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The EU got its legal OK to cut funds. Now what?

February 16, 2022 8:27 pm

We answer all your questions. When can the EU slash funds? Who could lose money? Over what? When will we see action?

EU gives China a nudge rather than a slap over Lithuania

January 27, 2022 4:52 pm

Calling out China for illegal activity is significant but a WTO case lacks teeth.

POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2021

December 30, 2021 4:00 am

From royal succession to vaccination rollouts, Joe Biden’s fart and the violent outbursts of a diplomat’s wife, these are the stories that got readers clicking this year.

UK government faces legal action over treatment of EU nationals

December 14, 2021 5:19 pm

The Home Office’s treatment of EU citizens who lived in Britain for less than five years is unlawful, watchdog says.

UK pledges to fight corruption in post-Brexit overhaul of procurement rules

December 6, 2021 2:35 pm

New rules aim to make the process ‘more transparent and effective during times of crisis.’

UK’s Labour vows ethics overhaul after lobbying row

November 29, 2021 3:31 pm

Deputy leader Angela Rayner wants a ‘total’ ban of at least five years on ex-ministers taking on lobbying gigs.

Parliament sues Commission for not using new rule-of-law power

October 29, 2021 4:37 pm

The mechanism allows the EU to suspend payments to countries over rule-of-law breaches that affect the bloc’s financial interest.

British MP Owen Paterson faces Commons ban over lobbying rule breaches

October 26, 2021 1:07 pm

The UK MP argues he has faced ‘an absolute denial of justice.’

UK issues fine in Patisserie Valerie scandal

September 27, 2021 10:57 am

The scandal erupted in 2018, when the company disclosed it had discovered potential accounting fraud, leading to its collapse.

US broadcast group threatens legal action over Polish media law

August 13, 2021 1:05 am

Discovery calls legislation an ‘assault on independent media and freedom of the press.’

MEPs overwhelmingly condemn Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law

July 8, 2021 6:54 pm

The non-binding resolution presses the EU to withhold Budapest’s recovery funds.

MEPs urge von der Leyen to tackle UK immigration detention of EU nationals

May 12, 2021 10:03 pm

Holding EU nationals in UK immigration centers breaches ‘the spirit of good cooperation’ expected from Britain after Brexit, Romanian MEPs say.

EU launches proposal to tackle foreign subsidies

May 5, 2021 12:25 pm

The European Commission on Wednesday released its new draft law that seeks to better control so-called “distortive foreign subsidies” that non-EU countries give their companies, which then …

Amazon knew seller data was used to boost company sales

April 30, 2021 4:49 pm

Internal report flagged lack of controls over access to seller data.

‘This was not a breach’: How Big Tech gaslights the world on data leaks

April 13, 2021 6:30 am

More than a billion people’s data has appeared on hacker forums in recent days, but no-one’s owning up to doing anything wrong.

Hungary and Poland to Brussels: See you in court

March 11, 2021 1:48 pm

Governments challenge scheme to allow cuts to EU funding if countries fall short on rule of law.

‘Millions of people’s data is at risk’ — Amazon insiders sound alarm over security

February 24, 2021 11:05 am

Whistleblowers say they were forced out after flagging problems with e-commerce giant’s data security and compliance.

EU and UK agree on fisheries access after late scramble

December 24, 2020 7:04 pm

Fishermen on both sides are unhappy about the deal.

EU budget plan lets Hungary, Poland off the rule-of-law hook (for now)

December 9, 2020 11:54 pm

EU leaders to discuss compromise designed to convince Budapest and Warsaw to stop blocking the EU’s €1.8 trillion budget-and-recovery package.

Council and Parliament agree on linking EU payouts to rule of law

November 5, 2020 11:29 am

Deal is one step in broader process of finalizing the bloc’s €1.8 trillion budget-and-recovery package

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Top EU officials to China: Surveillance of minorities breaches G20 principles

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