EU Commission clears acquisition of Kenter by OMERS and ABP
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of Kenter B.V. by OMERS…
EU Commission clears acquisition of BCPE Ulysses Intermediate by Platinum and Bain Capital
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of BCPE Ulysses Intermediate, Inc.…
EU Commission clears acquisition of Costa by PSP Fund VI, BCI and Driscoll’s
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of Costa Group Holdings Limited…
EU Commission provides over €118m to the Palestinian Authority
Through the EU's PEGASE mechanism, the new financial assistance adopted will contribute to the payments of the salaries and pensions…
EU Commission provides additional funding to support security and protection of public spaces in the EU
The call will finance projects aimed at improving the overall security of public spaces with a focus on six different…
EU Commission receives payment requests of Croatia, Denmark, Latvia and Malta under the RRF
Payments under the RRF are performance-based and contingent on Croatia, Denmark, Latvia and Malta implementing the reforms and investments outlined in their recovery and resilience plans. The Commission will now…
EU Commission, Ukraine and Moldova sign High-Level Understandings to improve transport connectivity
The adapted maps will help step up connectivity between Ukraine and Moldova and with the EU, which will be particularly…
Finland: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health requests comments on symptoms of poor indoor air quality
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is requesting comments on the recommendation for the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of…
Finland to provide humanitarian aid to crisis areas
The power struggle in Sudan, which began in spring 2023, has led to a rapid increase in humanitarian needs both…
Netherlands: First support package for Ukraine for 2024
For the first four months of 2024 the government has reserved €102 million to help Ukraine get through the winter…
Europol: Major bust of a notorious narcotics clan in Spain and Portugal
The investigation was initiated in February 2023, when law enforcement authorities gathered evidence of drug trafficking by known local narcotics…
EU sends additional 500 power generators to Ukraine
Deployed from the EU's emergency rescEU reserves hosted by Poland, the generators range from small 12.5 kVA to large 1000…
Europol: Action against digital skimming reveals 443 compromised online merchants
Europol, law enforcement authorities from 17 countries and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) have joined forces with the…
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 20 December 2023
Trade in products containing benzene increased EU imports of hazardous chemicals +++ UNECE: Scientists provide recipe to halve Nitrogen pollution…
Insight EU Climate Monitoring 20 December 2023
CLIMATE FINANCE: EU invests an additional €2 billion of emissions trading revenues in clean energy infrastructure projects in Member States…
Insight EU Energy Monitoring 20 December 2023
EU ENERGY COUNCIL: EU Commission comments on clean energy initiatives advance at the EU Energy Council +++ HYDROGEN: Joint EU-Germany…
Ukraine: EU Commission pays a further €1.5 billion in assistance
The EU Commission has paid the final instalment €1.5 billion under the Macro-financial Assistance + package for Ukraine, bringing total support to the maximum level…
EU Commission approves €17.7bn aid for Italian electricity storage
The measure aims to facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources (‘RES') in the Italian electricity system. The production of…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-718/21 (Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa)
In Poland, judges who wish to continue to perform their duties after reaching the age of retirement are required to…
EU Council extends electric vehicle rules in UK Relations
Today the Council approved a proposal to give manufacturers of electric vehicles in the EU and the UK more time…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-261/22 – GN (Ground for refusal based on the best interests of the child)
A woman was convicted in absentia in Belgium to a term of imprisonment of five years for the offences of…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-281/22 – G.K. and Others (European Public Prosecutor’s Office)
The EPPO has powers of investigation and prosecution of crimes affecting the financial interests of the Union. It is organised…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-167/22 – Commission v Denmark (Maximum parking time)
In 2018, Denmark laid down a rule limiting the maximum parking time at public rest areas along the Danish motorway…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-297/22 P (United Parcel Service v Commission)
UPS requests that the Court of Justice set aside the 2022 judgment of the General Court. By its judgment delivered…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-488/21 (Chief Appeals Officer and Others)
A direct relative in the ascending line, since he or she is dependent on a worker who is a Union…
Child sexual abuse: EU Council paves the way for prolonging protection measure
In 2021, the EU adopted a law which allows providers of certain online services to derogate from data protection rules…
Legal migration: EU Council and Parliament reach deal on a single permit directive
Today member states' representatives to the Council (Coreper) confirmed the provisional agreement between the Spanish presidency of the Council and…
MEPs welcome a closer EU-India partnership on security and defence
Security and Defence MEPs visited India from 18 to 20 December to discuss common security challenges and opportunities for cooperation…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-680/21 (UEFA and Royal Antwerp Football Club)
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) requires football clubs to have a minimum number of ‘home-grown players’ in their teams.…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-124/21 P (International Skating Union v Commission)
By today’s judgment, the Court of Justice dismisses the appeal lodged by the ISU against the judgment of the General…
EU Commission proposes mandate for negotiations with Switzerland to EU Council
The adoption of the Commission Recommendation and the mandate proposal follows the conclusion of the exploratory talks on the future…
Digital NATO press briefing with U.S. Ambassador Julianne Smith
Ambassador Smith recently led a delegation to Tokyo and Seoul with other NATO permanent representatives, where they met with a…
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 19 December 2023
Halting biodiversity loss: EU outlines achievements 1 year after adoption of global plan for nature and people +++ Recycling rates…
Insight EU Climate Monitoring 19 December 2023
Speech by EU Commissioner Hoekstra at the Annual Conference of Italian Ambassadors in Rome +++ ESMA presents methodology for climate…
Insight EU Energy Monitoring 19 December 2023
Main results of the EU Energy Council on 19 December 2023 +++ Energy prices and security of supply: EU Council…
PayPal commits to amending terms & conditions to meet EU consumer rules
The Consumer Protection Cooperation Network (CPC), coordinated by the European Commission and led by the German authority Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency), started…
Very Large Online Platforms: EU Commission adds Pornhub, Stripchat, and Xvideo
The designation is the result of Commission investigations concluding that the three services fulfil the threshold of 45 million average monthly…
Benchmarks: EU Council agrees its negotiating mandate
This proposal forms part of a package of measures to rationalise reporting requirements. It aims to rationalise benchmark authorisation and…
Cyber Solidarity act: Member States unite for EU security
To detect major cyber threats quickly and effectively, the draft regulation establishment a ‘European cyber shield’, which is a pan-European infrastructure…
EU Commission wants to change status of wolves from ‘strictly protected’ to ‘protected’
Today, the Commission is tabling a proposal for a Council Decision to adapt the protection status of the wolf under the international Bern…
EU Judgment of the General Court in Case T-233/22 (Islentyeva v Council)
The European Commission and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) interpret the latter prohibition as meaning that it also prohibits…
EU General Court: Judgments in Cases T-216/21 and T-494/21
In both cases, the Commission decided not to raise objections: in its view, those measures constitute aid compatible with the…
Judgments of the General Court in Cases T-383/21, T-384/21, T-385/21, T-387/21, T-388/21, T-389/21, T-397/21
In 2021, the Single Resolution Board (SRB) determined the amount of ex ante contributions to be paid by several institutions…
Trade in products containing benzene increased EU imports of hazardous chemicals
The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) annual report on the trade of chemicals that are banned or severely restricted in the…
Deal for a more effective EU single residence and work permit
Under the new rules, single permit holders will have the right to change employer, the occupation and the work sector.…
EU Council and the Parliament reach breakthrough in reform of EU asylum and migration system
The five EU laws that the Spanish presidency and Parliament have agreed on touch upon all stages of asylum and…
Russia: Putin extends special economic measures in fuel-and-energy sector
Under the amendment, the duration of the special economic measures in the fuel-and-energy sector in response to the price cap on Russian oil and oil products established by some foreign states has…
NATO Deputy SG meets EU diplomats, stresses the power of unity in tackling global challenges
The European Union is an important partner for NATO. The third NATO-EU Joint Declaration was signed in January 2023 and…
UN: DPR Korea urged to ‘embrace diplomacy’ after latest ballistic missile launch
The Hwasong-18 type intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) flew a distance of some 1,000 kilometres and reached an altitude of 6,500…
UN Security Council: UK on DPRK’s launch of another inter-continental ballistic missile
Thank you President, and thank you ASG Khiari for your briefing. Colleagues, we are unfortunately gathered here once again to discuss…