The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Covid rules on travelling to different countries around Europe

Here's everything you need to know about vaccination status and testing process in countries such as France, Austria, Switzerland and Italy

Wales Online · Feb 2, 2022

EU, US want faster progress in Serbia-Kosovo talks

Envoys from the European Union and the United States have urged Kosovo and Serbia to make concrete progress in EU-brokered negotiations aimed at resolving a long-running dispute

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

EU's border-free Schengen zone needs overhaul, political leadership - Macron

The European Union's border-free Schengen area should be managed by regular ministerial meetings, just like the euro zone, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, adding that this could start as early as next month.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

There is a way to limit Brexit damage – rejoin the single market

Letters: Michael Gold makes the case for membership of the European Economic Area, Simon Price outlines our slow economic decline after leaving the EU, and Dr David Mathieson urges Labour to rethink its policy

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

France to start using Pfizer's COVID-19 drug, first in EU

France says it will start administering Pfizer’s coronavirus antiviral drug this week, the first pill for treating COVID-19 approved in the 27-nation EU

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

EU includes gas and nuclear in guidebook for ‘green’ investments

Commission’s move widely criticised as undermining efforts to keep global heating below 1.5C

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

Spain blocks EU plan that would make half-term holidays easier for UK families

Families planning to travel to Spain with teenagers who have recently had coronavirus face a major hurdle for half-term holidays

Chronicle Live · Feb 2, 2022

Ukraine crisis: Biden to deploy more US troops to eastern Europe

More than 3,000 troops headed to Germany, Poland and Romania after talks between Washington and Moscow fail to ease tensions

The Guardian - US · Feb 2, 2022

Macron takes aim at migration with eye on French election

French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing to strengthen the European Union’s external borders against migrants illegally entering the bloc’s passport-free area

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Austria vows legal action as EU angers activists with ‘green’ label for nuclear energy

Investments in some gas and nuclear power plants will be labelled as sustainable under rules proposed by the European Commission on Wednesday, a plan that has split countries and investors, and which Austria has vowed to challenge in court.

France 24 · Feb 2, 2022