There is a storm surrounding Shein, the Chinese e-commerce giant, after offering sex dolls with child pornography content for sale on its platform in France. After the harsh sentence, Shein told Agence France-Presse that the items were removed from the platform and an internal investigation was launched to understand how the sellers circumvented internal controls and European regulations. The story ...
Next, the newsletter of Europa Today which every Monday morning tells you what will happen in the European week to come Top of the agenda The climate law for 2040 – On Tuesday 4 November the 27 European ministers responsible for the Environment will meet in a crucial Council in which it will be necessary to decide whether and how ...
After a long count, which lasted more than 24 hours, the leader of the D66 party, the liberal Rob Jetten, seems to have prevailed over the far-right exponent of the PVV, Geert Wilders, winning the elections in Holland. The results remain unofficial, but the 38-year-old Jetten is well positioned to become the youngest leader of the European Union’s fifth-largest economy. ...
The digital euro will soon be a reality. The European Central Bank has decided to proceed to the next phase of the project, with the launch of electronic money expected in 2029. An objective that could only materialize if the regulation is completed as scheduled and if the entire Eurosystem is ready. What the European digital currency will look like ...
It is a head-to-head contest until the last ballot and, since the Dutch elections, a definitive confirmation on the outcome of the vote has not yet arrived. Even if Rob Jetten’s centrist-liberal D66 party prevails over the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) led by Geert Wilders by a few tens of thousands of votes, it is still early to determine who ...
The ostentatious gallantry of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who kisses Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hand when he arrives at Palazzo Chigi, is not enough to avoid embarrassment on an international level. And the problem is certainly not the gesture itself. Orban, having arrived in Italy, has not spared broadsides against the EU and his attacks have put Meloni in ...
Top of the agenda Towards the vote in the Netherlands – On Wednesday 29 October, voters in the Netherlands will return to the polls after the collapse of the incumbent government led by Dick Schoof – a coalition of four parties from the centre-right to the far right – overwhelmed by internal tensions over the management of migration. It is ...
Europe closes the taps to Russian gas. The Council of the European Union today agreed its negotiating position on the proposed regulation for the gradual elimination of imports of Russian gas and LNG starting from 2026. Only Hungary and Slovakia opposed it. The gradual stop in three phases: what will happen to existing contracts A roadmap divided into three phases ...
Top of the agenda The leader in Brussels – The heads of state and government of the 27 member countries of the European Union will meet on Thursday 23 October in Brussels for the European Council meeting. “As usual, I propose to organize a one-day meeting, if our discussions allow it,” announced the president of the EU institution António Costa. ...
After the confusion over the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Budapest scheduled for a couple of weeks, questions have arisen about how the Kremlin leader will arrive in the Hungarian capital. Because the Tsar is being chased by an international arrest warrant issued in 2023 by the Criminal Court in The Hague. Therefore the logistics situation is ...