The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Labour small boats scheme criticised as it sets out plans to cut asylum backlog

So-called ‘Nightingale courts’ will be used to speed-up asylum decisions, Sir Keir Starmer’s party said.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Starmer criticised by left and right after setting out plan to stop Channel crossings

Labour leader accused of pandering to anti-migrant sentiments by those on the left while Tories seize on proposal for deal with EU

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

Europe a transport route for Gulf-bound Captagon shipments: Report

Report highlights the pivotal role played by Europe in the shipment of Captagon pills from the Middle East to the Gulf.

Al Jazeera · Sep 14, 2023

‘Slogans won’t solve this’: refugee charity staff on Labour’s new immigration policy

Keir Starmer ‘chose to mirror the gimmicks and divisive rhetoric employed by Tories’, Care4Calais says

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

EU moves to cut dependency on China for battery and solar panel materials

Parliament votes to cut mining red tape and diversify its supplies of raw materials such as lithium and silicon

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

UK, France and Germany refuse to lift sanctions on Iran under nuclear deal

Tehran in ‘too serious a breach’ of 2015 deal to lift sanctions under clause that would allow ballistic missile trade

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

Sluggish eurozone economies will not welcome ECB’s interest rate rise

Weak consumer spending as, people – especially in Germany, the EU’s largest economy – put more into savings

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

OpenAI realizes that engaging with Europe, rather than threatening it, is the way to get what it wants

OpenAI's Dublin office will be the ChatGPT maker's first in the EU, a notable change in posture from CEO Sam Altman's threats to pull out of Europe because of AI regulation.

Fortune · Sep 14, 2023

A cash-for visas scandal hits Poland's strongly anti-migration government, weeks before elections

Poland's President Andrzej Duda says he is awaiting results of an investigation into allegations that Polish consulates sold a quarter of a million work visas to migrants from Asia and Africa for thousands of dollars

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Sunak and Starmer away as zombie parliament packs up early

While the prime minister made another pointless jaunt to Devon, the Labour leader headed off to The Hague

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023