The Latest Breaking News from The European Union

Fast food is a global phenomenon, but not every country treats it the same way. Some ingredients commonly found in American drive-thrus have been banned elsewhere for health and safety reasons. Governments across Europe, Asia, and beyond have strict food regulations that forbid chemicals still prevalent in U.S. kitchens.

Officially, Brussels is cooperating with the government of national unity based in Tripoli. However, exchanges are also taking place with General Khalifa Haftar, who controls large swaths of Libya's east. The last visit turned into a fiasco.

When the European Union unveils its long-term spending proposals next week, it will kick off the bloc's biggest budget battle in recent history.

It was unclear from Trump's Thursday letter how the higher tariffs would interact with the 2020 United States Mexico Canada Agreement that Trump negotiated. Under the current tariff regime, the USMCA has protected eligible goods. But a review of the pact is scheduled for 2026.

As the population in Gaza faces famine, Israel has agreed to increase aid access in a deal negotiated with the European Union that would allow more food trucks to enter the territory and open some border crossings.

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With 490 votes in favour and 147 against, MEPs adopted a report which “deplores the backsliding of the rule of law as well as the growing Russian influence on the ruling party, Georgian Dream."

French president Emmanuel Macron took a swipe at Brexit during his state banquet address at London's Guildhall on Wednesday (9 July).

Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Abu Dhabi to finalise the peace agreement and forge a future side by side after nearly four decades of conflict. What was previously seen as an impossible peace became a reality after Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine.

The EU is working to avoid a tariff rate as high as 50% ahead of a 1 August deadline. It now appears that a 10% duty is on the table.

On Tuesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that there needed to be a “genuine rebalancing” in the China-Europe relationship.