
Bucharest: Euro area construction output rose by 1.8 percent in August 2026 compared with July, while EU output climbed 2.0 percent, Eurostat reported on 20 October. The monthly jump hides…

Athens: Eurozone government debt rose to 87.7 percent of GDP at the end of 2025, up from 86.6 percent a year earlier, according to Eurostat figures released on 21 October…

Bonn: The AI Act fines procedure now has a draft rulebook, and companies have until 9 November 2026 to comment on it. On 12 October the European Commission opened a…

Ostrava: The ETS2 carbon market stayed on course for a 2028 start after EU leaders argued over it for hours at their summit on 15 and 16 October 2026. The…

Stuttgart: The 2035 car CO2 target moved a step closer to a weaker form on 22 October 2026, when two European Parliament committees backed a compromise that relaxes the Commission’s…

Tallinn: The second SAFE call opened on 29 October 2026, when the European Commission invited all member states to draw on €21.3 billion of loans that governments left unused in…

Bratislava: The Single Resolution Board published its response to a European Commission consultation on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation on 9 October 2026. The Commission is reviewing MiCA to assess…

Plovdiv: The Bulgarian farmers state aid scheme won European Commission clearance on 2 October 2026, when the Commission authorised 170 million euro of support for farmers facing higher costs. The…

Mechelen: The child sexual abuse directive returns to the European Parliament on 4 November 2026, when the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee votes on the agreement reached with…

Gdańsk: The ship recycling regulation faces a political test on 4 November 2026, when the European Parliament’s Environment Committee votes on a motion objecting to the Commission’s proposal to add…

Aarhus: The Competitive by Nature report from the European Environment Agency, published on 13 October 2026, argues that Europe can strengthen its economy without trading away sustainability. Its full title…

Oftringen: The Omya antitrust investigation began on 23 October 2026, when the European Commission opened a formal inquiry into whether the Swiss-based minerals group abused a dominant position in the…

Rennes: French farm diesel aid has doubled to 424 million euros after the European Commission approved an amendment to a national State aid scheme on 30 October 2026. The scheme…

Katowice: Cohesion funds for housing received strong backing from the European Parliament on 20 October 2026, when members voted 601 to 20, with 36 abstentions, for a non-binding report by…

Uppsala: US drug pricing has become a European policy problem, and on 15 October 2026 the European Parliament’s public health committee voted on two questions for oral answer asking the…

Vigo: The fisheries vision 2040 published by the European Commission on 20 October 2026 sets out where the EU wants its fishing and aquaculture sector to be in fourteen years.…

Catania: A new Frontex returns mandate would turn the EU border agency into the central actor for deporting people with no right to stay, according to a proposal presented by…

Valencia: The VAT fraud mechanisms that national tax authorities use against carousel schemes are set to stay available until 30 June 2030 if the European Parliament backs a Commission proposal…

Leiden: The vulnerable adults regulation cleared the European Parliament on 20 October 2026, when members of the European Parliament approved the interinstitutional agreement reached with the Council by 531 votes…

Ljubljana: Youth civic participation has risen sharply across the European Union, according to a Flash Eurobarometer on youth and democracy that the European Commission published on 29 October 2026. The…

Lisbon: The EU Solidarity Fund will release 489 million euros to four member states after the European Parliament approved the aid on Wednesday 21 October 2026 by 651 votes to…

Madrid: The ESMA enforcement priorities 2026, published on 13 October, tell listed companies across the European Economic Area where national supervisors will look hardest when they review annual financial reports.…