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European consumers baffled by food labelling spaghetti

Lack of EU actions has led to an overwhelming array of labels and claims, leaving consumers struggling to make informed choices, according to EU auditors.

Europe News

Violence against women as 'worrying' in the EU as a decade ago

One in three women in the European Union has experienced gender-based violence in their lifetime, a new joint survey reveals.

Business

Northvolt collapse leaves EU taxpayer on the hook for €293m

The Swedish battery maker filed for bankruptcy last week, dashing ambitions for the European electric vehicles sector – and leaving significant EU loans outstanding

Tech News

Consumer group report adds to fight against dynamic pricing

Euroconsumers, a consumer rights advocacy group, has raised concerns about the lack of transparency in the algorithms behind dynamic pricing. This issue could soon be addressed in the upcoming EU law on online consumer protection.

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Trading blows, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by Euronews' EU senior competition and trade reporter Peggy Corlin.

Tech News

Governments ask EU Commission to beef up cybersecurity agency Enisa

The extra financial and human resources would come as the Cybersecurity Act is up for a review.

Europe News

Modern, stubborn, on the streets: the Dutch candidate for EU ombudsman

Reinier van Zutphen is one of six candidates from Estonia to Portugal vying to replace Emily O'Reilly, who's responsible for probing maladministration among EU bureaucrats for over a decade.

Europe News

Will Trump steal the EU’s crypto crown?

Some hope a long-awaited new EU law will help the bloc attract innovative digital businesses — but it may have trouble competing with a new pro-crypto administration in the US.

Europe News

French trade minister flags defensive trade tools for Trump presidency

As the 27 trade ministers gathered for the first time since Donald Trump's re-election, the use of defensive trade tools against the US could be an option in case of Trump's aggressive trade policy, according to French minister Sophie Primas.

Tech News

Lawmakers seek Amazon visit, hearing before restoring lobby access

Amazon seeks to restore relations with the European Parliament after being denied access earlier in the year for failure to cooperate.

Europe News

EU must keep 'urgency' of digital euro process, says ECB project lead

Evelien Witlox, project director for the digital euro at the European Central Bank, discusses how the proposal is progressing, how the currency would work in practice, and what the key concerns are at this stage.

Tech News

Irish privacy watchdog awaiting clarity from EU on AI regulation

The incoming government will decide whether to make the Irish data protection authority also the national watchdog for the AI Act.

Health news

MEPs strip Hungarian Commissioner of key health competencies

Commissioner-designate Olivér Várhelyi has been stripped of oversight over reproductive and sexual rights as well as health preparedness following an evaluation by EU lawmakers.

Europe News

EU countries oppose MEPs’ attempts to re-open deforestation law

Member states close the door to further tweaks to the new deforestation rules pushed by unusual right-wing majority in the European Parliament.

Tech News

Dutch ministry to check best practices for online content moderation

The investigation comes after video sharing application TikTok said it will close its Amsterdam office.

Europe News

EU targets US with tariff list for Trump-era olive trade dispute

The EU executive is finalising a list of US products to target in retaliation for tariffs slapped on Spanish black olives -originally by Donald Trump's administration - marking a new chapter in a longstanding trade dispute.

Travel News

Barcelona may not be allowed to ban Airbnbs under EU law

Catalonia has said they want to rid Barcelona of its 10,000 holiday lets in the next 5 years.

Europe News

Europe faces growing crisis in cereal production

A series of factors are expected to reduce EU cereal production to its lowest level since 2007, setting off alarm bells in the sector.

World News

Spanish farmers lash out: 'They will end European agriculture'

The Spanish government has defended the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur on agriculture and livestock, unlike other countries such as France or Germany. This has provoked the anger of Spanish farmers, who are not ruling out protest action.

Nutrition

Animal or plant? EU countries at odds over protein strategy

A renewed call by EU agriculture ministers to boost local protein production has sparked a divide over the direction of a forthcoming policy initiative.