Tag: European Commission
EU greenlights major funding plan for refugees in Turkey
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders greenlighted plans on Friday to give Turkey another 3 billion euros ($3.6 billion) over the next several years to...
Macron: EU needs to fight ‘illiberal values’ inside bloc
BRUSSELS — French president Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that the European Union needs to fight a “cultural" and “civilizational" battle to stop the...
EU leaders defend LGBT rights amid concern over Hungary law
BRUSSELS — Several European Union leaders insisted Thursday that discrimination must not be tolerated in the 27-nation bloc, setting the scene for a heated...
Dutch group launches data harvesting claim against TikTok
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch consumer group is launching a 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion) claim against TikTok over what it alleges is...
EU pushes on with migrant policy outsourcing plans
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders pushed ahead Thursday with plans to outsource the bloc’s migration policy challenges by spending billions of euros to improve...
EU chief vows action, says ‘shame’ on Hungary for LGBT law
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s chief executive vowed Wednesday to take any action necessary to thwart a new law in Hungary that would ban...
EU warns Hungary, Poland of action over democratic standards
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive branch warned Hungary and Poland Tuesday that it will take action if they continue to violate the 27-nation...
An architect of European unity moves ahead on sainthood path
VATICAN CITY — Robert Schuman, a French statesman who paved the way for the bloc that eventually evolved into European Union, has moved ahead...
Spain hopes to jumpstart electric car industry with EU funds
BARCELONA, Spain — Daniel Sánchez is one of the luckier electric car owners in Spain. With a free recharging station less than a kilometer...
EU chief gives initial approval to national recovery plans
LISBON, Portugal — European Union authorities are moving a step closer to deploying the bloc’s massive pandemic recovery fund as the president of the...