Green News Uber calls on EU to ban combustion engines on ridesharing cars by 2030 Multinational ride-hailing company is also calling on binding targets for the production of electric vehicles in the European market along with adequate incentives to ease the climate transition. 25/09/2024
Europe News EU Parliament's left signals warning over Dutch Commission nominee The choice of former Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra to run EU tax policy has drawn attention from MEPs given previous links to tax havens, and the Netherlands’ status as a hub for corporate tax avoidance. 25/09/2024
Nature Wolves in crosshairs as EU governments agree to more hunting and culls Nature conservationists have denounced as ‘shameful’ a back-room agreement that saw all but two EU governments acquiesce to a European Commission proposal to ease protection for Europe’s burgeoning wolf populations. 25/09/2024
Business Google complains to EU over Microsoft cloud licensing practices Google files an antitrust complaint to the European Commission against its competitor on the cloud market. 25/09/2024
Tech News OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon among first AI Pact signatories The voluntary AI Pact aims to help companies comply with the EU's AI Act 25/09/2024
wellbeing Should the EU regulate burgeoning health influencers? With health content booming on social media, experts and lawmakers are mulling regulation of social media influencers, prioritising ‘credible’ content creators. 25/09/2024
Europe News 'Corrosive': Commission rejects greater revolving doors transparency The European Commission says it won’t immediately publish details of the restrictions placed on Henrik Morch, whose move earlier this year from its antitrust department to law firm Paul, Weiss drew protests from EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly. 25/09/2024
Green News Commission insists no plans to delay anti-deforestation law Amid a growing backlash from trading partners and conservative lawmakers, the European Commission maintains it is working to implement new legislation that will ban from January the import of products linked to deforestation overseas. 24/09/2024
Green News Commission mulls regulation of solar radiation modification research EU funding is assessing the feasibility and safety of geoengineering as an approach to combat the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. 24/09/2024
Tech News Dutch DSA authority received 170 complaints, but lacks power to act In July the European Commission began infringement proceedings against six countries for failing to implement the Digital Services Act, despite the law being applicable to all online platforms in February. 24/09/2024
Tech News What will happen to the EU telecom law without Thierry Breton? With Henna Virkkunen likely to replace Thierry Breton as the EU Commissioner in charge of telecom, the scope of the upcoming Digital Networks Act is uncertain. 24/09/2024
Business Fossil fuel investment could cost extra under EU insurance plans EU insurance regulator Eiopa is considering hiking capital charges on oil and gas bonds by up to 40%, as it seeks to prepare the industry for net-zero. 24/09/2024
Tech News Consumer group asks for Meta to act on fake ads Meta is not acting on fake online ads, which breaches the Digital Services Act (DSA), claims Dutch consumer group Consumentenbond. 24/09/2024
Green News Auditors find EU support for organic farming ineffective Member states apply EU funds inconsistently and disregard basic principles of organic farming, the latest audit from the European Court of Auditors revealed. 23/09/2024
Europe News From Budapest to Brussels, Newsletter This week's key events presented by Euronews' senior finance reporter Jack Schickler. 23/09/2024
Europe News Critics slam landmark EU competitiveness report as 'one-sided' Draghi is being accused by various stakeholders of not including voices from all parts of Europe in his landmark report. 20/09/2024
Europe News Von der Leyen pledges Ukraine €160m in aid, energy support With 80% of thermal plants destroyed, Kyiv is facing a difficult winter – but some worry EU support means higher prices for Europeans. 19/09/2024
Europe News EU Commission pushes Apple over headset, watch interoperability The EU executive is using new powers intended to stop online gatekeepers dominating digital markets, given fears it might block out rivals to its own Apple Watch or AirPods. 19/09/2024
Europe News Berlusconi posthumously wins longstanding banking dispute in EU court The ECB did not have the right to probe Silvio Berlusconi’s holdings in Banca Mediolanum, in spite of the late Italian prime minister’s conviction for tax fraud, the EU’s highest court said today. 19/09/2024
Europe News From bold to bewildering: Von der Leyen’s portfolio paradoxes Exotic hybrid portfolios, overlapping policies, and candidates with a problematic past could all plague plans for the new European Commission outlined by Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday. 19/09/2024