ECOFIN approval of Hungary’s revised recovery plan could unlock grants and loans, but the political question is whether Budapest has genuinely resolved the rule-of-law and reform obstacles that previously blocked …

The EU Court of Justice has clarified when sports federations can defend restrictive agent rules against competition-law challenges, but it has not given football bodies a general exemption from EU …

The expected EU probe into the Saipem-Subsea 7 merger would test how Brussels balances consolidation in offshore energy services against competition for vessels, engineering capacity and infrastructure projects.

EU finance ministers have opened an excessive-deficit procedure against Bulgaria, creating an early credibility test for the eurozone’s newest member and constraining Sofia’s budget room until 2029.

Brussels’ effort to reduce dependence on Chinese clean-energy technology is colliding with the practical cost of building renewables, especially in member states that rely heavily on public financing.

SAP’s commitments to Brussels show how EU competition enforcement is moving into the practical cost of leaving dominant enterprise-software ecosystems.

Europe’s financial-stability authorities are looking more closely at private credit, where lending has grown outside traditional bank balance sheets and may transmit losses through funds, insurers and institutional investors.

A planned overhaul of EU public procurement rules would turn government contracts into a tool of industrial policy and economic security, with foreign content, ownership and interference risks moving into …

The European Parliament’s backing for the modernised EU-Mexico agreement moves provisional trade application closer at a time when Brussels is trying to diversify markets amid US tariff uncertainty and China …

Eurogroup ministers are bringing artificial intelligence and cybersecurity into the financial-stability debate, reflecting concern that new tools could reshape fraud, resilience, supervision and systemic risk.

The Commission has referred Hungary to the EU Court over permanent retail margin caps that it says disproportionately burden foreign-owned chains, escalating a wider legal struggle over how governments may …

 

Brussels’ effort to reduce dependence on Chinese clean-energy technology is colliding with the practical cost of building renewables, …

A draft EU electrification plan would use public purchasing power to cut oil and gas dependence, but mandatory …

Brussels is considering slower emissions reductions and additional free allowances for energy-intensive industry, reopening the central argument over …

Brussels is preparing tighter rules to stop ships cutting their EU carbon liabilities through nearby non-EU port calls, …

Preliminary figures showing at least 3,700 excess deaths in France, Belgium and the Netherlands have shifted Europe’s June …

Hungary’s new government is promising tougher oversight of electric-vehicle battery factories, testing whether Europe can expand strategic manufacturing …

The wooded estate overlooking Bellagio combines one of Lake Como’s finest panoramic walks with a 600-year history and …

Évian-les-Bains returned to international attention after hosting the G7 summit in June 2026. Yet beyond diplomacy, the French …

The consecration of four bishops at Écône without papal approval has triggered excommunications and a formal rupture that …

For centuries, Europe’s vineyards have been defined by geography. From the volcanic soils of Santorini to the limestone …

The diplomatic dispute between Ukraine and Poland over historical memory has moved from symbolic politics into the centre …

Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to block parliamentary progress on legislation that would have prohibited first cousin marriage represents …

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