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Frankfurt: Andrés Ritter became the European chief prosecutor on 1 November 2026, taking charge of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) after the mandate of Laura Codruța Kövesi expired on…

A new raw materials agency moved closer to reality on 20 October 2026, when the European Parliament adopted amendments that strengthen the Critical Raw Materials Act by 470 votes to…
The Return Regulation reached its final legislative hurdle on 1 October 2026, when EU member…
Paris: EU finance ministers narrowed ESMA supervision to the largest market infrastructures on 9 October…
Podgorica: European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos will present the 2026 Enlargement Package on 4…
Delft: Europe’s quantum start-ups and research labs are waiting for the Commission to present the…
The Return Regulation reached its final legislative hurdle on 1…
Paris: EU finance ministers narrowed ESMA supervision to the largest…
Podgorica: European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos will present the…
Delft: Europe’s quantum start-ups and research labs are waiting for…

Yerevan: Armenia visa liberalisation has become the clearest practical measure of how far the South Caucasus republic can move toward the European Union without a membership application on the table.…

New Delhi: The India EU trade agreement now sits with the Council of the European Union, and the coming months will show whether the deal concluded in January becomes binding…
Manila: The EU-Philippines trade deal reached what both sides call a substantial agreement…
Brussels: The second EU-GCC summit, planned for 24 October 2026 in Riyadh, will…
Luxembourg: Mercosur provisional application will continue after the Vice-President of…
Kyiv: Ukraine accession talks moved into new territory in mid-October…
Brussels: UK EU defence cooperation faces a stubborn procurement question…
Montreal: The Canada EU alliance announced on 30 October 2026…
Manila: The EU-Philippines trade deal reached what both sides call a substantial agreement in September 2026, and the harder work now begins: turning a political understanding into a legal text…
Brussels: The second EU-GCC summit, planned for 24 October 2026 in Riyadh, will not take place on that date, and the Council of the EU has offered no replacement. Its…
Luxembourg: Mercosur provisional application will continue after the Vice-President of the Court of Justice of the EU dismissed Poland’s request to suspend it on Tuesday 29 September 2026. The order,…
Kyiv: Ukraine accession talks moved into new territory in mid-October 2026, when a Council of the EU statement reported on 14 October said negotiations had opened on two more clusters.…
Brussels: UK EU defence cooperation faces a stubborn procurement question after Defence Secretary Wes Streeting met High Representative Kaja Kallas on 2 November 2026, his first Brussels trip in the…
Montreal: The Canada EU alliance announced on 30 October 2026 gives Brussels and Ottawa a shared political frame, yet its most debated feature, the label of associate member, still has…
The weekly institutional perspective on matters of European and international strategic significance.
The Security Council let its mission in Western Sahara lapse at midnight on Saturday. The Union’s position, agreed with Rabat in January, still rests on a UN process that Morocco…
The weekly institutional perspective on matters of European and international strategic significance.

The Security Council let its mission in Western Sahara lapse at midnight on Saturday. The Union’s position, agreed with Rabat in January, still rests on a UN process that Morocco…

The Globalisation Adjustment Fund will pay €1.1 million to help 351 laid-off paper industry workers in Finland, after Parliament approved the Commission’s proposal by 609 votes to 51, with 14…

The methane regulation delay won Parliament’s backing with a vote of 341 in favour, 225 against and 6 abstentions on the Commission’s proposal to postpone certain obligations. MEPs voted on…

A new raw materials agency moved closer to reality on 20 October 2026, when the European Parliament adopted amendments that strengthen the Critical Raw Materials Act by 470 votes to…

The Return Regulation reached its final legislative hurdle on 1 October 2026, when EU member states gave their last approval to new rules on deporting people who have no right…

The Erasmus+ budget is the central fight in Parliament’s negotiating mandate for the 2028-2034 programme, which MEPs adopted with 454 votes in favour, 34 against and 93 abstentions during the…

The Joint Declaration on Culture is a shared political commitment on culture signed by the three main EU institutions at the top level. Cyprus, holding the rotating Council Presidency, President…

The European arrest warrant rests on a simple promise: one member state’s judges trust another’s. A pending case before the Court of Justice, C-583/24 Tagu, asks how far that trust…

The Food and Feed Omnibus is turning one of the European Union’s most contested rulebooks, the approval system for chemical pesticides, into a live political fight. The Commission built the…
A new raw materials agency moved closer to reality on 20 October 2026, when the…
The Return Regulation reached its final legislative hurdle on 1 October 2026, when EU member…
The Erasmus+ budget is the central fight in Parliament’s negotiating mandate for the 2028-2034 programme,…
The Joint Declaration on Culture is a shared political commitment on culture signed by the…
The European arrest warrant rests on a simple promise: one member state’s judges trust another’s.…
The Food and Feed Omnibus is turning one of the European Union’s most contested rulebooks,…

Podgorica: European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos will present the 2026 Enlargement Package on 4 November 2026, giving candidate countries from Montenegro to Ukraine their annual verdict on EU-related reforms.…

Delft: Europe’s quantum start-ups and research labs are waiting for the Commission to present the EU Quantum Act, which the college agenda lists for 18 November 2026. Executive Vice-President Henna…
Frankfurt: Andrés Ritter became the European chief prosecutor on 1 November 2026, taking charge of…
Paris: EU finance ministers narrowed ESMA supervision to the largest market infrastructures on 9 October…
Ghent: Businesses across the bloc are pressing lawmakers to protect the EU tax simplification package,…
Berlin: Germany has become the loudest critic of the EU own resources package since European…
Luxembourg: The Critical Medicines Act now waits for final endorsement from the Council and the…
Strasbourg: Digital euro negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council are the next stage…
Frankfurt: Andrés Ritter became the European chief prosecutor on 1 November 2026, taking charge of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) after the mandate of Laura Codruța Kövesi expired on…
Paris: EU finance ministers narrowed ESMA supervision to the largest market infrastructures on 9 October 2026, agreeing a Council position on the market integration and supervision package that both the…
Ghent: Businesses across the bloc are pressing lawmakers to protect…
Berlin: Germany has become the loudest critic of the EU…
Luxembourg: The Critical Medicines Act now waits for final endorsement…
Strasbourg: Digital euro negotiations between the European Parliament and the…

Esch-sur-Alzette: The Court of Justice has clarified the conditions for…

Łódź: A payment provider must still make an unauthorised payment…

Swords: Airport slot allocation may take account of an annual…

Gothenburg: Advocate General Athanasios Rantos has told the Court of…

Linköping: The new EU defence permit rules give national authorities…

Ingolstadt: The JD.com Ceconomy takeover cleared its last regulatory hurdle…

Gjadër: The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for 2026 went to…

Ljubljana: National restoration plans are now the main test of…

Bologna: The Erasmus+ budget for 2028 to 2034 should reach…

Valletta: EU civil protection enjoys overwhelming public backing, according to…

Kirchberg: Household energy use in the European Union fell for…

Leuven: Horizon Europe funding will rise by €500 million until…

Toulouse: The IRIS² constellation will grow from 290 to 348…

Toulouse: The EU Space Act has a fresh negotiating text,…

Vilnius: The Council of the EU adopted its position on…

Dublin: The market stability reserve of the EU Emissions Trading…

Tallinn: The SAFE defence loans programme has a second round…

Frankfurt: The OLAF AMLA cooperation took a formal step on…

Gdynia: The Baltic fishing quotas for 2027 will rise for…

Ljubljana: Winter gas storage across the European Union stood at…

Strasbourg: The 2027 EU budget heads into negotiations on 3…

Eindhoven: The Foundayo EMA opinion arrived on 15 October 2026,…

Helsinki: Euro area unemployment stood at 6.5 percent in September…

Lille: The EU parcel handling fee of €2 applies from…

Esch-sur-Alzette: The Court of Justice has clarified the conditions for determining the tax domicile of EU officials and other servants. The judgment of 15 October 2026 in Case C-275/25 Kolwager…

Łódź: A payment provider must still make an unauthorised payment refund immediately even when the customer acted with gross negligence, the Court of Justice has held. The judgment of 15…

Swords: Airport slot allocation may take account of an annual passenger limit written into an airport’s development consent, the Court of Justice has ruled. The judgment of 15 October 2026…

Gothenburg: Advocate General Athanasios Rantos has told the Court of Justice that the temporary solidarity contribution levied on the surplus profits of energy companies is consistent with EU law. His…

Linköping: The new EU defence permit rules give national authorities 42 working days to decide on permits for defence projects, and treat silence as approval. The EU defence permit rules…

Ingolstadt: The JD.com Ceconomy takeover cleared its last regulatory hurdle on 3 November 2026, when the European Commission approved the deal under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation with binding commitments. JD.com…

Gjadër: The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for 2026 went to Maite Vermeulen and Giacomo Zandonini of De Correspondent for their investigation into Italy’s migration deal with Albania. The European Parliament…

Ljubljana: National restoration plans are now the main test of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation, and the European Commission is reviewing the first drafts. Member states were due to submit…

Bologna: The Erasmus+ budget for 2028 to 2034 should reach €47.39 billion, the European Parliament decided on 22 October 2026 when it adopted its position on the next programme. That…

Valletta: EU civil protection enjoys overwhelming public backing, according to a Special Eurobarometer that the European Commission published on 30 October 2026. Nine in ten respondents think it is important…

Kirchberg: Household energy use in the European Union fell for the third year in a row in 2024, according to a Eurostat news article published on 10 June 2026. EU…

Leuven: Horizon Europe funding will rise by €500 million until the end of 2027, after the European Commission allocated the extra money on 29 September 2026. The European Research Executive…

Toulouse: The IRIS² constellation will grow from 290 to 348 satellites after the European Commission and the SpaceRISE consortium signed the programme’s implementation agreement on 7 August 2026. The deal…

Toulouse: The EU Space Act has a fresh negotiating text, after the Irish Presidency of the Council released an updated version on 29 October 2026. The document, registered as ST-15118-2026-INIT,…

Vilnius: The Council of the EU adopted its position on EU Inc on 23 October 2026, moving the new 28th corporate regime for start-ups and scale-ups one step closer to…

Dublin: The market stability reserve of the EU Emissions Trading System will keep more allowances before it cancels any, after Council and Parliament negotiators reached a provisional agreement on 20…

Tallinn: The SAFE defence loans programme has a second round worth €21.3 billion, after the European Commission invited EU governments on 29 October 2026 to apply for the money. The…

Frankfurt: The OLAF AMLA cooperation took a formal step on 21 October 2026, when the European Anti-Fraud Office and the new Anti-Money Laundering Authority signed a working arrangement to share…

Gdynia: The Baltic fishing quotas for 2027 will rise for sprat and herring but stay shut for cod, after EU ministers agreed the catch limits and the Council announced the…

Ljubljana: Winter gas storage across the European Union stood at 75 percent on average on 21 October 2026, according to a monitoring report that the Agency for the Cooperation of…

Strasbourg: The 2027 EU budget heads into negotiations on 3 November after the European Parliament adopted its position on 21 October with 400 votes in favour, 189 against and 84…

Eindhoven: The Foundayo EMA opinion arrived on 15 October 2026, when the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use adopted a positive opinion on the once-daily tablet developed by Eli…

Helsinki: Euro area unemployment stood at 6.5 percent in September 2026, unchanged from August, Eurostat reported on 30 October. The rate sat slightly above the 6.4 percent that analysts had…

Lille: The EU parcel handling fee of €2 applies from 1 November 2026, the first day of a customs overhaul aimed at the flood of low-value e-commerce parcels entering the…
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The Commission has made clear who is entitled to sit on Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal. It has yet to say whether a government may restore judicial…

Brussels: The euro area unemployment rate held at 6.5% in September 2026, unchanged from August but 0.2 points above the 6.3% recorded a year earlier, according to Eurostat. The labour…

Luxembourg: Euro area GDP growth slowed to 0.4% in the third quarter of 2026, down from 0.6% in the second quarter, according to the Eurostat flash estimate published on 30…

Brussels: The SAP antitrust commitments close a European Commission investigation into how the German software group charged for maintenance and support of its on-premise enterprise software, and they do so…

Energy-driven inflation pushed the euro area to 3.8% in September 2026, the highest reading in the current cycle, and the October flash estimate due on 4 November will show whether…

The EU water resilience strategy has moved from announcement to delivery, and the autumn of 2026 shows how uneven that shift is. The Commission presented the strategy in June 2025…

The cloud sovereignty framework proposed by the Commission would sort every cloud provider that serves a public authority into one of four assurance levels, and it has become the most…

Brussels: The euro area unemployment rate held at 6.5% in September 2026, unchanged from August but 0.2 points above the 6.3% recorded a year earlier, according to Eurostat. The labour…

Luxembourg: Euro area GDP growth slowed to 0.4% in the third quarter of 2026, down from 0.6% in the second quarter, according to the Eurostat flash estimate published on 30…

Brussels: The SAP antitrust commitments close a European Commission investigation into how the German software group charged for maintenance and support of its on-premise enterprise software, and they do so…

Energy-driven inflation pushed the euro area to 3.8% in September 2026, the highest reading in the current cycle, and the October flash estimate due on 4 November will show whether…

The EU water resilience strategy has moved from announcement to delivery, and the autumn of 2026 shows how uneven that shift is. The Commission presented the strategy in June 2025…

The cloud sovereignty framework proposed by the Commission would sort every cloud provider that serves a public authority into one of four assurance levels, and it has become the most…
Common Agricultural Policy, farm-to-fork sustainability, rural development.
Managing the Erasmus+ program and developing a shared European Education Area.
Ensuring the seamless movement of goods within the EU while managing security at external borders.
Developing joint military capabilities, including the 2026 European Drone Defence Initiative.
Regulating AI, data privacy, and the Digital Single Market to ensure European digital sovereignty.
Driving the European Green Deal, renewable energy transitions, and the push for climate neutrality.
Building the European Health Union to handle cross-border health threats and public health standards.
Migration and Border Management
Overseeing asylum pacts, legal migration pathways, and the security of external borders via Frontex.
Protecting labor rights, vocational training, and social inclusion through the Quality Jobs Act.
Coordinating VAT and excise duties while working to prevent corporate tax evasion and simplify filings.
Negotiating global trade agreements and defending European commercial interests in the WTO.
Setting safety and infrastructure standards for sustainable rail, air, and road travel.
