Alice Weidel’s call for Germany to restore Russian oil and gas ties gives the AfD’s economic message a concrete European consequence. Any reversal by Berlin would collide with EU sanctions, …

The Council has formally adopted changes delaying high-risk AI obligations and reducing regulatory overlap. The final vote gives companies clearer deadlines, but it also raises a harder question: whether simplification …

A provisional agreement gives the European Chemicals Agency a standalone legal basis, unified budget and stronger conflict-of-interest rules. The reform acknowledges that EU chemicals policy is only credible if ECHA …

The Council’s final approval of vehicle-circularity rules moves recycled-content targets, producer responsibility and export controls into EU law. Carmakers now face a long implementation timetable that will reshape design, dismantling …

A provisional Eurovignette agreement gives hauliers and national authorities clearer rules for linking road charges to truck emissions. The technical changes will shape fleet investment, freight pricing and the commercial …

The European Commission has challenged Dutch railway capacity rules that may favour state-owned Nederlandse Spoorwegen over rival operators. The dispute exposes a persistent gap between the EU’s ambition for competitive …

Talks between Maros Sefcovic and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao open against a record trade imbalance and growing European concern over rare-earth controls. The test is whether Brussels can turn …

France has reported about 1,000 excess deaths during Europe’s record heatwave, while rail networks, roads, rivers and nuclear plants have come under pressure. Extreme heat is no longer only a …

India’s request for relief from planned EU restrictions on metal-scrap exports exposes a difficult contradiction: Brussels wants to retain recyclable materials for its own low-carbon industry while promising a deeper …

Europe began the refill season with depleted gas stocks and may enter winter with an unusually thin buffer as LNG disruption and the phase-out of Russian supply converge. The system …

Seawater has pushed up to 18 kilometres into the Po Delta as river flows collapse during an early heatwave. The immediate danger is to farms in northern Italy, but the …