brussels bureau EU lays out plan to revive US ties ahead of Biden inauguration As Joe Biden prepares to take up residence in the White House, the EU is wasting no time in setting out its ambitions for the post-Trump era.
brussels bureau EU businesses look to US market with incoming Biden administration Despite the current economic crisis and recent tariffs on European goods by the Trump administration, generally speaking, EU exports to America have increased over the past ten years.
brussels bureau Put cameras on fishing boats to reduce marine mammal deaths, say NGOs WWF says 1,200 dolphins died in the Bay of Biscay in just four months after getting entangled in fishing gear. 30/11/2020
brussels bureau Will last gasp Brexit negotiations bear fruit this weekend? A source close to the talks has told Euronews that it comes down to UK PM Boris Johnson now. 27/11/2020
brussels bureau COVID-19 recovery fund veto 'could cause employment tragedy in Europe' Hungary and Poland's veto of the bloc's pandemic recovery fund could cause unemployment levels to explode, it's been claimed. 26/11/2020
brussels bureau EU fines pharmaceutical firms €60m over alleged pay-for-delay deal "Teva’s and Cephalon’s pay-for-delay agreement harmed patients and national health systems, depriving them of more affordable medicines," said EU competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager. 26/11/2020
brussels bureau Orbán responsible for corruption in Hungary, says former Belgian PM Top MEP and former Belgian Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt, told Euronews that the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, must take responsibility for Hungary's position at the top of the EU's anti-fraud agency's corruption list. 26/11/2020
brussels bureau MEPs vote for easier repair of phones, in end to big tech's monopoly The European Parliament passed a report on Wednesday, recommending to the Commission that they propose regulations to give consumers the right to repair their electronic devices outside of the company they buy them from without devaluing the product, in a major blow to big tech companies. 25/11/2020
brussels bureau EU seeks to take back control of data from Big Tech EU citizens and companies generate more and more data online, and the Commission expects a five-fold increase between 2018-2025. Vice-president of the Commission Margrethe Vestager notes that 'today only very little of all of that data is put to productive use'. 25/11/2020
brussels bureau Brussels wants to better integrate migrants. But how will they do it? The European Commission (EC) says that around 34 million people living in the EU were born outside the bloc and that everyone has the right to "realise their full potential". 24/11/2020
brussels bureau EU-UK trust must be rebuilt to break Brexit deadlock, says Irish PM London and Brussels still have unresolved differences. But for some, the key to getting a post-Brexit trade deal is rebuilding trust between the two. 23/11/2020
brussels bureau EU air quality improves, but number of deaths linked to air pollution still high Air pollution has been on the decline over the past ten years, according to the latest figures from the European Environment Agency. However, air pollution caused the premature death of 379,000 people in the EU in 2018. 23/11/2020
brussels bureau Do Hungarians approve of Budapest's veto of the EU's budget? Hungary this week vetoed the EU's €1.8 trillion budget and coronavirus recovery package. What do Hungarians make of the move? 20/11/2020
brussels bureau Brexit deal text '95% done' but key issues could still scupper talks Euronews understands that the gap between the EU and UK on fisheries, competition and oversight is still big enough to collapse the talks. 20/11/2020
brussels bureau EU leaders struggle to break budget deadlock amid Poland, Hungary veto As EU leaders met for a virtual summit, sources said that the videoconference was not the place to discuss such a complicated issue. 19/11/2020
brussels bureau Wind of change? EU wants big increase in offshore renewables by 2050 Brussels wants to increase Europe’s offshore wind capacity from 12 gigawatts (GW) now to 60 GW by 2030 and 300 GW by 2050. 19/11/2020
brussels bureau Turkey's behaviour 'widening separation' with EU, says Borrell Turkey must understand its behaviour is 'widening its separation' with the EU, the bloc's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday. 19/11/2020
brussels bureau 'We won't give up': Weber defiant over veto of EU's €1.8tr budget deal Influential MEP Manfred Weber says the European Parliament will not back down over linking EU cash to respect for rule of law. 19/11/2020
brussels bureau Have our vaccine, if you can produce it, says Russia's EU ambassador Hungary is the only country in the EU to trial Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. 18/11/2020
