A group of 18 former European heads of state have called on the European Commission to break up Google’s highly lucrative advertising-technology business, claiming it erodes Europe’s media landscape.

The EPP’s messaging is clear that the CDU will return in the driver’s seat, if Merz becomes Germany's chancellor.

The EU General Court has ruled against the European Commission for failing to comply with its own GDPR data protection regulations.

The push comes amid increasing militarization of European research, which began after Russia’s incursions into Ukraine in 2014 and ramped up following the full-scale invasion in 2022. Boosting dual-use research is part of the European Union’s response to a “more threatening geopolitical context”, commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said.

Schengen is now a symbol of the migration crisis driving the backlash against globalization and the ascendance of illiberalism.

There is an ongoing debate in Europe about how best to handle the incoming Trump administration. Some argue that Trump should be, in effect, bought off. Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank,

The expanded probe by the European Commission, announced on Friday, requires X to hand over internal documents regarding its recommendation algorithm. The Commission also issued a “retention order” for all relevant documents relating to how the algorithm could be amended in future.

In 2025, Europe is expected to experience weak economic growth due to tighter fiscal policies and trade barriers. We expect significant political volatility in key economies like France and Germany, impacting economic reforms and infrastructure investments.

E urope’s divisions were once simple. Fiscal policy and sunshine? That was a north-south carve-up: grey, abstemious north; sparkling, spendthrift south. Migration and wealth? Newcomers were mostly tolerated in the rich west and despised in the poor east.

On Friday, the European Commission announced it was both taking its investigation into X further and modernizing its free trade agreement with Mexico, anticipating the new US administration's possible tariff hikes.

Giorgia Meloni has used cold, hard cash to cut the number of illegal immigrants and refugees from North Africa by more than half