UN urges nations to submit overdue climate plans ahead of COP30
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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.
Ex-MEP Maria Arena charged with membership of criminal organisation
The charges, which Arena has denied, are the latest in the Qatargate allegations that foreign lobbyists attempted to purchase influence in the European Parliament.
Where's Europe's Delaware? Ex-Italian PM asks
To aid Europe’s flagging economy, it should be looking to Joe Biden’s home state, Enrico Letta has told MEPs.
EU pledges €120 million in aid for Gaza as Israel truce appears near
Brussels has had a limited role in brokering a fragile Middle East peace deal – but hopes are high it can help improve Gaza’s grim humanitarian situation.
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Don’t tax Erasmus student grants, EU’s top court says
Croatian tax laws breached the EU principle of free movement by effectively removing any financial benefit from the popular student-exchange programme, judges said.
What role for the EU in Israeli-Hamas ceasefire?
The EU played no role in negotiations, but might take a role in implementing the ceasefire, according to experts.
Antisemitic attitudes have doubled over a decade, survey finds
In some EU countries, as many as four-fifths of the population believe in tropes such as Jews controlling the media, the Anti-Defamation League said.
EU sanctions on Russian telco giant MegaFon are valid, judges say
The EU Court agreed on the need to restrict trade with the Moscow-based mobile operator, as it could be helping the Russian army with its invasion of Ukraine.
What's behind Budapest's latest social media feud with Brussels?
Elon Musk has taken the side of an MEP allied to Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán in a dispute over alleged electoral censorship by Brussels. Euronews looks at the details.
Will the EU attempt to rein in Musk's X?
The founder and CEO of Space X and owner of the social media platform X is making waves and today stages an interview with the leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party leader Alice Weidel. Will the EU respond?
2024 in review: which European leaders soared, which flopped?
A turbulent year has seen voters send a shockwave. Who used it best to secure influence in Europe?
Who’s Europe’s biggest Trumpfluencer?
European leaders will be jostling for influence when Donald Trump re-takes office in a few weeks. We look at who could end up being his main interlocutor across the Atlantic.
EU's corporate due-diligence rowback raises ‘deep concerns’ from left
Landmark corporate supply chain rules scraped through the EU legislature earlier this year despite complaints from business – but suggestions of a U-Turn are now prompting a backlash from the powerful socialist grouping.
UK, Denmark vow to ‘disrupt and deter’ Russia’s shadow fleet
Western naval nations have vowed checks on a network of ageing tankers that may be helping Putin circumvent sanctions and fund his war effort.
Ex-Portuguese Justice Minister Anjinho elected EU ombudsman
Teresa Anjinho, a human rights lawyer who previously served as Portugal's deputy ombudsman, has gained MEPs' support to succeed Ireland's Emily O'Reilly probing maladministration in the EU bureaucracy.
Brussels takes UK to court over EU citizens’ rights
The European Commission has longstanding concerns that the extended families of Europeans living in the UK aren’t getting what they were promised – and time is running out to address legal concerns under the Brexit deal.
Revealed: The highest earners in the new European Parliament
Just-published research details EU lawmakers who take money from farmers’ lobbies and the car sector — while being active in the same areas of policy.
Revealed: How the alleged Reynders lottery scam worked (or didn't)
Newly released National Lottery data shows how two suspicious accounts, presumably belonging to the ex-EU Commissioner and his wife, stuck out like a sore thumb, as they jointly splurged nearly €50,000 of lottery tickets in a year.
Governments remain deadlocked over energy taxation reform
The European Commission wants to hike levies on fossil fuels as it seeks to radically cut carbon emissions — but EU members remain divided even if a proposed kerosene levy seems to have fallen by the wayside.
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.
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