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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has come under criticism for consecutive delays in overhauling its IT systems which would allow for more effective GDPR enforcement. Documents obtained by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) through freedom of information...

German defence minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, together with the Bundeswehr’s General Inspector Eberhard Zorn, has presented a report to MPs outlining a proposal to modernise the country’s military. The paper says it is “time for new thinking,” advocating for restructuring and...

In the next five years, China intends to import more than €140 billion of goods from Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday during the “17+1” summit of China and Eastern European countries....

The European Commission chief prepared to defend its stumbling vaccine rollout before the EU parliament on Wednesday (10 February) as the pandemic's grip on the continent forced Greece into tightening a lockdown around its capital.

Portugal's foreign minister Augusto Santos Silva said on Tuesday (10 February) that China is no substitute for the United States, emphasising that Beijing is an economic partner while Washington is an ally.

A leading Member of the European Parliament is organising a debate on Wednesday (10 February) intended to overturn a decision by the assembly's President David Sassoli not to open an office in Brussels representing the Belarus opposition, presumably under the advice of EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial Wednesday (10 February) on charges she broke hate speech laws by tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities, a case she has slammed as a violation of free speech.

Eight EU member states have yet to submit their national recovery and resilience plans to the European Commission to access EU post-crisis funds for COVID-19, while 19 countries have already done so, including Portugal. Asked on Tuesday by EURACTIV’s media...

The development of the EU’s Strategic Compass should involve a strategic deepening of EU relations with its partners, write Kinga Brudzinska and Lucia Rybnikárová. Kinga Brudzinska is GLOBSEC’s Policy Institute’s programme director, Future of Europe; Lucia Rybnikárová is the project...

The pandemic has exposed how important it is to effectively and quickly fight against disinformation campaigns. The Czech Republic has long underestimated this problem.

The UK expects the EU to ask for a two month extension to ratify the new post-Brexit trade deal, David Frost, London's chief negotiator on the pact, told UK lawmakers on Tuesday (9 February).

The process of drafting national recovery plans under time pressure seems to be a handful for Visegrad countries. Frequent issues include a lack of stakeholder involvement, problems with streamlining different requests and ensuring transparency in the process.

The Spanish government mulls implementing additional economic measures to ease the difficult situation of thousands of companies badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, many of which are SMEs, in particular in the hotel, restaurant, and catering (HORECA) sectors. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported.

New EU rules that will allow online messaging services to scan content for suspected abusive material should ensure that 'error rates are as low as possible' in identifying legal adult sexual content transmitted in online communications, an EU source close to the talks told EURACTIV.

French authorities have launched a new platform to help parents protect their children from exposure to online pornography. EURACTIV France reports.

Klubrádió, the last independent radio broadcasting about public affairs issues in Hungary, will be forced to move online completely from next week after losing its court appeal against the national media council’s refusal to extend its licence on Tuesday (9 February).

France's 'climate and resilience' bill - due to be examined by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday (10 February) - has already come under fire, particularly after a report published on Monday denounced tactics used by the industry to torpedo proposals made by the Citizen's Climate Convention (CCC). EURACTIV France reports.

Facing calls of resignation, EU’s chief diplomat Joseph Borrell on Tuesday (9 February) announced ‘concrete proposals’ towards sanctioning Moscow, as MEPs accused him of ‘falling into a trap’ set by Russia’ foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. “It will be for the...

Accepting the Northern Ireland Protocol was the price that the UK's Conservative MPs had to pay for Brexit. Even so, they did so very reluctantly, at the fourth time of asking, and only after replacing Theresa May with Boris Johnson as prime minister.

On the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis, the EU is currently establishing a new ‘strategic partnership’ with Africa, of which agriculture is a key focus. The aims of the EU’s flagship environmental policy, the Green Deal, combined with the COVID-19...