Europe News Pressure mounts on Belgium to back reparations loan for Ukraine Support for a €140 billion reparations loan to Ukraine is intensifying, but Belgium is holding its ground. Talks with the European Commission have stalled and failed to deliver any progress. 13/11/2025
Economy EU steps up crackdown on cheap Chinese parcels flooding Europe market EU economy ministers agree to tax small parcels coming from China putting Shein and Temu in the hot seat. 13/11/2025
Europe News Will the EU's plan to reduce red tape for businesses work? Brussels wants to simplify and reduce the administrative burden for businesses in order to improve European competitiveness. 12/02/2025
Europe News Unions slam ‘rigged’ talks on EU plans to streamline regulation The EU executive’s new focus on boosting the global competitiveness of European companies is causing alarm among civil society groups who sense a caving in to demands for deregulation. 06/02/2025
Europe News EU to Trump: don't look at tariffs, look at inequality The new US administration has sent jitters across the world with trade plans that could severely damage the EU. 23/01/2025
Green News MEPs debate green tech cars as Chinese EVs challenge EU market While ostensibly debating the challenge facing Europe’s car industry from more technologically advanced and cheaper Chinese competitors, MEPs spent several hours squabbling over the Green Deal policy to phase out petrol and diesel cars in Europe. 09/10/2024
Europe News Brussels takes China to the WTO over 'questionable' dairy probe The call for WTO consultations comes as EU and Chinese officials step up talks on the dispute around electric vehicles. 23/09/2024
Europe News EU-China talks fail to deliver breakthrough on electric cars dispute Brussels and Beijing have agreed to take a new look at price undertakings, which could avoid extra tariffs on China-made electric vehicles. 19/09/2024
Europe News EU rejects price offer from Chinese EV producers as talks near end Negotiations between Brussels and Beijing on the dispute around electric vehicles have entered the final stretch ahead of a make-or-break vote. 12/09/2024
Europe News China won't 'sit back and watch' if EU slaps tariffs on electric cars Brussels worries that the steady rise in imported Chinese electric vehicles could trigger an irreparable loss of competitiveness in the growing sector. 30/05/2024
Europe News EU wants tighter scrutiny over foreign investments in key sectors The EU's executive has ventured further into the realm of national security with new rules to oversee, examine and possibly prohibit foreign investments in strategic sectors, like AI, microchips and biotech. 24/01/2024
Europe News In U-turn, Brussels considers allowing restrictions on Ukrainian grain The European Commission is working on a new proposal that could allow Eastern member states, like Poland and Hungary, to impose restrictions on imports of Ukrainian grain in case of market "disturbances." 23/01/2024
Europe News EU makes progress on new fiscal rules pending Franco-German deal Economic and finance ministers of the European Union made on Thursday significant progress on the reform of the bloc's fiscal rules. But the final push depends on a Franco-German compromise. 09/11/2023
Europe Decoded Talks on EU-Australia free trade deal have collapsed. This is why. The free trade deal between the European Union and Australia, which has been in the making since 2018, will not happen any time soon after the latest attempt to wrap things up fell apart in dramatic fashion. 30/10/2023
Economy EU aims for deal on fiscal rules in November as final deadline nears The highly anticipated deal on the reform of the European Union's fiscal rules will not arrive until November at the very least, pushing the bloc closer to its end-of-the-year deadline. 17/10/2023