EU energy ministers failed to agree on a comprehensive response to rising energy prices, exposing divisions over how to share the burden of the crisis as inflation accelerates and millions struggle to heat their homes.

EU agriculture ministers have agreed on the framework for the bloc’s next Common Agricultural Policy, offering countries greater flexibility to tailor support to farmers. Funding levels remain subject to separate negotiations, with at least €293.7 billion proposed for farmers’ income support.

Greece and four other EU countries are reportedly preparing an agreement with Rwanda to host rejected asylum seekers outside Europe, as the European Commission advances plans to expand deportations and strengthen border enforcement.

Germany, France, Italy and Greece have objected to a proposal to make Canada the European Union’s first “associated member,” citing legal uncertainty and concerns that the undefined status could set a precedent for other non-EU countries.

The Greek finance minister and Eurogroup president says higher borrowing costs reflect a global shift away from cheap capital, while arguing that Europe has the fiscal framework to manage mounting pressures.

When work offers no prospect of improvement and the middle class feels it is losing ground, economic insecurity turns into a challenge to institutions

A new EU-recommended blood-testing program will cover nine regions as the disease continues to spread. Authorities warn that widespread positive results could lead to restrictions on exports of protected-designation dairy products, including feta

Greece is pushing for temporary EU support measures as leaders meet in Croatia ahead of a European Council summit focused on rising energy prices, inflation, competitiveness, migration and developments in the Middle East.

The European Union must now spearhead a major international political initiative aimed at placing the development of frontier AI under international oversight

The EU now has a substantial competitiveness agenda, a timetable and increasingly concrete financial and regulatory instruments. The hard part is making them work together and sustaining the political agreements needed to implement them

Crucially for Greece, support may, under set conditions, also go to fishing fleet segments facing balance issues

Sixteen industry and business groups are urging the Greek government to activate the EU’s CISAF and METSAF tools, warning that more than 700 energy-intensive manufacturers remain exposed to volatile electricity prices ahead of winter

The Greek government has announced a new matched-savings scheme under which a family that contributes regularly could build an investment account worth more than €60,000 by the time a child turns 18. But can a scheme that rewards parents’ ability to save deliver opportunities to those who need it most?

Without doubt, the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU is a symbolic moment that will position the country at the epicenter of European interest and will call for its unequivocal leadership

U.S. President Donald Trump called the EU plan to offer Canada associate membership “laughable” and warned of heavy tariffs or restrictions on trade if he considers the move hostile

This is a playground for provocateurs on all sides, people who are dead set to see a lethal confrontation and a final settling of accounts between Russia and the West

The Eurogroup president says the EU cannot afford to keep acting as 27 separate countries as geopolitical and technological changes accelerate, calling for greater political will and faster implementation of reforms.

Europe needs to avoid replacing old dependencies with new ones, particularly where partners have a record of political unreliability or repeatedly challenge the principles the EU seeks to defend

More than 10 EU members are prepared to provide personnel and resources for a planned mission to train and advise Lebanon’s armed forces as UNIFIL prepares to withdraw