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Published on 15/12/2025 – 17:16 GMT+1 It will “be possible for the European Union to reach a deal on the Capital Markets Union within a year”, European Commissioner for Financial Services Maria Luís Albuquerque told Euronews’ flagship interview programme, The Europe Conversation. “I think it’s possible to have a discussion and an agreement within one year. We just need our co-legislators to share the same sense of urgency and level of ambition that we have”, the Commissioner said during an interview in Brussels. Albuquerque acknowledges that, although the package includes multiple files, the decisive factor in the legislative process is…
Energy ministers in the European Union want to level energy prices across member states and prevent discrepancies that see some member states paying up to seven times more for energy than others. Energy prices are significantly higher in the EU since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, even as the bloc acted to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. The Czech Republic, Denmark, Lithuania, and Romania have all seen prices surge by 87% on average, with gas bills in Belgium rising by almost 100%. Yet member states that rely on renewable power, such as Portugal and Spain, or see a large share…
From 2028, European Union countries will be able to expand cross-border energy infrastructure, like grids and pipelines, and renewable energy projects, as energy ministers overwhelmingly backed on Monday the architecture of the bloc’s multi-annual energy budget for 2028-2034. The funds, under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), will target grid infrastructure and renewable energy projects to boost solar and wind power, as outlined in the European Commission’s recent initiative to modernise electricity infrastructure and support cross-border projects. Hydrogen and natural gas infrastructure are also on the list, with critics arguing that the money will continue to prop up fossil fuels, as…
A spirited 10-year-old girl, a prominent assistant rabbi, a Ukrainian-born Holocaust survivor and a young network engineer from France were among roughly 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on families celebrating Hanukkah at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday. Australian authorities, who classified the shooting as a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community, have not yet released an official list of victims. However, a day after one of the deadliest mass shootings in Australia, the identities of several victims emerged through social media posts, news reports, and the official website of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, whose Bondi Beach chapter…
Published on 12/12/2025 – 14:19 GMT+1 •Updated 15/12/2025 – 10:20 GMT+1 Hello Friday! While you start your weekend, Brussels is sweating over a deadline that has been 25 years in the making. Next Tuesday, the European Parliament votes on “safeguards” — basically, to ensure no disruption of our market and to keep the unfair competition in check. If that passes, it clears the path. Then, on Saturday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio fly to Brazil to sign the deal. Even if signed, the European Parliament must ratify it. With the hard right and…
The European Union’s proposal to issue a reparations loan to Ukraine is facing “different pressures from different sides”, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has warned as more countries add their voices to the chorus of scepticism. “The most credible option is the reparations loan, and this is what we are working on. We are not there yet, and it is increasingly difficult, but we are doing the work,” EU High Representative Kallas said on Monday morning before heading into a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels. “We still have some days,” she added, referring to the crucial summit that…
Published on 15/12/2025 – 10:28 GMT+1 The European Union should stand up to President Donald Trump and reject further purchases of US energy products, as foreseen in the $750bn trade deal between the transatlantic partners, climate czar Laurence Tubiana told Euronews’ flagship morning programme Europe Today on Monday. Tubiana, who played a key role in the negotiations around the Paris Agreement, said that pressure from the Trump administration shouldn’t prevent the European Union from pursuing its climate goals of reaching climate neutrality by 2050. Her appeal comes as the US pushes back against some key EU climate laws – such…
Published on 15/12/2025 – 7:46 GMT+1 •Updated 8:02 After spending his Friday on the frontline of the war, Ukraine’s President Zelenksyy moved on to Berlin for face to face talks with American officials: US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son in law, Jared Kushner. The Ukrainian president has hinted Kyiv could drop its long-held ambition of joining NATO in return for Western security guarantees. Maria Tadeo, our EU news editor, will join us to fill us in on the the talks and the latest attempts to end the ongoing war. Then, we will be joined by CEO of…
The European Union’s member states are entering into a decisive phase in the finalisation of the EU-Mercosur trade deal – but whatever obstacles and setbacks they are able to navigate, there is another area of jeopardy. Three crucial votes to be held in the European Parliament could derail, or significantly change the agreement with the trading bloc of South American countries. More than two decades in the making, the agreement was struck one year ago, but it requires the greenlight from both EU countries and EU lawmakers to enter into force. The first parliamentary vote is set for the December…
In the same week that Donald Trump dismissed European countries as “decaying” and European leaders as “weak”, they came back with all guns blazing. In a bold move, the European Union decided on Thursday to trigger an emergency clause in the treaties to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion across the bloc’s territory. As a result, the EU has shored up its mightiest leverage, pushed back against external interference and insulated the money from the Kremlin’s war machine – all at once. “We are sending a strong signal to Russia that as…