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The European Parliament’s impact assessment of the proposal for the child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, obtained by EURACTIV, raises hefty concerns about the privacy and technical implications of the draft law. The European Commission’s proposal to fight the dissemination...

Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Much like the rest of the world, the EU is not centring its economic policies around environmental concerns. As such, the problems are piling up for future...

Lawmakers in the European Parliament's transport committee adopted their position on a review of the core EU transport network Thursday (13 April), seeking to cut border-crossing times, boost green travel modes, and expand links with Ukraine and Moldova.

The French Constitutional Court’s ruling on the pensions reform on Friday (14 April) will mark the end of a long, winding and bumpy road for a piece of legislation most French people rejected. Whatever comes out of the ruling, the...

The European privacy regulators decided on Thursday (13 April) to launch a dedicated task force to address the privacy concerns related to the world’s most famous chatbot.

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded, where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at the 25th anniversary of the...

Politicians and agrifood lobbyists are using skyrocketing wheat prices in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine to justify a sustained attack on EU plans to reduce pesticide use, Olivier De Schutter and Jennifer Clapp argue.

The current licensing ecosystem leads to licensing costs that most SMEs can’t afford, forcing them to shut out of the market.

At a moment where the ethics of AI seem to have become an afterthought superseded by a lack of time for discussion as well as concerns about anti-competitive effects, it is on the European Parliament to put the trustworthiness of all AI systems developed in the EU back in the centre of the AI Act negotiations.

EU countries have become the main recipients of their own development aid, statistics published on Wednesday (12 April) have revealed. 

2023 will mark the beginning of the decline in fossil fuels, following the peak of global electricity emissions in 2022, according to a new report released on Wednesday (12 April) by energy think-tank Ember. 

On this week’s episode of the Beyond the Byline podcast, we will be discussing the groundbreaking legal case in which 15 member states of the European Union are taking legal action against the government of Viktor Orbán. This historic move...

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czechia having to unplug hundreds of solar panels due to warm weather, Germany wanting to push for EU cannabis law changes, and so much more.

The first three months of 2023 were the deadliest since 2017 for migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean, according to data published on Wednesday by the International Organization for Migration. 

The US Special Envoy for the Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, paid a two-day visit to Tirana, where he met with leaders from every side of the political spectrum, except former prime minister Sali Berisha, just over a month before local elections....

Chinese hackers are suspected of allegedly targeting the Foreign Ministry in last week’s cyberattack, during which they showed the most interest in policy documents, a new report claims. Citing unofficial sources, 24ur identified Vixen Panda, a well-known Chinese hacker group,...

The political temperature in Athens rose sharply on Wednesday after former vice president of the Supreme Court Christos Tzanerrikos claimed that a government official made him an “offer” to find a way to ban a neo-Nazi party from running the May elections.

Defence Minister Miloš Vučević denied allegations that Serbia is or will be selling weapons to Ukraine following the publication of a leaked Pentagon paper on Wednesday, as he told several news outlets that such ‘lies’ have been denied ‘over ten...

The US is worried about Hungarian leaders seeking closer ties with Russia, as close economic cooperation with Russia feeds the Russian war machine and threatens the security of the transatlantic alliance, the US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman told a...

The price surcharge on fossil fuels such as heating gas, petrol and diesel under the EU’s new carbon market as of 2027 could be well above the €45 limit EU institutions aim for, experts say, blaming lawmakers for creating false expectations.