Omnibus
EU could postpone flagship AI rules, tech chief says
Amid guidance delays “we should not rule out postponing some parts of the AI Act,” Henna Virkkunen tells meeting in Luxembourg.
Europe needs to go much further in slashing red tape, French minister urges
Commission exempts 38,000 companies from 8 EU laws
Macron and Merz call to abolish EU law on ethical supply chains
EU farm plan: More cash for disaster relief and looser green rules
Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’
Battle over EU green rules shakes von der Leyen’s fragile centrist coalition
Erdoğan, not Trump, is Europe’s new best friend on security
Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor and the main political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been arrested. So what is Europe doing about it? Staying pretty …
Call for help: Eastern cement imports are killing EU industry
Cement imports from Ukraine to Poland surged 540 percent, from 101,700 tonnes in 2022 to 652,300 tonnes in 2024, threatening Poland’s and Europe’s cement industries.
EU leaders want ‘step change’ in 2025 to turbocharge economy
The bloc’s 27 leaders will meet on March 20 to discuss competitiveness and economy.
EPP calls for fast-track vote on omnibus simplification bill next week
The center-right European People’s Party is calling for the European Parliament to fast-track a major new bill amending EU green corporate disclosure rules, in a move that …
France likens EU plans to save its industry to paltry ‘homeopathic remedies’
Paris doesn’t think the Clean Industrial Deal is ambitious enough.
Brussels confirms dramatic U-turn on corporate green rules
4 of 5 companies would be exempt from EU corporate sustainability reporting as part of Brussels’ anti-red tape drive.
Merz won the German election. Here’s what it means for Europe.
POLITICO breaks down what the conservatives’ victory means for EU policy and cooperation ― from nuclear weapons to cannabis.
Brussels plans sweeping cuts to EU’s green rules, leaked bill reveals
Many businesses would be exempt from complying with sustainability reporting under the hotly anticipated omnibus proposal.
Brussels considers major U-turn on green reporting rules
Proposal to scrap so-called “double materiality” rule led to a fight within the EU executive.