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'Turning point': EU and UK strike deal to boost financial cooperation

The European Union and the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed an agreement, long-awaited for by London, to boost cooperation on financial services.

Europe News

EPP group calls for rewriting of nature restoration law on eve of vote

The legislation has been the subject of fierce debate between political factions within the European Parliament.

Europe Decoded

Wildfire season has started. Here's what Europe's doing wrong

The EU is focusing too much on suppressing wildfires, one expert told Euronews, and not properly addressing the root causes.

United Kingdom

Seven years on: what do young Brits think of Brexit vote?

Four Brits who were aged 14-19 when the Brexit referendum took place in 2016 speak to Euronews about how Brexit has changed their lives. They are now aged 21-26.

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Brussels wants more funds, as Ukraine reconstruction pledges are made

Donors at a conference in London pledged billions towards rebuilding the war-torn country.

Europe Decoded

Explained: The EU's last-resort tool to chase after Russia's enablers

The European Union is getting serious about sanctions circumvention.

World News

Euroviews. The EU has excluded leading banks from shaping sustainable finance

It’s time to take sustainable banks seriously by including them in the sustainable finance agenda and providing them with platforms to express their views in all EU financial decision-making and advisory bodies, Tom Cummings writes.

Earth News

EU ‘right to repair’ laws may save millions of phones from landfill

Smartphone manufacturers make their batteries hard to replace. Tough new EU rules will change that.

Tunisia

Euroviews. Does making a deal with Tunisia's Saied mean Europe can be extorted?

During their most recent visit to Tunis, European leaders just threw away the continent's best chance of living up to its much-professed values and tackling the forces that actually drive Tunisian migration, Tarek Megerisi writes.

Europe News

Search and Rescue: Why shipwrecks keep happening in European waters

There is little cooperation between national coast guard services and NGOs.

World News

European media bill progresses, despite 'chilling' concerns

Provisions for monitoring journalists in the name of "national security" have been blasted by several organisations.

World News

Euroviews. Infrastructure has a long way to go in Europe's electric vehicle race

There are plenty of implications of the 2035 deadline on European drivers, but for it to be affordable and sustainable in the long term, the maintenance and repair processes must be accessible, transparent, and effective, Derk Roodhuyzen de Vries writes.

Europe News

Brussels asks for more money for Ukraine and to plug budget gaps

More money is needed to maintain funding for the war in Ukraine, as well as the bloc's migration policy.

Germany

Intel to build €30 billion chip plant in Germany

The German government is to provide a third of the cost. It is also the largest foreign direct investment in the modern history of the country.

Egypt

EU allocates €20 million to help Egypt manage influx of Sudan refugees

During a two-day visit to Cairo, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expressed support for Egypt's efforts to end the hostilities in Sudan.

Europe News

Migrant disaster strikes again & EU's nature restoration act struggles

MEPs also voted on a report on spyware.

World News

Euroviews. EU leaders should balance ambitions abroad with public opinion at home

If the heads of the bloc's member states are to build and maintain a united foreign policy, they will need to capitalise on areas that create consensus, Dr Jana Puglierin writes.

Hungary

Hungarian bill punishing dissent threatens struggling education sector

In the wake of several decrees that gradually undermined Hungarian educators' freedom to demand better wages and working conditions, a new law may spur an exodus of teachers from schools across the country.

Europe News

Meet the people making healthcare more accessible for trans kids

From Ireland to Spain, access to trans healthcare varies dramatically for young people, depending on where in the European Union they live. In some countries, it is virtually impossible.

Spain

Leaders discuss democracy, security and geopolitical risk at Concordia

The one-and-a-half-day high-level closed-door summit takes place just before Spain begins its six-month takeover of the EU presidency.