Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA), co-founder of the pan-European Volt party, warned that EU officials' focus on encouraging European firms to "scale up" risks pushing the bloc's competition policy "in...

European Union and South American negotiators will meet on 4-6 September in Brasilia in the first in-person talks since April, raising hopes an EU-Mercosur trade deal can be concluded this year,...

Despite being on holiday, German chancellor Olaf Scholz weighted in on a looming new crisis over the government’s budget, arguing that a legal assessment shows that additional loans can be used for...

A return of Donald Trump to the White House could fragment the global economic order and potentially trigger a full decoupling between US-allied countries and China, say experts.

Tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV) will likely boost investments in new European factories, which is good news but could also undermine Europe’s industrial base, to address this challenge the...

Ursula von der Leyen is facing an unfortunate and unnecessary challenge to her plans to increase investment as part of her second term as European Commission President. The political guidelines for...

Industrial activity in the eurozone continued to contract in July, a closely-watched business survey confirmed on Thursday (1 August), as Europe’s economic woes showed little sign of abating despite...

About 91.5% of ICT specialist jobs, including around 10 million jobs in the EU, may be in jeopardy because of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a study conducted by big tech multinationals...

From the aqua vitae of mediaeval Europe to the baijiu of ancient China, distilled alcohol has an incredible global heritage, and today each sip of spirit tells the tale of its birthplace.

The Left Group prioritised securing the chairmanship of the European Parliament’s labour affairs committee to prevent any rollback of environmental and workers’ protections over the next five-year...

Measures the new EU Commission will set out for insurers in the second half of the year risk thwarting policymakers’ efforts to boost Europe’s competitiveness and private funding capacity if not...

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign pledge to impose steep tariffs on Chinese goods could benefit the European economy by providing diplomatic cover for EU policymakers to introduce similar trade...

The Critical Raw Materials Act is still in its infancy, having been adopted at the very end of the last parliamentary term. Will the new EP and Commission stay committed to lowering EU dependency on...

Meta released their flagship text-only model Llama 3.1, the best performing open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model so far, on Tuesday, which may very well be the company’s last one available...

The publication of a much-anticipated report on the European Union's competitiveness by former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has been delayed until September, an EU official confirmed...

It’s no secret that Europe is facing some of the biggest challenges in its history, from the digital and green transition to climate adaptation and mitigation, along with the need to boost its...