Politicians across Germany's political spectrum, including Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives, the AfD and the Left party, are calling for the EU to sanction Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over his remarks about killing people in Gaza.
Uber and Chinese company Pony.ai plan to put more than 2,000 self-driving taxis on European roads, with a similar push planned for the Middle East.
The European Commission wants to update the EU's tobacco tax rules for the first time in ten years, raising cigarette taxes and taxing vapes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches across the EU for the first time.
The European Union limits how much extra debt member countries can take on each year.
Latvia's prime minister, Andris Kulbergs, has asked the European Union for 7 billion euros to help cover costs from Russia's war against Ukraine, saying countries near Russia carry too much of that burden.
In one week, four governments used the word "deterrence" for four unrelated plans: a Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkey defense pact backed by Pakistan's nuclear weapons, a NATO drone-and-sensor network in the Baltic states, European weapons-repair lines set up inside Ukraine as a model for future conflicts, and a North Korean threat of stronger nuclear measures against US-South Korea military drills.
US President Donald Trump has placed steep new import taxes on drones and drone parts, saying he wants to rebuild American drone manufacturing, which the White House calls key to modern warfare.
Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, and the European Commission are asking EU countries to voluntarily give Ukraine some of their Patriot air-defense systems, which shoot down incoming missiles.
After roughly 70,000 migrants rushed the Ceuta border fence on 30 July 2026, a surge partly driven by viral videos that left nearly 100 people dead, the European Union pressed Meta and TikTok to act.
The EU's new border system requires fingerprint and photo scans of non-EU travellers, including Britons, entering Europe's Schengen travel area.
A Canadian company has found a large oil and gas field in the Baltic Sea off Poland's coast — reportedly Poland's biggest find since World War Two.
Spain and Italy have started checking travelers crossing between their two countries, each retaliating after the other imposed checks first.