Brussels, 2 August 2026 The next enlargement of the euro area is not yet in sight. The European Commission’s 2026 Convergence Report concludes that Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden do not currently meet all the conditions required to adopt the single currency. The five countries present very different economic profiles. Czechia and Sweden already […]
EU Artificial Intelligence Act From 2 August 2026, the European Commission and national authorities will begin enforcing key provisions of the AI Act, including new transparency requirements for chatbots, deepfakes and AI-generated content. BRUSSELS – The European Union is moving from AI legislation to active enforcement. On 2 August 2026, the European Commission’s AI Office […]
The Commission wants to remove national obstacles to cross-border banking, improve the use of capital and liquidity, and replace the stalled EU deposit insurance proposal. The real test will come with the legislative package expected in early 2027. BRUSSELS – Europe has spent years promising a genuine Single Market for banking. Yet capital and liquidity […]
Europe Makes Cars Smarter and Roads Safer From 7 July 2026, every newly registered passenger car and van in the European Union must comply with a new generation of mandatory safety requirements. The measures go well beyond a routine technical update: they represent another important step in Europe’s strategy to reduce road deaths, protect vulnerable […]
Brussels wants to turn health security into an industrial strategy, linking vaccines, diagnostics, medical countermeasures and biomedical manufacturing to Europe’s wider push for resilience and strategic autonomy. By By D. Slooth, eEuropa – 3-minute read Brussels, 10 August 2026 Europe’s health-security agenda is moving beyond emergency preparedness. The European Union is now trying to build a […]
The war in the Gulf has brought energy risk back to the centre of European politics. As oil prices rise again and new pressure builds around global supply routes, the European Commission’s latest energy package suddenly looks less like a technical policy update and more like a strategic response to a new era of instability. […]
The proposed MFF 2028–2034 is framed as a larger, more flexible EU budget, with €1,763 bn. Its biggest impact may be structural: shifting delivery towards national plans and broader envelopes, while elevating competitiveness and security. CAP and cohesion become the main fault line because they embody the EU’s redistribution logic and political balance. By […]
The new EU budget reveals a clear political orientation. Increased emphasis on competitiveness, research, climate action, border management and strategic infrastructure points to a deliberate effort to strengthen Europe’s resilience and long-term autonomy. By Claude MOREAU – 1 MIN READ As the European Union prepares its finances for a turbulent geopolitical and economic […]
Brussels is resetting the Green Deal’s course—centering the transition on power-market rules and grid build-out to keep prices stable, shield industry, and scale electrification. It dovetails with a new international strategy linking climate ambition to competitiveness and security, and hints at more steps beyond the 2024 market-design reform. Yet one question looms: in the race […]
The Commission asks that every new passenger-car or van model must be at least 85 % reusable/recyclable and 95 % reusable/recoverable by mass, a threshold that already exists but is now implemented only via a directive; the regulation would make it directly binding EU-wide. From 2030, 25 % of a vehicle’s plastics must come from recycled sources […]
