Ukraine joining EU may cost bloc up to €190bn, think-tank says
Ukraine joining the European Union would set the bloc's finances back by up to €190 billion over its budgetary term, a German think-tank has claimed.
Breton berated over ‘half-baked’ plan to regulate AI
Enthusiasts and business leaders have spent the weekend berating Brussels' so-called "digital enforcer", Thierry Breton, over the newly agreed EU deal to regulate AI
EC takes heat over new Pfizer vaccine contract after ‘secret texts’ scandal
A decision by the European Commission to give a vaccine-production contract to US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer has raised eyebrows within the European Parliament.
EU watchdog demands ban on Facebook and Instagram ‘behavioural advertising’
The European Union's data protection watchdog has demanded Facebook and Instagram owner Meta be banned from processing user data for “behavioural advertising”.
‘Traitorous’ Ukrainian opposition MP ‘assassinated’ in Russia
Sources within the Ukrainian Government have claimed responsibility for the assassination of Illia Kyva, a prominent pro-Russian member of the country's political opposition.
EC ‘aims to create single market for defence’
The European Commission wants to create a "single market for defence" to better prepare the European Union for times of crisis, according to a leaked document.
Spain’s Puigdemont locks horns with EU’s Borrell again, this time over ‘sexist speech’
Spanish Junts leader Carles Puigdemont has grilled the European Commission on "sexist speech" by Josep Borrell, the EU's top diplomat.
No backbone? No protection: Octopuses left high and dry under EU law
Octopus species are not protected under animal welfare rights in European Union law, the European Commission has confirmed.
EU ‘not adequately monitoring potential Ukraine aid fraud’
The European Union has not been properly monitoring the potentially fraudulent use of cash sent to Ukraine, MEPs have said
UK to rejoin EU’s Horizon science programme, irritating Brexiteers
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's post-Brexit UK is to rejoin the European Union's Horizon science programme, set to become an associate country to the scheme starting…
EU aims to force Big Tech and others to make their products repairable
The European Union is to target so-called "planned obsolescence" in products amid the bloc's ongoing technology regulation efforts.
Meta hit with European consumer group complaint over users’ DSA access move
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has been hit with a formal complaint over its attempts to charge European users to access the European Union’s Digital Services Act protections.
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President Zelenskyy will ‘pay for failures’ over Russia war, says Mayor of Kyiv
The Mayor of the Ukraine capital Kyiv Vitali Klitschko appears to have publicly turned on the country’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Musk’s X says Irish minister McEntee’s ‘no-censorship’ claims are ‘inaccurate’
US tech billionaire Elon Musk's X social media platform has accused Ireland's justice minister Helen McEntee of making "inaccurate" statements in the Irish Parliament regarding…
Leftist leader like an ‘annoying uncle who talks nonsense’, says Macron spokesman
The chief spokesman for French President Emmanuel Macron's Government has mocked one of the country's most high-profile left-wing leaders, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, comparing him…
European climate activists lash out at COP28 head’s fossil-fuel comments
European environmentalists have lashed out at COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber over his questioning whether stopping the use of fossil fuels would fundamentally help tackle…
Environmentalists urge Von der Leyen to drop ‘war’ against wolves
Brussels announced a review of protections for wolves after von der Leyen’s prized pony Dolly was mauled to death by one, with the EC so far seeming to lean towards loosening…
EU ‘cannot measure success of own diversity quotas due to GDPR’
The European Union is not able to legally measure the success of its own diversity quotas thanks to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules, leaked messages appear…
Resistance is futile. The EU will regulate your holodeck
European politicians are so addicted to bureaucracy that they now want to regulate things that don't exist.
Oops! EU mixes up Irish flag with Côte d’Ivoire’s in official publication
European Parliament officials were left red-faced on December 1 after it was discovered by Brussels Signal that official material published by the body appeared to depict…
France’s left-wing NUPES coalition ‘dead’, leader claims
France’s New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES), a left-wing electoral alliance aimed in part at combating the rising far-right, is “dead”, one of its leaders…
Social media giants ‘got EU censorship threats’ amid Ireland riots
Major social media firms were ordered to censor their platforms by the European Commission during the recent riots in the Irish capital Dublin, reports have claimed.
European Union now ‘needs to become a State’, Draghi says
The European Union needs "to become a State" to survive in the modern world, former Italian prime minister and European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi has claimed.
EU should embrace influx of ‘free’ Chinese electric cars, says economist
The European Union should celebrate the influx of "free" Chinese electric vehicles into the bloc, a senior German economist has claimed.
Spain working to rescue EU AI regulation amid French revolt
Spain, the current holder of the presidency of the Council of the European Union, is trying to rescue the bloc’s first stab at regulating artificial intelligence (AI) amid…
Euro MPs want regulation of music streaming to ‘protect diversity’
MEPs sitting on the Committee on Culture and Education bemoaned the lack of bureaucratic influence in the sector, voting in favour of demanding EU action by 23 votes to 3…
Swedish Left does U-turn on mass migration
Sweden has quickly shifted from being one of Europe's most ethnically homogenous nations to one of its most diverse, which has resulted in negative societal consequences,…
Dubliners fear police cannot defend them from criminals, Irish councillor says
Communities in Dublin have little confidence that Ireland's police can protect them from criminals, a councillor in the country has claimed.
Ruling reality is not enough! MEPs demand EU regulation of ‘virtual worlds’
Seemingly unhappy with just ruling Europe, MEPs have demanded that the European Union starts regulating "virtual worlds", such as Facebook's metaverse and Star Trek-style…
Largest solar-cell firm in Germany may decamp to US over energy costs
Meyer Burger Technology, a Swiss firm, said the decision on whether to pull its manufacturing out of Germany or not will be made “within weeks”