Tech News German centre-right win heralds likely digital ministry Industry groups have called for a ministry dedicated to digital affairs. 24/02/2025
Europe News German election fallout, Newsletter This week's key events presented by Euronews' head of EU news, Jeremy Fleming-Jones. 24/02/2025
Europe News Big tech, banking: Who are the biggest spenders on EU lobbying? The world’s largest companies and trade associations from the big tech, banking, energy, and chemicals/agri sectors have significantly increased their EU lobbying budgets in recent years. 24/02/2025
Europe News German election blog: Centre-right CDU's Merz declares victory Revisit Euronews' Sunday blog as Germany voted to elect its new chancellor and parliament. 23/02/2025
Brussels, My Love? Brussels, my love? Can the EU stave off a trade war with the US? In this edition, we hear how the EU is trying to go green but stay competitive and tell you who the most corrupt countries in Europe are. 22/02/2025
Europe News Conservative EPP confident of success in EU deregulation push The European People’s Party believes the EU executive will take on board its main demands when it publishes an ‘omnibus’ package to roll back reporting requirements for businesses, the group’s environment policy chief says. 21/02/2025
Tech News Poland to ask EU telecom ministers to sign cybersecurity declaration The Warsaw declaration comes as the European Commission on Friday presented an action plan to protect subsea telecom infrastructure from incidents. 21/02/2025
Travel News Travel chaos in Belgium kicks off with 9-day nationwide train strikes Travellers in Belgium are advised to re-think travel plans as the next six weeks hold several planned strikes. 21/02/2025
Europe News Don't bet on carbon removals alone, EU climate scientists warn Europe must ensure that factoring a future boom in carbon capture and storage into its climate policy does not lead to “mitigation deterrence” in the present, the head of the EU’s climate advisory board has warned. 21/02/2025
Europe News Pesticide cuts are off the table, says EU Agriculture Commissioner The EU executive will not put a contentious plan to slash pesticide use back on the table, agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen told Euronews, closing a key chapter of the Green Deal. 20/02/2025
Tech News Drafting of AI code of practice faces at least one month delay The extension was granted because the experts who are drafting the code said they needed more time to incorporate industry feedback. 20/02/2025
Health news WHO in ‘stop the bleeding phase’ due to US exit, Europe head says The World Health Organisation (WHO) is assessing the impact of the United States' withdrawal, taking short-term measures, and considering structural reorganisation, Hans Kluge, Director of WHO Europe, told the European Parliament. 20/02/2025
Europe News Polish EU Presidency and MEPs: No peace without backing of Ukrainians In joint statement, MEPs said that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without the full participation of Ukraine’s government and the backing of its people. 19/02/2025
Europe News EU Commission sets Green Deal aside in new agri-food vision The EU executive has unveiled a new vision for Europe’s agri-food system by 2040, scaling back its previous, more environmentally ambitious policy in response to mounting farmer protests. 19/02/2025
Europe News EU lawmakers to discuss tech rules with US officials in Washington The visit by MEPs comes after a range of criticism from the Donald Trump administration about EU regulation. 19/02/2025
Europe News EU targets food and fast fashion in new war on waste Polish presidency of the EU Council announced breakthrough in early hours after marathon overnight talks on food waste reduction targets and measures to limit a throwaway clothing culture. 19/02/2025
Tech News Whatsapp faces strictest EU platform rules, but not Telegram Whatsapp will be the 26th online platform to face transparency requirements under the EU’s platform rules. 19/02/2025
Europe News European Commission urges tax reform in energy cost-cutting plan A leaked draft of a keenly awaited Action Plan for Affordable Energy suggests cutting green levies and VAT could ease costs for European consumers – but tax reforms have been deadlocked since 2021. 19/02/2025
Europe News Belgium reinforces police forces in Antwerp to fight drug violence Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin attended daily inspections of the Antwerp maritime police forces, which are in charge of the security and safety of the port of Antwerp. 19/02/2025
Tech News Lawmakers reject Commission decision to scrap AI liability rules The AI Liability directive was taken off the Commission’s 2025 work program due to the lack of progress in negotiations. 18/02/2025
Europe News EU sticks to 90% emissions cut, aims to be clean tech ‘world leader’ The new European Commission promised a transformational Clean Industrial Deal within its first hundred days, but a leaked draft of the eagerly awaited policy agenda is largely a patchwork of previously announced initiatives. 18/02/2025
Europe News US trade relations shouldn't impact probes on Big Tech, lawmaker says Washington's looming tariffs threats against the EU should not influence the bloc's antitrust investigations against US Big Tech that are set to come to an end next month, MEP Bernd Lang has told Euronews. 18/02/2025
Europe News Growing anti-LGBTIQ narratives spark 'alarm' across Europe A rise in attacks on LGBTIQ people across Europe reflects a troubling trend of growing acceptance of discrimination and more restrictive laws, according to a new report. 18/02/2025
Tech News Poland risks legal action for failing to appoint digital regulator A year after the legal deadline, Warsaw has still not designated a national watchdog to help the European Commission collect evidence on the implementation of the Bloc’s online platform rules. 17/02/2025
Europe News Nuclear sidelined in leaked rules on state aid for clean tech A draft of updated rules on permissible state aid within the forthcoming Clean Industrial Deal has no explicit mention of nuclear power, despite recent signals from the European Commission executive that it was beginning to see the technology as integral to the EU’s transition to net-zero. 17/02/2025
Europe News Agrifood strategy launch, Newsletter This week's key events presented by Euronews' senior agriculture and health reporter Gerardo Fortuna. 17/02/2025