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Gas network operators warn of 15 per cent EU shortfall in a severe winter
EU storage stood at 72 per cent on October 1, against 83 per cent a year earlier.
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Brussels rejects Italian and Greek calls to loosen EU fiscal rules
Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis warned that piling new exemptions on to the budget framework would erode the credibility of the rules themselves.
Eurogroup opens race to replace Schnabel on ECB board
Eurozone finance ministers have set an end-of-October deadline for nominations, putting the first of three senior European Central Bank vacancies formally in play.
EU budget errors climb for a second year
On spending they issued an adverse opinion for the seventh year in a row, meaning the errors were material and pervasive.
Noelia’s euthanasia case returns to Strasbourg six months after her death
The European court allowed the procedure to go ahead in March.
Brussels presses Beijing for import curbs as its own deadline falls due
Maroš Šefčovič lands in China on October 8 with the trade gap widening by about €1 billion a day and no public concession to show for four months of dialogue.
Brussels moves to speed up EU product standards and make them free to read
The European Commission wants to cut standard-setting from six years to four, though it took court rulings to force it to open texts that already carry the force…
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Brussels seeks power to suspend new members’ voting rights for 15 years
Marta Kos presented a package of institutional changes designed to shrink national vetoes and the size of the College of Commissioners before the bloc admits anyone…
Traders build record bets against the euro as energy costs and French debt weigh
The single currency has slid to its weakest level against the dollar since May 2025, with speculative short positions now at an all-time high.
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EU and Morocco deepen security cooperation while Ceuta stays off the agenda
The readout of the Brussels meeting listed the Sahel, Iran and Ukraine among the subjects covered, though it carried no reference to the mass crossing of July 30.
French LFI MEP accused of throwing EU and Israeli flags on the ground at October 7 exhibition
Rima Hassan published a photograph of the two flags on the floor and called for her to be “sanctioned without delay”.
Deepfake pornography sites target dozens of MEPs
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola told the Strasbourg plenary that around 60 members, most of them women, had been targeted by websites carrying AI-generated…
Brussels sends Moldova more growth plan cash as two reform targets go unmet
The third payment under the €1.
Hungary set to lift block on next stage of Ukraine and Moldova EU talks
Budapest would let two more negotiating clusters move forward if Kyiv passes a minority schools law, though Péter Magyar's veto on membership itself has not gone…
Brussels reservists struggle to get leave as EU preaches defence readiness
Two European Commission officials who serve in the French reserve forces say the EU executive's staff rules do not match its own calls for a war-ready Europe.
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Brussels moves closer to possible ban on ESN party
Six experts, selected by the EU institutions, are now set to examine whether the European political family led by Germany’s AfD is breaching the bloc’s fundamental…
ECB pushes cross-border bank mergers to close the gap with the US
Boris Vujčić said domestic takeovers had left euro area lenders without the scale to match American rivals, though fewer banks would also mean less choice for…
Eurozone inflation hits three-year high
The rate climbed to 3.
EU officials dismiss ‘absolute sh*t’ alternative to Microsoft Teams imposed by Brussels
Element Pro is described in the memo as an "internal back-up … that helps ensure our business continuity" if there is a disruption and the US-based service becomes…
Bukele and the ICC compete for the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize
Six candidates are in the running for the European Union's top human rights award, among them an Israeli Jewish-Arab movement and a detained Gaza doctor.
Patriots.eu takes European Parliament to court over ‘double standard’ in party funding
The posters the Parliament refuses to pay for carried Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini, and the party says liberal campaigns did the same without penalty.
Zelensky asks EU again for money to strike deeper into Russia
The Ukrainian president pressed European ambassadors in Kyiv to release unspent defence loans, hours before announcing the first combat use of Ukraine's own ballistic…
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EU funding for me, but not for thee?
On Tuesday, judges at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held hearings on a high-stakes financing dispute involving a controversial billboard and…
Brussels threatens Spain with court action over consumer credit delay
The European Commission has given Madrid two months to adopt the bloc's new credit rules before asking judges to impose financial penalties.
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Brussels admits energy costs are ‘extremely high’ as it rules out shortages for now
The European Commission said oil, gas and diesel were trading well above their historical averages, though it insisted supply to the bloc remained secure.
Brussels tightens its offensive against legal tobacco as illicit trade grows
Almost one in ten cigarettes consumed in the EU now comes from the illegal market or is smuggled, while Brussels presses on with new taxes and restrictions.
Commission proposes cross-border network to keep emergency services talking
Magnus Brunner says a firefighter who crosses an internal border today loses radio contact, though the new system would not start operating until 2030.
Brussels asks capitals to ban patio heaters as gas stores sit low
Wholesale gas for winter has roughly doubled since January, to about €70 a megawatt-hour.
Member states back near-zero residue limits for banned pesticides in imported food
The Council has agreed a negotiating mandate that tightens import rules while handing longer approvals to pesticides still used inside the EU.
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EU’s top court rejects Poland’s bid to suspend Mercosur trade deal
The deal also triggered mass protests by European farmers, who fear competition from cheaper imports that do not meet EU standards.