Tech News EU lacks guidance on AI prohibitions, as rules start to apply The AI Act's rules on banned AI systems including facial recognition systems start to apply 2 February. 28/01/2025
Tech News Europe’s 5G coverage lagging amid declining investment: report The European Commission warned last year that its aim to connect all EU households to 5G by 2030 are off target. 28/01/2025
Europe News A new economic doctrine, Newsletter This week's key events presented by Euronews' senior trade and competition reporter Peggy Corlin. 27/01/2025
Tech News Online platforms participate in stress test ahead of German election The test follows a roundtable on Friday conducted with seven of the largest online platforms. 24/01/2025
Europe News Use of EU funds to lobby MEPs was ‘inappropriate’, commissioner says The conservative European People’s Party (EPP) has questioned the use of public funds for campaigns they say run against the EU’s own interests. The Commission says it’s fixed the problem, but some see it as part of a wider attack on environmental campaigners. 23/01/2025
Health news As the US exits the WHO, can the EU fill the gap in global health? With Donald Trump’s plans to cut ties with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the international agency stands to lose not only $1 billion but one of the most influential actors on global health. Will the EU try to fill this gap? 23/01/2025
Europe News EU to Trump: don't look at tariffs, look at inequality The new US administration has sent jitters across the world with trade plans that could severely damage the EU. 23/01/2025
Tech News Trump rollback jeopardises EU-US data transfers: privacy activist says First-day executive orders signed by the new US president could make it impossible for thousands of EU businesses and public bodies to use US cloud providers such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon without breaching EU privacy. 23/01/2025
Tech News Meta's new pay-or-consent policy still breaches EU law, consumer advocates claim The social media giant may have softened its rules allowing subscribers to Facebook and Instagram to get no ads, but users still aren’t getting a fair choice, BEUC argues. 23/01/2025
Europe News EU plans to shield farmers from free trade deal with South America The European Commission has proposed financial support for farmers negatively impacted by the EU-Mercosur trade agreement – but the safety net would only be triggered in the ‘worst-case scenario’ and the EU executive says it won’t be needed. 23/01/2025
Europe News EU climate chief pledges more assertive climate diplomacy Brussels must up its game on climate diplomacy, climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra told Euronews, after US president Donald Trump once again pulled out of the global effort to arrest climate breakdown. 22/01/2025
Europe News Can EU trade strategy counter the Trump tariff challenges? As the Commission struggles to find new outlets for its exports, the question of whether this will be enough in the face of the tariffs Donald Trump is threatening to impose remains open. 21/01/2025
Europe News ‘A truly unfortunate development’ – Trump pulls out of Paris Agreement Although hardly a surprise, President Trump’s executive decision to exit the international effort to halt global heating for a second time has been met with dismay on this side of the Atlantic. 21/01/2025
Europe News EU finance ministers agree on France’s cost-cutting budget France has one of the highest and longest-standing budget deficits in the eurozone – but attempts to resolve it have already toppled one government. 21/01/2025
Europe News EU tech chief defends Commission's digital enforcement after criticism MEPs have asked the European Commission for faster and stronger action on platform rules in light of recent developments on X and Meta. 21/01/2025
Tech News US Big Tech is ready for Trump 2, but is the EU? US tech moguls will take ring-side seats for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th US president today, but the new mandate is set to test Europe's regulation of the tech sector. 20/01/2025
Europe News EU digital enforcement barometer amid rising pressure from US Big Tech The European Commission will conclude several investigations launched against Big Tech in the coming months. As US tech giants pressure the EU to retreat and align with laissez faire tone struck by the incoming Trump administration, we take stock of the ongoing probes. 20/01/2025
Tech News EU Commission formalises Big Tech effort to counter online hate speech The Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online should help platforms comply with the Digital Services Act. 20/01/2025
Europe News EPP declares war on ‘excessive regulation’ from Brussels The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) has called for a bonfire of EU red tape in a three-page statement adopted at a gathering of conservative leaders in Berlin. 20/01/2025
Europe News Polish border protection, Newsletter This week's key events presented by Euronews' Polish affairs correspondent Dominika Cosic. 20/01/2025