Education is the best way to tackle fake news – Neelie Kroes
Education is the best way to confront fake news but regulation also plays a part and freedom of speech should not take precedence over the need to remove inflammatory content and hate speech, former...
View ArticleFarmers renew calls for protection in Mercosur negotiations
European farmers have written to the European Commission to “reject any concessions” on the agricultural chapters of the EU’s free trade negotiations with South American trading bloc Mercosur, which...
View ArticleUK opposes strong EU recycling targets despite plastics pledge
The UK government is opposing strong new recycling targets across the EU despite its recent pledge to develop "ambitious new future targets and milestones", confidential documents have revealed....
View ArticleThe Brief – Berlusconi: A kingmaker in Brussels
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi received a royal treatment in Brussels this week, although few people noticed. They should have paid more attention because il Cavaliere will probably end up...
View ArticleLithuania president: Europe is back but migration, security challenges remain
Europe is back - its economy is growing and political stability is improving, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė told EURACTIV.com. But Europe now needs to work to preserve its set of shared...
View ArticleCommission reforms meet with national ‘silence’, says frustrated EU health chief
EU governments are meeting the Commission's proposals to reform health systems with "silence", an exasperated Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said on Thursday (25 January), pleading for more...
View ArticleConsumer advocates outraged after top court rejects class action lawsuit...
Consumer advocates have urged the European Commission to propose legislation allowing for collective EU lawsuits after the bloc’s top court rejected a class action against Facebook on Thursday (25...
View ArticleCroatia’s media freedom in jeopardy as delegation returns for second visit
The issue of media freedom in Croatia has earned the EU's newest member the dubious honour of being visited twice in as many years by a team of press freedom organisation representatives. Upon return,...
View ArticleJulie Girling MEP: ‘Most of us look for evidence that supports our own opinions’
When coming up with policy, EU officials and lawmakers have a variety of sources to call upon for scientific advice. But how useful is the information and how effective is the system in place? Julie...
View ArticleOthers care about your personal data – you should too
The EU is introducing the gold standard in data protection rules this May, and countries outside the bloc are looking to Europe for inspiration, writes Věra Jourová.
View ArticleEU signals some flexibility on Brexit transition
The European Union is willing to be flexible on the duration and other terms of a Brexit transition period, EU diplomats said as Britain prepares to detail its hopes for what happens after it leaves...
View ArticleDR Congo tells Belgium to close development agency, visa centre
The Democratic Republic of Congo has told Belgium to close its development agency in the country Enabel and shutter an EU visa-processing centre, in the latest spat between the DRC and its former...
View ArticleThe final straight: Party leaders launch German coalition talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives open coalition talks with their Social Democrat (SPD) partners on Friday (26 September), four months after the September election that left Europe's...
View ArticleEU struggles to settle refugee quotas row by June
EU ministers yesterday (25 January) started their countdown toward overhauling their asylum rules by a June deadline but struggled to settle a row over refugee quotas that has dogged them since the...
View ArticleEU could dash hopes for UK to remain in aviation safety agency
Britain could be excluded from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) after it quits the EU, raising the prospect of increased certification costs for airlines and manufacturers and dashing...
View ArticleIn blow to Hungary, EU court rejects refugee ‘gay tests’
The EU's top court yesterday (25 January) ruled that psychological tests to determine sexuality are illegal for asylum seekers fleeing countries where homosexuality is illegal.
View ArticlePoland’s PiS government says it has zero tolerance for neo-fascism
Poland's right-wing government said yesterday (25 January) it had no tolerance for neo-fascism, after opposition lawmakers charged that its nationalist, eurosceptic focus was helping to reinvigorate...
View ArticleDastis: ‘Not all our bold ideas for eurozone reform will be fulfilled’
Spain's Foreign Affairs Minister Alfonso Dastis had to deal with a diplomatic crisis with Venezuela in the midst of an exclusive interview with EURACTIV in the margin of the World Economic Forum, where...
View ArticleInspired by Europe’s comeback, EU leaders promise to ‘deliver’
The World Economic Forum missed European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday (24 January), but presidents, prime ministers, and ministers from all EU countries were there to send the...
View ArticleTurkey tells EU to back their anti-Kurd campaign in Syria
Turkey's European affairs ministers told the EU yesterday (25 January) to side with Ankara in its campaign against a Kurdish militia in northern Syria.
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