The Latest Breaking News from European Union

EU faces cliffhanger vote on major bill protecting nature and fighting climate change

Protesters and legislators are converging on the European Union parliament in Strasbourg as the bloc faces a major vote on protecting its threatened nature and shielding it from disruptive environmental change

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure

Exclusive: Leaked documents show that as little as 1% of products containing hazardous substances could be prohibited

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2023

Russian submarine commander killed by gunman on morning run

Online news outlets claim that sub commander Stanislav Rzhitsky involved in missile attack on Ukraine that killed 23.

Al Jazeera · Jul 11, 2023

Meta won’t have to pull Facebook and Insta out of Europe after all—at least, not for now

The European Commission has approved the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, but it may be doomed.

Fortune · Jul 10, 2023

Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to US

The European Union has signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

The threat from Russia is not going away. Europe has to get serious about its own defence

Guns or butter? To build up the military capacity vital for self-protection, European nations will have to make painful choices, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023

Pandemic planning resources ‘diverted’ to Brexit preparations – NI medical chief

Sir Michael McBride made his comments as he was giving evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry.

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

Heatwave last summer killed 61,000 people in Europe, research finds

Hottest summer on record – fuelled by climate crisis – brought unusually high mortality rates, statistics show

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023

Turkey links EU membership bid to row over Sweden joining NATO as summit looms

Ankara is refusing to allow Stockholm to join the Western military alliance - and has now urged NATO countries to back its bid to join the exclusive Brussels bloc

Daily Mirror · Jul 10, 2023

Mark Rutte: the everyman Dutch PM whose ‘Teflon’ powers finally waned

Netherlands’ longest-serving leader has announced he will not stand at next election after his government collapsed

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023