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Leo Varadkar on Donald Trump, and the EU’s Israel dilemma

Presented by European Biodiesel Board.

May 23, 2025 4:00 am CET

Ireland is Trump’s Trojan horse

If Brussels is serious about maintaining the integrity of its tech rules, it needs to focus on shifting regulation away from Dublin.

May 22, 2025 4:01 am CET

UK-EU deal unpacked: All the Brexit red tape set for a chop

The agreement could pave the way for smoother trade and travel between the U.K. and EU.

May 19, 2025 5:13 pm CET

Gaza faces starvation unless Israel allows ‘immediate’ aid, European leaders warn

Joint appeal from Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Slovenia and Spain seeks a u-turn from Israel.

May 16, 2025 7:58 pm CET

EU should open door to US on defense despite Trump, says Lithuanian minister

Severing ties with Washington would cause trouble for Russia’s EU neighbors, Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius said.

May 13, 2025 5:06 pm CET

Brussels eyes hitting €100B of US goods with tariffs

The European Commission is looking at imposing retaliatory tariffs should talks fail with the Trump administration. 

May 6, 2025 2:49 pm CET

Why TikTok ruling sparks trouble for EU-China relations

The US has similar concerns over how Chinese authorities can access data from the popular app.

May 2, 2025 5:09 pm CET

TikTok hit with €530M fine after illegally sending users’ data to China

Video-sharing app had for years claimed it did not store European personal data on servers in China.

May 2, 2025 12:00 pm CET

MPs set to vote on decriminalizing abortion in England

Two U.K. Labour MPs are drawing up amendments on the divisive issue that will likely be considered by the House of Commons this summer.

May 1, 2025 4:00 am CET

EU governments consider appeasing Trump on global minimum tax

Capitals fear retaliation from the U.S. and are considering changing the rules to grant American companies an exemption from a crucial provision of the global tax deal.

April 28, 2025 4:00 am CET

Trump talks tariffs. The EU talks free trade with the rest of the world.

With the United States throwing up the highest trade barriers in a century, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is on a mission to do trade deals with everyone else. 

April 25, 2025 4:31 am CET

Why von der Leyen’s Big Tech tax plan is bluster

There are major hurdles to overcome for the EU to retaliate against U.S. digital companies.

April 18, 2025 4:41 am CET
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Spain and Lithuania push to oust Ireland from leading eurozone talks

Carlos Cuerpo and Rimantas Šadžius are considering running for the Eurogroup presidency.

April 17, 2025 4:38 am CET

Spring drought threatens Europe’s farms and rivers

Central and Eastern European countries are missing April showers, creating possible trouble for supply chains and farmers.

April 14, 2025 7:50 pm CET

UK bans personal EU meat and dairy imports

The new restrictions are intended to protect British farms as a foot-and-mouth outbreak spreads across the EU.

April 11, 2025 8:07 pm CET

Ireland probes Musk’s X for feeding Europeans’ data to its AI model Grok

The investigation threatens to stoke further tensions between the EU and U.S. over tech rules.

April 11, 2025 3:30 pm CET

Britain rekindles old flames as trade war simmers

British officials are on a diplomatic charm offensive to shore up trade ties — but securing meaningful deals will take more than just good will from the U.K. side.

April 11, 2025 4:50 am CET

EU to Trump on tariffs: We’ll retaliate when we’re ready, not when you tweet

Brussels suspended its countermeasures against the U.S. president’s steel and aluminum tariffs before they even took effect. Now the two sides have 90 days to do a deal.

April 11, 2025 4:44 am CET

EU targets Trump’s red states with tariffs on US trucks, cigarettes and ice cream

European trade officials sure know how to have fun.

April 9, 2025 4:15 am CET

UK banking system ‘resilient’ amid Trump trade war, assures Rachel Reeves

Britain’s top finance minister holds talks with Bank of England chief — and tells parliament she’ll act in “national interest.”

April 8, 2025 1:45 pm CET

Brussels eyes 25 percent tariffs in response to Trump

EU considers €22 billion hit on American goods in response to tariffs U.S. president imposed on steel and aluminum last month.

April 7, 2025 10:42 pm CET

EU agonizes over using its trade ‘bazooka’ to hit back at Trump’s mega tariff

As the European Commission plans levies of up to 25 percent on many exports from the U.S., it holds an olive branch in one hand and its Anti-Coercion Instrument in the other.

April 7, 2025 9:22 pm CET

UK’s Trump tariff reprieve ‘nothing to do with Brexit,’ says David Lammy

It’s 2019 all over again as top politicians are pressed on whether Brexit is a good or bad thing.

April 7, 2025 11:45 am CET

Brussels could hit Big Tech in trade spat. But how?

Digital services could be Washington’s Achilles heel but European officials are conflicted over how to strike it.

April 7, 2025 4:08 am CET
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