The EU simplifies the AI Act and bans ‘nudifier’ apps
The EU is simplifying its landmark AI Act until 2027 while fast-tracking a ban on ‘nudifier’ apps after fake explicit images of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni circulated online. Watch…
Europe Today: EU strikes deal on trade pact with US as Putin meets Xi Jinping in China
MEPs have reached a deal on the EU-US trade arrangement signed last July with Donald Trump. We’ll speak exclusively with Bernd Lange, the lead Member of the European Parliament on…
Newsletter: Breakthrough on EU-US trade deal
Also in this newsletter: UK Minister of State for Trade, Chris Bryant, tells Europe Today the UK and EU are inching closer to a deal on steel, and we break…
EU approves trade deal with the US despite uncertainty in transatlantic relations
European negotiators agreed late on Tuesday to implement the controversial trade agreement concluded last summer with the US. However, the deal — signed in the Scottish city of Turnberry —…
EU keeps carbon border tax unchanged despite fertiliser price crisis
Fertiliser producers argue that the EU’s carbon pricing rules at the border protect the European industry from cheaper imports produced under weaker environmental rules. But farmers fear they are indirectly…
EU Order of Merit celebrates the same old memories and few fresh faces
The European Order of Merit conferral ceremony came off as a celebration of the past with little hope for the future. Merkel was among those awarded. Read More
‘Each day counts’: EU scrambles to seal defence industry deal
European parliamentarians, EU member states and Commission mediators are in the thick of talks aimed at bolstering the bloc’s defence industry by cutting down on bureaucracy. Despite the political will…
Merkel warns Europe can no longer rely on old security certainties
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was awarded the European Order of Merit on Tuesday. Merkel warned that Europe could no longer take peace and security for granted following Russia’s invasion…
NATO fighter jet downs stray Ukrainian drone over Estonia
For the first time, a NATO fighter jet shot down what is believed to have been a stray Ukrainian drone over the Baltic country. Ukraine apologised for the “unintended incident”,…
‘A perfect storm for our industry and our jobs,’ foresees MEP if EU-US trade deal not completed
European People Party MEP Željana Zovko warned that US “ideological fights” and EU “complex process procedures” could inhibit an EU-US deal from being reached at tonight’s high stakes talks in…