Last October the EU imposed tariffs of up to 45 per cent on Chinese electric vehicles, but the move caused deep divisions in the bloc. Sánchez in September said the plan should be “reconsidered” and ...

Brussels is preparing a radical overhaul of the EU’s next trillion-euro common budget, replacing dozens of programmes with ...

The EU is considering redirecting €93bn in untapped pandemic recovery funds into its defence sector as part of efforts to ...

Regarding Marietje Schaake’s opinion piece “Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness” ( Opinion, February 20), I agree with the author’s underlying message. One place for the EU to start ...

Under the deal, EU member states must slash food waste by 10 per cent in food manufacturing and processing, and by 30 per cent per capita in retail, restaurants, food services and households by the ...

From Gérard Prudeau, Farmer and Former Professor of Economics, Université d’Orléans, Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France ...

The push to simplify financial rules has gained urgency amid Donald Trump’s broad deregulation agenda in the US. Last month, von der Leyen and ECB president Christine Lagarde wrote in the FT that ...

Their cause has been boosted by the new administration. Vice-president JD Vance used his recent trip to Europe to lash out at the EU’s legislation on tech by denouncing the bloc’s “onerous ...

Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission’s executive vice-president in charge of digital policy, told the Financial Times the EU wanted to “help and support” companies when applying AI rules, as the ...

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“There is definitely a worry in Brussels that the new US president will raise pressure on the EU around the AI Act to ensure ...