Europe News Reynders: Suspect funds, alleged to be €1m, came from ‘private wealth’ The former European Commissioner has denied criminal allegations made against him, after reports police found thousands of euros while raiding his properties. 06/12/2024
Europe News Green groups face cash squeeze as EU reconsiders financial support Leaked document seen by Euronews shows the European Commission is considering a rethink of funding rules, as NGOs warn they need public support to act as a counterbalance to powerful industry lobbies. 06/12/2024
Europe News Von der Leyen clinches EU-Mercosur trade deal despite French hostility The European Commission and Mercosur countries announced on Friday the conclusion of an agreement creating a free trade area covering 780 million people. However, the deal will have to be sealed by EU member states. 06/12/2024
Europe News Brussels chides Hungary for significant errors in its fiscal plans Budapest appears to be dragging its feet over submitting a realistic picture of Hungary's economic outlook, according to a European Commission letter seen by Euronews – the latest potential quarrel in a pattern of worsening relations with Brussels. 06/12/2024
Europe News Commission asks for help shaping agri-food vision The EU executive has set up an advisory body aiming to maintain open dialogue among agri-food stakeholders, avoiding the polarisation seen in the last mandate. 05/12/2024
Europe News EU 'defence bonds' cheaper if national budgets frontloaded: Kubilius Andrius Kubilius is expected to draw up a White Paper on European Defence within his first three months in office, including ways to finance what he has described as a "big bang" in military spending. 05/12/2024
Belgium Von der Leyen flies to Mercosur summit amid French political turmoil While the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen landed in Uruguay to finalize the Mercosur agreement, France, in the midst of a political crisis, continues to voice its opposition to the trade agreement. 05/12/2024
Europe News Crises in France and Germany spell trouble for Europe's economy Government collapses in Berlin and now Paris will hamper efforts to address Europe’s burgeoning deficits and spluttering competitiveness. 05/12/2024
Europe News Alleged Reynders lottery scam exempted from EU law Former European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders is being investigated for an alleged practice involving purchasing multiple lottery tickets – a sector that a new Brussels law passed earlier this year explicitly deems low risk. 05/12/2024
Europe News EU puts billion-tonne carbon cap on buildings and road transport The European Commission has set the volume of emissions allowances to be auctioned in the first year of a potentially controversial scheme that could push up fuel prices. 04/12/2024
Europe News Didier Reynders allegations: What happens next? A money laundering probe into the former European Commissioner could drag on for weeks or months – and it’s unclear whether he benefits from legal immunity. 04/12/2024
Europe News Centre-right cries victory, NGOs cry foul over deforestion law delay The centre-right European People’s Party is claiming credit for a one-year delay to a regulation blocking EU market access for products linked to deforestation, although it failed in its attempt to further water down the law despite support from the far-right. 04/12/2024
Health news The EU health paradox: Shortages with surging staff numbers European countries claimed shortages of around 1.2 million doctors, nurses and midwives in 2022. Yet, that same year, several had record levels of medical staff. 04/12/2024
Tech News EU online rules are not a stick to beat Big Tech, says Dutch watchdog Dutch regulator is receiving first DSA complaints, but is waiting for parliament to transpose the law to have the formal power to act on them. 04/12/2024
Europe News Health Commissioner touts swifter reform of EU medical devices rules EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi has signalled that revisiting the EU’s medical device regulations is inevitable, marking a shift from the previously cautious stance of the European Commission. 03/12/2024
Europe News Four things to know from the hearings to be EU Ombudsman In hearings held on Tuesday, six candidates battled to win MEPs' favour and be elected EU Ombudsman. Even for this neutral role, politics is never very far from the surface. 03/12/2024
Europe News Lawmakers keep TikTok on watch after clashes over Romanian election TikTok says it engaged with Romanian authorities ahead of the election, and follows the EU's online platform rules. 03/12/2024
Tech News Meta didn't notice major disinformation in Romanian election The Big Tech president Nick Clegg said the influence of AI in a year of many elections has been limited. 03/12/2024
Europe News Health ministers buck Parliament to green-light stronger tobacco bans The EU Council has approved new recommendations on smoke- and aerosol-free environments across the bloc to strengthen protection against exposure to second-hand smoke and to "encourage current smokers to quit”, bucking Parliament's recent shelving of the proposal. 03/12/2024
Europe News Wolves to lose protection as EU secures support for status downgrade Change in status under Bern Convention on nature protection could expose burgeoning wolf populations to culling and hunting for sport. 03/12/2024