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‘Carpet of bees’: How Romania flouts EU ban on bee-killing insecticides

July 14, 2022 4:00 am

Beekeepers say Brussels is closing its eyes to a legal ‘super loophole’ that keeps banned seeds out in fields.

EU report renews Hungary, Poland rule-of-law critiques amid key negotiations

July 13, 2022 7:33 pm

Commission rebukes Hungary and Poland for democratic backsliding despite talks to unlock funds.

EU: Transit to Kaliningrad allowed, but not for sanctioned goods

July 13, 2022 5:02 pm

Countries have to monitor trade flows and use ‘targeted, proportionate and effective controls and other appropriate measures,’ Commission says.

5 ways rising rates could roil financial markets

July 13, 2022 4:14 pm

For over a decade, record-low interest rates have underpinned the dogma and rationale of investors.

The European Commission’s disinformation fail

July 13, 2022 4:00 am

The bloc’s revised code steps back from the fight at hand, directly capitulating to Silicon Valley platforms.

‘Not up to scratch’: Uber Files puts spotlight on weak enforcement of EU ethics rules

July 12, 2022 10:41 pm

Watchdogs say there’s nothing stopping ex-officials from breaking ethics rules. Indeed, Neelie Kroes has already faced reprimand.

0-0 after extra time: Super League hearing gets technical

July 12, 2022 7:12 pm

As European capitals back UEFA, Super League decries governing body’s ‘radical conflict of interest.’

Nord Stream nightmare: Has Putin stopped Europe’s gas for good?

July 11, 2022 10:58 pm

Analysts fear Russia won’t restart key pipeline after ‘maintenance.’

Football’s Super League takes fight to EU’s top court

July 8, 2022 5:00 am

Top clubs’ bid to form a breakaway league faces opposition from football’s governing body backed by most EU governments.

EU Home Affairs chief Ylva Johansson — Aussie re-set — Interpreters row

July 7, 2022 7:13 pm

As drama unfolds across the English Channel, we look at where things stand with the EU’s migration policy and examine EU-Australian relations. We also review a revealing …

Europe faces Facebook blackout

July 7, 2022 12:37 pm

Ireland’s data authority informs its EU counterparts that it will block the platform from sending user data to the US.

4 key questions on the EU’s shift to more sustainable chemicals

July 7, 2022 6:00 am

The EU’s effort to make chemicals more sustainable is one of the hottest files in the bloc’s Green Deal effort.

Patients with rare diseases hope for Brexit-hastened treatments

July 7, 2022 6:00 am

Brussels is eyeing the UK’s post-Brexit approach to solving cell and gene therapy headaches.

Spanish foreign minister presses EU to retrain focus on migration

July 7, 2022 4:02 am

After winning a NATO pledge to monitor the situation, José Manuel Albares tells POLITICO Spain is returning its sights to the intractable EU migration pact.

Brussels faces lawsuits, investor pushback over green label for gas and nuclear

July 6, 2022 7:56 pm

New rules undermine EU efforts to set a gold standard for sustainable investments, opponents say.

How Italy’s biggest steel mill makes a mockery of EU environmental rules

July 6, 2022 7:52 pm

The European Commission says EU citizens benefit from some of the world’s highest environmental standards. Taranto residents don’t see it that way.

Big Tech platforms could face new major EU limits on targeted political ads

July 6, 2022 6:16 pm

Aim is for stricter rules to be in place before the 2024 European Parliament election.

European Parliament plots backroom deal to appoint top bureaucrat

July 6, 2022 4:01 am

The Parliament’s powerful administrative chief is leaving, and an arrangement to replace him has opponents alleging cronyism.

EU plans to approve sales of fully self-driving cars

July 5, 2022 10:44 pm

Europe aims to be the first-mover when it comes to letting so-called Level 4 autonomous cars on the road.

Funding Ukraine’s recovery with Russian riches causes legal headache

July 5, 2022 7:33 pm

Kyiv says between $300B and $500B in oligarchs’ assets are frozen.

Hold your horses! Top EU digital lobbyist has to pay up for selling horse as a pony

July 5, 2022 6:26 pm

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Brussels’ most visible digital affairs lobbyist, vows to fight on after she is told to pay more than €126,000.

Germany and Ireland slam UK’s plan to scrap Northern Ireland agreement

July 3, 2022 11:16 am

‘No legal or political justification’ for ditching post-Brexit trade rules, Baerbock and Coveney say.

Commission proposes €1B in aid to Ukraine

July 1, 2022 5:36 pm

Kyiv has warned a financial crisis looms if aid isn’t forthcoming.

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