June) after Paris delayed the adoption of the EU's renewable energy directive, an EU diplomat told EURACTIV.

Belgian foreign affairs minister Hadja Lahbib is facing calls for resignation after granting visas to delegations from Iranian and Russian cities to attend a mayors convention in Brussels last week.

Civil society groups from across Europe have mobilised to defend the rights of complainants to be full parties in cross-border cases of data privacy violations, amid fears that these might be removed under an upcoming EU legislative proposal.