The European Parliament approved with a razor-thin vote (334 votes in favour, 324 against and 11 abstentions) the request to bring the free trade agreement with Mercosur to the Court of Justice of the European Union. The deputies, in order to block the entry into force of the pact, ask the community judges to evaluate the compatibility with the Treaties ...
More European defense cooperation, investments to fill deterrence gaps, a strengthened industrial base and a real ability to act autonomously, while maintaining a strong transatlantic bond. It is the heart of the annual report with which the European Parliament assessed the implementation of the Union’s common security and defense policy, in a context marked by the Russian war against Ukraine, ...
Donald Trump is slowing down the tariffs to be imposed on the eight European countries that have sent soldiers to Greenland. The US president takes a step back on the day of his harsh speech in Davos in which he attacked Europe. “A future agreement on Greenland defined with Rutte. No to tariffs on EU countries” From February 1, the ...
The regulation on passengers’ rights in the event of flight delays is the subject of a political clash between the European Parliament and the EU Council. An attempt is underway in Brussels to amend the legislation that is now more than 20 years old, which could also call into question its central point: reimbursement for flights arriving three hours late. ...
Washington threatens, Brussels responds. The European Parliament has decided to freeze the EU-US trade agreement signed last summer in Donald Trump’s Scottish golf club, due to the US president’s attack on the sovereignty of Greenland and the decision to hit with tariffs the eight European countries that sent soldiers to the Arctic island. Is it possible to suspend the agreement? ...
The European Union wants to strengthen the availability and security of supply of those medicines considered critical in the Union, and also increase the availability of innovative and high-cost therapies, such as various drugs for rare diseases. The medicines affected include antibiotics, insulin, vaccines and drugs for chronic diseases. A regulation presented by the Commission, now under discussion in the ...
The big day has arrived, as has Donald Trump in Davos, where his participation in the World Economic Forum is dominated by tensions with European allies and the controversial push to acquire Greenland. Before arriving in Switzerland, the American president said he expected progress on the Arctic island, defined as crucial for US national security, despite NATO warnings about the ...
There are those who dismiss the specter of the 93 billion euro economic bazooka against the United States and those who instead claim its use. The date February 6 is circled in red on the calendar, when the frozen counterduties would automatically come into effect the day after the trade agreement reached between Ursula Von der Leyen and Donald Trump ...
Washington threatens, Brussels seeks dialogue. The imperative is to avoid a trade escalation with Donald Trump, but all measures are on the table. At least this is the line that emerges in the Commission and in the main European chancelleries against the backdrop of a tug of war between the two sides of the Atlantic – and NATO allies – ...
The European Union will propose to phase out Chinese-made equipment from critical infrastructure. The measure will affect telecommunications networks (including 5G networks), solar energy systems and security scanners, excluding companies such as Huawei and ZTE. The hypothesis, anticipated by Financial Timeshas a dual objective: on the one hand to reduce the EU’s dependence on companies based outside the old continent, ...