Category: Statistics (Eurostat)
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Rail Passenger Travel Reaches 457 Billion Kilometres Across The EU
Berlin: Rail passenger travel in the European Union reached 457 billion passenger-kilometres in 2025, according to Eurostat figures published on 30 October 2026. The total is up from 445 billion…
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Diesel Strategic Reserves Tapped For 20.5 Million Barrels This Winter
Piraeus: Eleven EU governments will release 20.5 million barrels of diesel from their diesel strategic reserves by the end of January 2027, as winter supply fears grow. Belgium, Denmark, France,…
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Fitch France Outlook Turns Negative As Budget Talks Stall In Paris
Lille: The Fitch France outlook turned negative this weekend after the rating agency kept the country’s sovereign rating at A+ but cut the outlook from stable, according to reports published…
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Polish Constitutional Tribunal Suspension Sparks Rule Of Law Clash
Warsaw: The Polish Constitutional Tribunal slid into an open institutional confrontation on 30 October 2026, when judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska ordered a one-month suspension of its president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and its…
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Governments Get 21 Months To Apply The New EU Inc Corporate Law
Cork: The Council of the EU agreed its negotiating position on 23 October 2026 for EU Inc, the Commission’s proposed 28th regime of EU Inc corporate law for innovative companies.…
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Euro Area GDP Growth Slows To 0.4 percent As Ireland Surges, France Shrinks
Paris: Euro area GDP growth slowed to 0.4% in the third quarter of 2026, according to Eurostat’s preliminary flash estimate published on 30 October. The pace is lower than the…
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EBA Work Programme For 2027 Puts Banking Package And DORA First
Frankfurt: The European Banking Authority published its EBA work programme for 2027 on 30 September 2026, setting out how the Paris-based regulator will spend its next year. The EBA work…
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Six New Medicines Win Backing At The EMA CHMP October 2026 Meeting
Amsterdam: The European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee recommended six new medicines for approval at its CHMP October 2026 meeting, held from 12 to 15 October. The list covers an…
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Yemen Humanitarian Aid Rises By €22.5 Million As Displacement Grows
Geneva: Yemen humanitarian aid received a fresh €22.5 million boost on 23 October 2026, as the European Commission released extra money for a country where fighting resumed in September. The…
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Erasmus 2027 Work Programme Sets 6.2 Billion And Caps Capacity Bids
Dresden: The Erasmus 2027 work programme gives the EU’s flagship education scheme a maximum contribution of 6,212,985,300 euros for its final year, according to the Commission decision published on 26…
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National Restoration Plans Lag As Roswall Defends Nature Law
Strasbourg: Many member states still have not delivered their national restoration plans, and Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall defended the Nature Restoration Regulation before the European Parliament on 20 October 2026.…
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Parliament Delays EU Space Act Vote To 10 November Over Cyber Split
Toulouse: The EU Space Act faces its first committee vote in the European Parliament on 10 November 2026, after the Industry, Research and Energy Committee pushed the date back under…
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AMLA OLAF Working Arrangement Opens Path To Track Dirty Money
Larnaca: The AMLA OLAF working arrangement, signed on 21 October 2026, gives the EU’s new anti-money laundering authority and the European Anti-Fraud Office a formal channel to exchange information on…
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Fitto Defends Right To Stay Strategy As Regions Fight Budget Merger
Porto: The Right to Stay strategy moved closer to the centre of EU regional policy this month, as Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto opened the 24th European Week of Regions and…
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Circular Economy Act Slips To November After Scrutiny Board Doubts
Antwerp: The Circular Economy Act will reach the European Commission’s table on 11 November 2026 at the earliest, after the proposal slipped from its original September slot. The date is…
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Payment Innovators Have Until 9 November For ECB Digital Euro Pilot
Vienna: Private companies and organisations have until 9 November 2026 to answer the European Central Bank’s innovation call for the digital euro pilot, according to a roundup of Governing Council…
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UPM Sappi Joint Venture Draws Commission Statement Of Objections
Helsinki: The European Commission sent a Statement of Objections to UPM and Sappi on 26 August 2026 over their proposed UPM Sappi joint venture, opening a formal Phase II concern…
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Digital Omnibus Council Mandate Sets Four Month Cookie Consent Wait
Dublin: EU ambassadors agreed the Council’s negotiating mandate on the Digital Omnibus on 21 October 2026, setting a four-month wait before a website may ask again for cookie consent after…
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Ministers Resist Energy Taxation Directive Tilt Toward Electricity
Luxembourg: EU energy ministers pushed back on 29 October against a Commission provision that would tax electricity more lightly than gas, and at least 13 member states said the Energy…
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Low-Value Parcels Face New EU Customs Handling Fee From 1 November
Rotterdam: The EU customs handling fee of €2 on low-value parcels is due to start on 1 November 2026, according to the Commission’s customs reform page, which published guidance on…
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Baltic Fishing Quotas 2027 Cut Cod Catches And Lift Herring And Sprat
Rostock: The Baltic fishing quotas 2027 put before EU ministers on 26 October would lift catch limits for four herring and sprat stocks while cutting by-catch allowances for cod and…
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PreparEU Advisory Group Reviews Europe’s Civil Protection Capacity
Zagreb: The European Commission formally set up the PreparEU Advisory Group by a decision of 30 October 2026, creating a panel of senior experts to review how well Europe is…
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Organic Imports Win Access To The EU Organic Logo In New Deal
Bolzano: The Council and the European Parliament reached a political agreement on 20 October 2026 that will let certain imported products carry the EU organic logo, according to the European…
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PET Spunbond Anti-Dumping Duties Hit Chinese Imports For Five Years
Düsseldorf: The European Commission announced on 30 October 2026 that it will impose definitive PET spunbond anti-dumping duties on imports from China, setting rates between 39.8 percent and 48.1 percent…