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Real Economy

Can Europe's new €500 billion target of investments help the sun shine on the economy?

In partnership with The European Commission

Corporate investments in europe may be recovering but they are still far below pre-crisis levels in things like innovation and infrastructure.

World News

Euroviews. What crisis? Political panic over migration helps no one | View

The diplomatic quarrel over the Aquarius migrant ship is the latest battle in a war of words in which men, women and children are being held hostage to politicking.

Real Economy

Europe’s Ticking Time Bomb: Wage Inequality

In partnership with The European Commission

With 20% of European workers making five times the income of the bottom 20% the slow growth of wages at the bottom has meant a manifold increase in inequality across Europe. Real Economy looks at how to solve a problem like inequality.

Italy

World's powerful convene for Bilderberg meeting: What is it?

Some 131 participants from 23 countries are gathering in Turin, Italy for the 66th edition of the Bilderberg Meetings.

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World News

Austria's EU presidency

As Austria prepares to take on the EU presidency, the country's entire cabinet visited the European Commission to outline their vision: migration control, security, Brexit and budget cuts.

Europe News

NATO to bolster defences

At the first ever meeting in their new Brussels HQ, NATO will lay out plans to reinforce defences on Europe's eastern flank in the Baltics. The moves are seen as preparations for any eventual Russian attack.

Europe News

Fraudsters beware

The EU's anti-fraud agency OLAF have been busy. 2017 saw 197 investigations leading to 309 recommendations to recover of €3 billion for the EU budget. Three countries - Romania, Poland and particularly Hungary seemed to be the focus of the most intense scrutiny.

World News

As it happened on Monday, June 4

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as they happened this morning.

World News

MEPs turn up for rap battle at European youth event

MEPs including Tomáš Zdechovský, Eva Kaili, Brando Benifei, Dita Charanzová, Karima Delli and Terry Reintke teamed up with professional rappers for a freestyle hip-hop battle about Europe.

Real Economy

Workers' rights transformed: Ensuring social protection

In partnership with The European Commission

For most workers in Europe's gig economy, access to social protection is not as simple as it was when full-time jobs were the norm. 'Real Economy' looks at how the system can mature and evolve.

World News

234 bottles of champagne? Right-wing MEPs asked to explain expenses

A right-wing group in the European Parliament has been told to justify excessive spending totalling €427,000 in 2016

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Liege mourns, Italy puts EU on edge

Italy

Political unknown proposed as Italy's new prime minister

Italy’s populist Five Star Movement and the far-right League have proposed Giuseppe Conte as the country’s new prime minister.

World

EU data protection: "We are the first ones to set a real standard"

'The Global Conversation' met Jan Philipp Albrecht, the German MEP leading the charge behind the groundbreaking, new data protection regulations which will apply from 25 May 2018

World News

Italy - the EU's next big headache?

Emerging coalition represents biggest challenge for bloc since Brexit

Real Economy

Convergence: keeping up with Europe's big boys!

For low-income eurozone countries, holding their own in comparison with richer EU neighbours is an ongoing process

World

"Nobody wins with Brexit" says EU research chief Carlos Moedas

But the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation says he would still love to see post-Brexit Britain and the EU work together on science

Germany

First female leader for Germany’s Social Democrats

Andrea Nahles is elected leader of Germany’s Social Democrats becoming its first female leader.

World News

Hungarians head to the polls

Hungarians go to the polls and are expected to grant third term to nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

World News

UK, Ireland top EU countries ignoring scientific advice on Atlantic fishing

“The risk of not following scientific advice is that the EU misses its 2020 deadline in the Common Fisheries Policy to bring down fishing pressure to what is sustainable,” the report’s author, Griffin Carpenter, told Euronews.