European Union

Commission v Italy (Bactérie Xylella fastidiosa)
Environment and consumers
Italy has failed to comply with its obligation to implement measures to prevent the spread of the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium, which can cause the death of a large number of plants, in particular olive trees

Commission v Italy (Bactérie Xylella fastidiosa)
Environment and consumers
Italy has failed to comply with its obligation to implement measures to prevent the spread of the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium, which can cause the death of a large number of plants, in particular olive trees

Verein für Konsumenteninformation
Approximation of laws
The option to pay by SEPA direct debit cannot be subject to a condition of residence in the national territory

Verein für Konsumenteninformation
Approximation of laws
The option to pay by SEPA direct debit cannot be subject to a condition of residence in the national territory

AW and Others (Appels au 112)
Approximation of laws
Telecommunications undertakings must transmit, free of charge, to the authority handling emergency calls made to ‘112’ information enabling the caller to be located

AW and Others (Appels au 112)
Approximation of laws
Telecommunications undertakings must transmit, free of charge, to the authority handling emergency calls made to ‘112’ information enabling the caller to be located

MPs took control of Brexit after pushing through a bill aimed to prevent a no-deal Brexit, while Johnson's call for early elections has also been defeated.

European commissioner for trade, Cecilia Malmstrom said she hoped that the US plans on raising tariffs on European cars would not be implemented because "we think it's not based on facts". President Donald Trump said he would impose these tariffs based on a loophole in international trade agreements in case of a national threat. Malmstrom added that cars "are not a security threat to you, it's based on normal trade".

Gulf tensions have intensified, with Iran to speed up nuclear enrichment after US scorns French-led EU diplomacy.

Former MEP Elmar Brok will advise European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on EU relations with Ukraine, the Politico news website has reported. The German Christian Democrat was chair of the foreign affairs committee of the European Parliament for several terms. According to the EU commission, he will advise on "strategy and priorities in relations with Ukraine in the aftermath of the country's presidential and parliamentary elections earlier this year".

Google is using a "surreptitious mechanism" to leak personal data to advertisers, according to new evidence presented to the Irish Data Protection Commission as part of an ongoing investigation.

The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. /// Italy’s Five Star Movement has been in informal talks with three political groups in the European...

The German chancellor's visit to China starts Thursday. She must signal to Beijing that Europe is serious and united in its newly critical approach to China - and show Washington that there are less destructive ways to deal with differences.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lost his governing majority and wants to go to the British people with a 'People vs Parliament' campaign to give him a new majority, and a mandate to take the UK out of the EU with or without a deal on October 31. Here are the likely options.

EU lawmakers from different political groups and parliamentary committees are set to give birth to a multi-stakeholder platform that will address EU food policy in a holistic way, EURACTIV.com has learnt. 

A group of concerned investors has examined the sustainability of the world's largest fattening farms and dairy factories that supply the global food industry. And the results aren't mouth-watering, EURACTIV Germany reports.

It took 20 years for the EU and Mercosur to sign a trade agreement. “We don’t want to wait that much,” says the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the EU, urging the European Commission to drop its “bureaucratic matrix” thinking. "We don't hide our names," he insists.

The European Central Bank should phase out climate-warming investments by preferring green bonds, Christine Lagarde said as she pitched to become the bank’s first female president.

Despite its clear potential for clean transportation, electro-mobility still does not seem to be the motor driving Europe’s economic, climate, and industrial policy, writes Folker Franz.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wolff explains his study and the main results.