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Two free cabin bags, compensation for delays, family seating rights, and no penalty for booking errors

For all Brussels' willing, the heads of state gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh weren't paying much notice to the EU position, whatever that might be

Belgium's biotech sector is demanding the EU cuts investment red tape, and ensures easier access to life sciences funding

Doctor-turned-politician Stéphanie Rist takes charge of France’s strained healthcare system amid questions over her past industry ties

Farm Europe says surplus rapeseed oil should go to biofuels, as food markets cannot absorb all production

The new draft rules would reduce the required amount of sustainability reporting and simplify due diligence requirements for companies.
Committee on Legal Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The new draft rules would reduce the required amount of sustainability reporting and simplify due diligence requirements for companies.
Committee on Legal Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The lottery concept is often compared to the Danish model, where conscription is mandatory, but only a small amount is ever called up due to the high amount of volunteers

To help air passengers, MEPs suggest maintaining the current right to compensation after a three-hour delay, plus unlocking new rights on free children’s seats and cabin luggage.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

To help air passengers, MEPs suggest maintaining the current right to compensation after a three-hour delay, plus unlocking new rights on free children’s seats and cabin luggage.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The case is politically sensitive for Sánchez, as it touches former members of his inner circle

In Egypt, Trump and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will co-host a summit of world leaders to back his plan to end the Gaza war and promote Middle East peace

For regulators, finding the right balance between protecting the public interest and preserving market freedom is a delicate task. The current debate on the role and value of subcontracting initiated in the European Parliament by the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Johan Danielsson may seem as an illustration of this dilemma. The efforts to […]

As well as Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, and Slovakia, six non-EU countries received so-called "AI Antennas" – including Switzerland and the UK

Olivér Várhelyi has been a commissioner since 2019 and currently holds the portfolios of health and animal welfare

The European Research Area Act could also align rules on research security and using AI in science across countries

Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, warned on Monday that Russia posed a direct threat and the current “icy peace” with the EU could erupt at any moment into “heated confrontation”. Jaeger told lawmakers that Russia was determined to expand its “sphere of influence further westward into Europe”. “To achieve this goal, Russia will not […]

In today's edition: Maritime emissions, CBAM, industrial decarbonisation

MEPs are upset that the French part of the EPP got away with voting against the Commission

"How to manage our own data, how to process our own data and how to use our own data is of great importance," Danish digital Minister Caroline Stage Olsen told Euractiv