Europe’s arsenal against Trump’s trade offensive
The EU has prepared a series of counter-measures to respond to Washington's imposition of punishing import tariffs on steel and aluminium, as fears grow of an all-out global trade war.
Merkel, Macron and key eurozone reforms
After months of silence, the grand ambition of French President Emmanuel Macron to reform the eurozone has finally received a response from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Eurozone inflation leaps higher delivering ‘headache’ to ECB
Inflation in the eurozone leaped to the ECB's target in May, data shows, fuelled by a huge increase in oil prices as the US decided to pull out of a nuclear deal with Iran.
EU Commission proposes 149-billion-euro budget for 2019
The European Union (EU) Commission has announced its 2019 budget draft proposal. Accordingly, the EU's revenues in the 2019 budget will amount to 149 billion euros and expenditures.
From Yahoo to Uber, major hacks of data
The European Union's new data protection rules, which take effect on May 25, will give people more control over the way their personal information is used online.
EU chokes on own air quality standards
Air pollution causes hundreds of thousands of deaths each year in Europe. AFP survey examines how the European Union is trying to enforce air pollution standards across the 28-member bloc.
EU: Almost half of member states could be late with new data rules
Europe's new data protection rules take effect next Friday with almost half of the Union's member states could fail to implement them.
EU takes UK, Germany, four others to court over air pollution
The European Commission has said it is taking Germany, Britain, France and three other countries to the bloc's highest court for failing to comply with EU air quality standards.
EU leaders united over need to preserve Iran nuclear deal
From the moment that US president Donald Trump announced his renunciation of the Iran nuclear accord on Tuesday night, European leaders proclaimed their determination to save it.
PESCO: Military cooperation in the EU
25 EU member states agreed on an intensified military cooperation - is this the first step towards a defence union?