The 27 EU ministers gave guidance to the future work at expert level on a broader limitation period for offences and exchange views on ways to ensure that AI-generated child sexual abuse material is made as much punishable as cases in the offline world
Big shocks in Germany and France, with the advances of extreme right-wing parties and the defeats of the ruling parties, especially the Social Democrats and President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance, who dissolved the Assemblée nationale and called immediate general elections. In the major EU countries, only in Italy and Poland do the ruling forces win.
The European Economic Area (EEA) agreement marked its 30th anniversary today, an alliance with a long path ahead to a future full of possibilities within the Single Market. Or, at least, this was the gist of the keynote speech made by Enrico Letta during the “30 years of the European Economic Area: A Unique Partnership Fit for the Future” conference hosted in Brussels by the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council.
Consent in the EU Council is growing to increase the support beyond the financing available under the Common Agriculture Policy crisis reserve
EU Competitiveness ministers urged on a more “effecient framework” avoiding over-regulation and strengthening the monitoring of the market situation
The Council of the European Union today definitively approved the EU law on artificial intelligence, which had been debated for months. The direction of the legislation is clear: the greater the risk of causing harm to society, the stricter the rules will be.
On May 15th, one step towards companies’ welfare was made. The Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council (Coreper) approved the text on the directive that will provide a framework for European corporate due diligence, but not without several important changes.
An Economic and Financial dialogue between EU and the Western Balkans, Türkiye, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine followed the EcoFin Coucil.
In 2024, GDP in the Euro area will head to 0.8% and by 1% on average in the European Union. Growth rates for 2025 are now slightly revised
For its seventh edition, the Choose France Summit brought together 180 French and foreign business leaders at the Château de Versailles on Monday 13 May. With 56 projects and 15 billion euros of investment, it was a ‘record’ edition. According to the Elysée, these announcements could create 10,000 jobs.
The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council reunited on May the 13th and 14th and discussed about important topic that are crucial to nowadays youth: influencers.
EU ministers managed to give their final all-clear to the Ukraine Facility. Discussion on new VAT rules ended in a stalemate