
Salamanca: The Erasmus+ 2028-2034 budget should reach €47.39 billion, according to the negotiating position that the European Parliament adopted on 22 October 2026 by 454 votes to 34, with 93…

Strasbourg: Parliament has asked for dedicated eastern border regions funding in the 2028-2034 EU budget, adopting a resolution on 22 October 2026 by 414 votes to 79, with 90 abstentions.…

Rotterdam: The military mobility regulation moved a step closer to a deal on 20 October 2026, when Parliament and Council negotiators held their second trilogue on a draft law that…

Stockholm: The Irish Council presidency has tabled new compromise texts on EU tobacco tax reform and wants finance ministers to agree a general approach at the ECOFIN meeting on 9…

Strasbourg: The European Parliament gave final approval on 20 October 2026 to new rules on passenger rights enforcement, voting 652 in favour, two against and eight abstentions. The regulation amends…

Warsaw: The EU Return Regulation, adopted by the Council on 1 October 2026, lets member states send people with return decisions to hubs in non-EU countries, and trade reporting says…

Galați: The European Public Prosecutor’s Office indicted six defendants on 26 October 2026 in an EPPO tugboat fraud case that centres on about €7 million of EU funding for two…

Villach: The European Commission approved €319 million of Austrian Infineon state aid on 28 October 2026, backing a €1.1 billion upgrade of the Carinthian plant that is meant to produce…

Kigali: The African Medicines Agency and the European Medicines Agency have issued joint guidance on the clinical development of a Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine, giving developers a common route to trials…

Rostock: Fisheries ministers took up the Baltic fishing opportunities 2027 at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg on 26 October 2026, with a second day reserved for 27 October…

Paris: The European Banking Authority published its EBA 2027 work programme on 30 September 2026, setting out the regulatory tasks that will occupy banks, supervisors and payment firms over the…

Lille: The EU will start collecting the Union handling fee on low-value parcels on 1 November 2026, adding EUR 2 per item to online purchases that enter the single market…

Prague: The Commission’s plan for an EU Space Services Agency would give the Prague-based EUSPA its own founding regulation, a permanent mandate and a much larger budget. The proposal, published…

Amsterdam: The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee has recommended Rasonque pancreatic cancer treatment for approval, giving patients with metastatic disease a new option after at least one earlier therapy.…

Cayenne: France can now move towards joining the Inter-American sea turtle convention after the Council and Parliament agreed on 29 June 2026 to authorise its accession. Parliament then took a…

Porto: SFDR 2.0 now has a Parliament mandate that shrinks the rulebook’s reach and lets some fossil fuel companies into a transition category, after the Economic and Monetary Affairs committee…

Nicosia: Consular protection for EU citizens abroad could become faster and more binding if member states accept Parliament’s opinion, adopted on 7 October 2026 by 470 votes to 180, with…

Ispra: The INSPIRE Directive survived the Commission’s simplification drive in a form MEPs can accept, after Parliament adopted its first reading position on 6 October 2026 by 515 votes to…

Helsinki: European Business Wallets moved a step closer to negotiation after the Parliament’s industry committee backed the plan by 64 votes to seven, with four abstentions, on 10 September 2026.…

Valletta: Post-programme surveillance for euro area countries that once took a bailout will no longer run indefinitely, after the European Parliament approved a provisional agreement on 6 October 2026. MEPs…

Berlin: Cardiovascular health checks are moving towards a Council decision, with EU health ministers aiming to adopt recommendations on early screening at the EPSCO Council on 8 December 2026. The…

Brussels: The European Climate Resilience Law, which the European Commission proposed on 27 October 2026, would make climate adaptation planning a legal duty for every member state for the first…

Brussels: The Digital Omnibus took a step forward on 21 October 2026, when member states agreed the Council’s negotiating mandate on simplified data protection and privacy rules. The text lets…