
Amsterdam: Negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council have reached a provisional political agreement on the securitisation framework review, which the Commission welcomed on 22 October 2026. The deal…

Ottobrunn: Airbus announced on 27 October 2026 that it will build two more second-generation Galileo satellites, which lifts the European order for the new fleet from six to eight. The…

Brussels: The unfair trading practices directive is heading for a targeted revision, with the Commission planning to table a proposal by the end of 2026 after finishing its evaluation of…

Frankfurt: Financial markets expect the ECB rate decision on Thursday 29 October 2026 to leave the deposit facility rate at 2.5 percent, even as energy-driven inflation near 3.8 percent keeps…

Brussels: Chips Act 2.0 negotiations are entering a decisive stage in Council, where the Irish Presidency has put a compromise text before the Working Party on industry for discussion on…

Varna: The limitation period for EU fraud passed a fresh test at the Court of Justice on 15 October 2026, when judges in Luxembourg ruled that an absolute 15-year time…

Luxembourg: Income inequality across the European Union edged down in 2025, with the EU Gini coefficient falling to 29.2 from 29.4 a year earlier, according to figures Eurostat published on…

Brussels: The 2035 car CO2 target moved a step closer to a softer form on 22 October 2026, when two European Parliament committees backed a compromise that lets manufacturers stop…

Brussels: The European Excellence Initiative will channel €80 million into 16 projects that aim to strengthen research and innovation capacity at universities in widening countries, the European Research Executive Agency…

Coimbra: Regional partnership plans became the sharpest dividing line in the debate on cohesion policy after 2027 when members of the European Parliament and the European Committee of the Regions…

Luxembourg: Albania EU accession gained momentum on 13 October 2026, when the country provisionally closed its fourth negotiating chapter at the tenth accession conference in Luxembourg. The chapter on enterprise…

Brussels: Hungarian inspectors examined 300 parcels from Temu, Shein, AliExpress and Amazon, and the results gave lawmakers a fresh argument for the European Product Act. All 20 suspect products they…

Frankfurt am Main: The AMLA OLAF cooperation agreement signed on 21 October 2026 gives the EU’s new anti-money laundering authority and its anti-fraud office a formal channel to share what…

Luxembourg: The Court of Justice ruled on 15 October 2026 that Hungary’s system of special reintegration detention breached EU law on penalties for migrant smuggling. In Case C-521/25, Commission v…

Luxembourg: Retail trade growth in the European Union picked up in August 2026, according to Eurostat data published on 21 October. Retail trade in the EU27 rose 0.8 percent from…

Brussels: The rail ticketing proposal now before the European Parliament aims to make buying an international train journey as simple as buying a flight. The European Commission defended the package…

Brussels: Banks that pose no material resolvability concerns will report to the Single Resolution Board on a slower schedule from 2027, under a new SRB reporting cycle announced on 7…

Brussels: The VAT reverse charge is set to stay in the EU toolbox for another three and a half years if member states accept a Commission proposal published in early…

Brussels: Protecting humanitarian aid workers moved to the centre of EU humanitarian diplomacy on 15 and 16 October 2026, when the European Commission and the Irish Presidency of the Council…

Luxembourg: Euro area industrial production fell 0.5% in August 2026 from July, Eurostat reported on 15 October, while the EU as a whole recorded a 0.3% decline. Belgium and Ireland…

Luxembourg: Four EU governments want EAFRD fuel support to cover the rising cost of fuel on farms, and they put the request in front of agriculture ministers at the Agriculture…

Hellerup: A new achondroplasia treatment moved closer to the European market after the European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee recommended Yuviwel, with the active substance navepegritide, for children. The Committee…