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Apple to appeal €500M digital fine over EU’s silence in compliance talks

The company contends that it made a series of proposals to the Commission over the course of 2024 but did not receive feedback.

May 8, 2025 4:27 am CET

Atomic lobby seizes on Spanish blackout

Spain has rejected claims that more nuclear power would have helped as recriminations erupt over last week’s outage.

May 8, 2025 4:25 am CET

Macron, Merz tout renewed Franco-German engine to lead Europe

The two leaders say they will not let national interests divide them.

May 7, 2025 4:13 pm CET

EU gears up for fight with Russian energy holdouts

Brussels will soon tell Hungary and Slovakia to stop dealing with Moscow — whether they like it or not. But the EU’s enforcement plan is fuzzier.

May 7, 2025 4:20 am CET

Breaking up Google: What US move means for EU investigation

Proposal from U.S. Department of Justice could embolden the Commission to wrap its ad tech probe.

May 6, 2025 6:14 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

Trump’s trade war threatens €549B of EU goods, Brussels warns

U.S. president’s existing and threatened tariffs would hit an estimated 97 percent of total EU exports to America.

May 6, 2025 10:12 am CET

Europe’s final plan to quit Russian energy: Enlist wary execs

The EU will make its pitch Tuesday, searching for momentum as sanctions stall, the U.S. equivocates and some eye a Russian fuel return.

May 6, 2025 4:22 am CET

EU countries soften push to stop Chinese tech buyouts

Capitals are set to weaken rules that would require them to scrutinize foreign investments in sensitive technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence, a draft document shows.

May 6, 2025 4:17 am CET

Orbán’s man in Brussels stalls Russian energy exit plan

Hungary’s EU commissioner is hindering the plan’s quick approval on Tuesday, despite obligations to act independently from Viktor Orbán’s Russia-friendly policies.

May 5, 2025 4:35 pm CET

Eurozone inflation stuck at 2.2 percent in April

The numbers are unlikely to cause any dramatic change in thinking at the European Central Bank.

May 2, 2025 11:37 am CET

Save our Steel: Trump’s tariffs and Chinese overcapacity force governments to act

Governments the world over are racing to keep their steel industries alive. From the U.K. to France, the EU and Australia: Billions are reserved to counter global overcapacity and Donald Trump’s steep tariffs.

May 2, 2025 4:44 am CET
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France wants EU parcels levy to stem flood of cheap Chinese fast fashion imports

France fears U.S. President Donald Trump’s China tariffs will flood Europe with cheap goods via small parcels.

May 1, 2025 4:00 am CET

Brussels unveils Trump trade retaliation tactics to EU countries

EU executive is planning a two-track approach of incentives and retaliatory measures to convince the White House to strike a deal.

April 30, 2025 7:55 pm CET

Microsoft would push back against Trump order to suspend European cloud operations

Company to change contracts amid concerns that services will get tangled in US-EU fight.

April 30, 2025 10:19 am CET

Trump’s tariffs could sink gas deal with Europe, top energy boss warns

EU firms want to buy more American energy — but not if it becomes pricier.

April 30, 2025 4:01 am CET

Mediobanca rebels at Rome’s efforts to force it into a shotgun marriage

Counter-attack by Milan-based bank deals blow to plans for a ‘third pole’ in Italian banking.

April 29, 2025 3:37 pm CET
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April 29, 2025 10:00 am CET

Europe has risky reliance on China for low-tech chips, auditors warn

Brussels is far from meeting its targets to reshore microchips manufacturing.

April 28, 2025 6:32 pm CET

Stay home, Spanish PM urges citizens as Iberian power outage continues

Portugal also remains in the dark following mass power outage south of the Pyrenees.

April 28, 2025 1:06 pm CET

Merz announces first German Cabinet choices

Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting hands key ministries to CDU veterans and business figures, setting the tone for a more conservative, security-focused government.

April 28, 2025 10:06 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

After EU fines, Big Tech wants Trump to swoop in

Two big penalties overseas could be just what the industry needed to get the White House’s attention. Will Trump now try to roll back European tech rules?

April 24, 2025 9:43 am CET

Apple’s EU fight is transatlantic tension in a nutshell

The tech giant was hit by another European fine. It’s just the latest chapter in the battle over digital regulation ― and maybe a whole lot more.

April 24, 2025 4:23 am CET
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