Category: EuroActiv

The European Commission said on Monday it had opened an investigation to assess whether the Czech government’s support plan for the construction and operation of two nuclear units is in line with EU state aid rules. In October, Prague submitted a support scheme for the project to build two new nuclear reactors at the country’s […]

MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday named Migration Minister Elma Saiz as government spokesperson in addition to her current portfolio, replacing Pilar Alegría, who is stepping aside to run as the Socialist candidate in Aragón’s regional elections. The reshuffle follows a bruising defeat for Sánchez’s socialists (PSOE) in Extremadura – once a […]

A key vote to confirm a deal on new safeguards with Mercosur countries has been delayed yet again, after the Danish presidency on Monday cancelled a meeting of EU ambassadors scheduled for the afternoon. The move came only hours before the meeting was due to kick off. It had been pencilled in since Friday as a final attempt […]

Beijing imposed a new round of tariffs on the EU’s food sector on Monday, announcing temporary duties on some dairy products, including various types of cheese, milk and cream, from Tuesday. Following five-year duties of up to 19.8% on EU pork imports that kicked in last week, the Chinese commerce ministry has now applied provisional […]

The Italian competition authority (AGCM) has fined US tech giant Apple €98 million on Monday for allegedly breaching competition rules via its so-called App Tracking Transparency. Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy is a set of privacy rules it has imposed on third-party app developers operating on its app store since 2021. Third-party app developers […]

Vladimir Putin is ready to talk with French President Emmanuel Macron over the war in Ukraine, the Russian leaders’ spokesman said in an interview published Sunday. Putin has “expressed readiness to engage in dialogue with Macron”, Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti. “Therefore, if there is mutual political will, then this can only […]

US President Donald Trump has nominated a new head of US forces in Latin America, according to a statement Friday, after an admiral stepped down from the role early. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced in the statement that Trump had appointed General Francis L Donovan to head the US Southern Command, a role that oversees […]

The Commission has proposed an extension to temporary rules allowing tech companies to voluntarily scan their services for traces of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for a period of two additional years – running to April 2028. The temporary derogation to the EU’s ePrivacy Directive, which currently lets platforms scan for CSAM if they choose, […]

A large majority of online consumers are calling on the EU to clamp down on deceptive design practices and unfair personalisation in the upcoming Digital Fairness Act (DFA), according to the European Commission’s latest analysis of its public consultation published on Friday. The consultation – which ran between July and October – shows that 72% […]

The European Commission plans to sign the Mercosur trade agreement on 12 January in Paraguay, two diplomats and one MEP told Euractiv. EU leaders refused to give Commission President Ursula von der Leyen the mandate to sign the deal in Brazil as planned on Saturday, after France and Italy derailed a European summit by pushing […]