Egypt: Statements by EU HR/VP Borrell and EU Commissioner Johansson
EU High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell met with Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty while EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson discussed…
Sanctions against Russia: EU Commission discusses circumvention with industry
Participants are discussing how EU industry, in close cooperation with governments and EU institutions, can engage in a trust-based partnership to tackle…
Strategic Technology Platform for Europe (STEP): One-stop shop launched
The one-stop shop allows project promoters, national managing authorities and investors to access key information and identify EU funding opportunities…
AI Factories call for proposals: EU to boost European AI developers
The EU Commission has launched a call for AI Factories to boost European leadership in trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI). AI…
Implementation of the AI Act: Artificial Intelligence Board kicks off work
The AI Board is comprised of high-level representatives from the Commission and all EU Member States, and is discussing how…
EU finance, banking, insurance: ESAs warn of risks from economic and geopolitical events
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) today issued their Autumn 2024 Joint Committee Report on risks…
League of Arab States: Opening remarks by EU HR Borrell at the Ministerial Meeting in Cairo
"The European Union has given full support to the ongoing efforts of Egypt, Qatar and the United States. But the…
EU Court confirms: Ireland is required to recover unlawful aid to Apple
Tax rulings: The EU Court of Justice sets aside the judgment of the EU General Court concerning tax rulings issued…
Common foreign and security policy (CFSP): EU Court clarifies the scope of jurisdiction
Common foreign and security policy (CFSP): The EU Court of Justice clarifies the scope of the jurisdiction of the Courts…
Military brokering: Judgment of the EU Court in Case C-351/22 Neves 77 Solutions
Restrictive measures against Russia: The confiscation of the entire proceeds of a brokering transaction covered by the prohibition on providing…
Google Shopping: EU Court of Justice upholds fine of €2.4bn imposed on Google
The EU Court of Justice upholds the fine of €2.4 billion imposed on Google for abuse of its dominant position…
How do economic recessions influence illicit drug use? – EU Drugs Agency
In its latest report, the EU Drugs Agency (EUDA) sheds light on how economic downturns can impact the use of…
Copernicus Climate Change Services on world’s warmest August on record
August 2024 was the joint-warmest August globally in the ERA5 dataset, tied with August 2023, with an average surface air…
IAEA Director General briefs board on IAEA diplomacy in Ukraine, Iran, and Syria
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has briefed the Board of Governors on his recent trips to Ukraine and the…
European Biogas Association releases 1st assessment of e-methane roll-out
The European Biogas Association (EBA) is launching the first assessment of the rollout of e-methane in Europe. This synthetic renewable…
Foreign and security policy: EU Commissioner Várhelyi on EU candidate countries
"Today, peace, prosperity, and stability, which the EU represents, are not granted. We all need to work for it. The…
EU Commissioner Elisa Ferreira briefs new EP REGI Committee on cohesion policy
"The first lesson is that Cohesion Policy is needed more than ever. There are many structural challenges ahead. The green…
EU statement on the International Day to Protect Education from Attack
Attacks on schools and their military use place children, in particular girls and children with disabilities, at particular risk of…
Frankfurt-Hahn airport and Ryanair: EU Commission orders €14m state aid recovery
The EU Commission has concluded that three German measures in favour of Ryanair and the Frankfurt-Hahn airport are incompatible with EU State aid rules.…
Trans-European Transport Network: New European coordinators appointed
Nine European Coordinators have been designated today to help complete the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), a vast infrastructure network of…
EU Commission launches project and gathers experts to address Long COVID
The project will focus on seven key areas: defining Long COVID; developing a surveillance system; promoting the exchange of information…
EU and Canada start health policy dialogue
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, and Canada's Minister of Health, the Honourable Mark Holland, held a virtual meeting…
Visa Liberalisation: EU and Armenia launch dialogue
The European Commission and the Republic of Armenia announced the start of a visa liberalisation dialogue. This process aims to…
2nd MEFED Dialogue paves the way for deepened energy cooperation
Ministers and Deputy Ministers as well as high-level representatives from the energy industry, the financial sector, infrastructure operators, regional and…
Ukraine: Polish Centre for Eastern Studies on the recent government reshuffle
On 5 September, Ukraine’s parliament (Verkhovna Rada, VR) appointed 10 new ministers, including two deputy prime ministers (see Appendix 1).…
Egypt: Statement by EU High Representative Borrell at the Rafah border crossing
"I am used to having a look at this place through satellite images. I see the Rafah crossing almost every…
Sudan: EEAS statement on the report of the International Fact-Finding Mission
The EU commends the work of the UNHRC established Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan, which recently issued a…
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
On Monday, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre met with President Xi Jinping of China. During the meeting the Chinese President…
EP Think Tank paper on the WTO Agreement on e-Commerce
After five years of negotiations, 82 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached an agreement on the first-ever global rules on…
European Banking Authority launches 2024 EU-wide transparency exercise
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched its 2024 EU-wide transparency exercise. Ahead of the 2025 stress tests, this transparency…
Insight EU Finance Monitoring Weekly: 2 – 6 September 2024
These are the headlines of our weekly Insight EU Finance Monitoring, published last Saturday. We publish the headlines of our…
The Mario Draghi report: Reactions by politicians and stakeholders (updated)
After the publication of Mario Draghi's report on Future European Competitiveness, politicians in the European Parliament and European stakeholder have…
Future EU competitiveness: Mario Draghi delivers report to President von der Leyen
The vision that drives Europe forward is to create conditions where businesses thrive, the environment is protected, and everyone has…
Russia: EEAS Statement on illegal Russian elections in Ukrainian territories
Russia conducted partial regional and local elections, including in the illegally annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. The European…
Venezuela: EU High Representative Borrell on the asylum request of Edmundo González
Faced with repression, political persecution, and direct threats to his safety and freedom in Venezuela, political leader and presidential candidate…
EU High Representative Josep Borrell: Thank you and farewell, Dmytro Kuleba
"My friend and colleague Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has been replaced by his former deputy Andriy Sybiha. I would…
Conference of the International Bar Association: Speech by EVP Vestager
"In an innovation economy, the focus of enforcement must be on creating and protecting opportunities for innovative firms. That means…
EU Data Act: EU Commission publishes Frequently Asked Questions
The Data Act establishes a horizontal set of rules on data access and use that respects the protection of fundamental rights and…
AI Office: Strong interest in drafting first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
The AI Office has received expressions of interest from almost 1000 organisations and individuals worldwide to participate in the drawing-up of the…
IAEA Director General: Update on the Situation in Ukraine on 5 September
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi examined a cooling tower at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) this week to…
Nature-related risk: Legal implications for central banks – Frank Elderson (ECB)
Keynote speech by Frank Elderson, Member of the ECB Executive Board and Vice-Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board, at the…
Denmark suggests Dan Jørgensen as Member of the EU Commission
In her letter to EU Commission President von der Leyen, Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark, is suggesting Dan Jørgensen…
Romania suggests Roxana Mînzatu as Member of the EU Commission
In a letter, Ion-Marcel Ciolacu, Prime Minister of Romania, is suggesting Ms Roxana Mînzatu as Member of the Commission.
Russian GRU officers and one civilian charged for hacking Ukrainian Government
Defendants are alleged to have committed cyber attacks in advance of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and also targeted 26 NATO…
U.S. Justice disrupts Russian government-sponsored foreign malign influence operation
The U.S. Justice Department has disrupted a covert Russian government-sponsored malign influence operation targeting audiences in the United States and…
Bulgaria suggests two candidates as Member of the EU Commission
Dimitar Glavchev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, is suggesting Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva and Mr Yulian Popov as candidates for the Bulgarian…
Egypt: EU Commissioner Johansson to strengthen migration and security cooperation
The Commissioner will meet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Expatriates, Badr Abdelatty, to discuss the ongoing comprehensive cooperation on…