Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #european-commission, aggregated by home.social.
‘The focus is finding people from Ireland’: The EU’s big ask for new English translators – The Irish Times
The list of unintended consequences caused by Brexit runs quite long – and reads somewhat smug when compiled…
#Europe #EU #Brexit #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanUnion
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166606/
Fidesz’s EU allies demand Brussels act over ‘authoritarian’ crackdown
The Patriots for Europe group is standing up for the protection of democratic rights in Hungary, in opposition…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166584/
EU revises AD duties on Turkish cold-rolled flat steel
The European Commission has circulated a revision of anti-dumping duty rates soon to be imposed against imports of…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166576/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/751465/ Revolut’s outage was a warning to us all – The Irish Times #aib #BankOfIreland #Business #DonaldTrump #Éire #ElonMusk #EuropeanCommission #IE #Ireland #revolut
India and the EU push forward with the FTA process amid global geopolitical shifts.
India and the European Union (EU) are seeking to shorten the approval time for their bilateral Free Trade…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #Belgium #Bilateraltrade #EuropeanUnion #freetrade #India #IndiaEUfreetradeagreement #NarendraModi #PiyushGoyal
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166480/
Europe faces the risk of increased poverty due to rising living costs.
According to the economic daily Les Echos, the housing crisis and rising energy prices threaten to push millions…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission ##riskofpoverty #Belgium #Bulgaria #Costofliving #Energyprices #France #greece #housingcrisis #Italy #Romania #SeamusBoland
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166472/
Reactions to election victory of Serbia’s Student List | WKZO | Everything Kalamazoo
BELGRADE, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to a student-led protest movement in a historic…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166469/
Strengthening Vietnam’s ties with Europe
Responding to press inquiries about the significant and outstanding results achieved during the state visit to Denmark, the…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #Belgium #GeneralSecretaryandPresidentToLam
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166465/
Rayner: Nothing off table in Burnham’s talks with European Union
Nothing should be off the table in talks with the European Union, Angela Rayner said after Andy Burnham…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166433/
Japan to Ask Germany to Revise EU Electric Vehicle Rules
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae. EPA/Yonhap Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae plans to ask German Chancellor Friedrich Merz…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #EUelectricvehiclepolicy #FriedrichMerz #IndustrialAcceleratorAct #Japaneseautomakers #MadeinEurope #TakaichiSanae #trilogue
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166427/
Pro-Russian X Account Falsely Claims EU Leader Fled Brussels Protests
A pro-Russian X account used RT-branded video footage to amplify misleading claims that protests had spread to Brussels…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166421/
EU trade deal about ‘role of Australia in the world’
The free-trade deal with the EU is about safeguarding Australian and European interests in a world shocked by…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166395/
Brussels sets December deadline to fix Ukraine’s money problems – POLITICO
The war-ravaged country faces a budget shortfall of €70 billion next year despite fresh funds coming from a…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #AssetManagement #banks #Economicgovernance #Economicsanctions #EuropeanMonetaryUnion #Eurozone #financeandbanking #Investment #Markets #Russia #Russiasanctions #Sanctions #Ukraine #WarinUkraine
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166343/
UK Seeks Exemption From EU Technology Rules as Trade Tensions Grow
Britain is pressing the European Union to ensure its technology companies can compete for government contracts under proposed…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166292/
Vietnam promotes scientific and technological cooperation with the EU and Belgium, leveraging its intellectual resources.
Expanding strategic technology cooperation On October 22, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium, General Secretary and …
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #ArtificialIntelligence #greentransition #innovation #JustEnergyTransition #scientificandtechnologicalcooperation #Semiconductors #Vietnam-Belgium #Vietnam-EU #Vietnameseexpatriateintellectuals
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166259/
India, EU race to finalise FTA before December deadline to coincide with PM Modi’s Brussels visit
The European Union and India are intensely engaged to meet the December deadline for signing the India-EU Free…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #freetradeagreement #INDIAEU #IndiaEUFTA #Modibrusselsvisi
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166237/
Fight against counterfeiting: seizures totalling €6.3 billion in the EU, 70 per cent of which were in Italia
The figures are record-breaking: over 196 million counterfeit items with an estimated value of 6.3 billion euros were…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166215/
Clocks turned back one hour at 3 a.m. overnight
The Netherlands will switch from the daylight saving time to winter time in the early hours of Sunday.…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166209/
The European Commission and the reduction of car exports
Brussels, Belgium – European and Chinese officials have launched a new round of intensive discussions to identify the…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #China #EuropeanUnion #VoiceOfEmirates #VoiceOfEmiratesWebsiteNews
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166201/
https://www.europesays.com/people/278476/ PM Modi discusses ‘strategic partnership’ with Donald Tusk, backs ‘peace efforts in Ukraine, Iran’ #BilateralTies #DefenceCooperation #DonaldTusk #EuropeanCommission #IndiaPolandRelations #NarendraModi #StrategicPartnership #TradeForums
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1272644/ Europe must make online corrections travel as far as falsehoods #AgeBasedAccess #Children’sSafety #correction #deepfakes #DigitalContent #DigitalServicesAct #EU #EUKIDSAct #Europe #European #EuropeanCommission #Minors #ParentalSupervision #SocialMedia #türkiye #visibility
Afghan deportations: UN experts warn EU against returns
GENEVA – UN Independent Human Rights Experts* today expressed alarm about reports of European Union (EU) Member States…
#Europe #EU #Afghanistan #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #UNExperts
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166069/
Europe must make online corrections travel as far as falsehoods
Europe is building a stronger rulebook for children’s safety and trustworthy digital content. But one practical gap remains:…
#Europe #EU #age-basedaccess #children’ssafety #Correction #Deepfakes #digitalcontent #DigitalServicesAct #EUKidsAct #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #minors #parentalsupervision #SocialMedia #türkiye #visibility
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166067/
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone ink LoI to explore bid for MSS, ETTelecom
NEW DELHI: Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone Monday said they have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI)…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Telefónica #D2D #DeutscheTelekom #directtodevice #EuropeanCommission #MobileSatelliteServices #MSSSpectrum #Orange #satelliteconnectivity #Vodafone
https://www.europesays.com/spain/105485/
https://www.europesays.com/ch/149514/ Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Danone to revise recycling claims on plastic bottles #CocaCola #ConsumerProtection #CPC #Danone #EuropeanCommission #HennaVirkkunen #HungarianCompetitionAuthority #MichaelMcGrath #Nestlé #PlasticBottles #recycling #SwedishConsumerAgency
EU plans to ‘streamline’ deportations with new digital system
On 28 October 2026, the European Commission is expected to propose legislation to digitalise the EU’s deportation system.…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166043/
EU Lifts Sanctions on Russian Sable Fur: Full Details — JournalArta Global
European Union lifted sanctions on Russian sable fur imports after all 27 member states backed the move unanimously,…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #EULiftsSanctions #European #Imports #Lifts #Politics #Russian #RussianSableFurImports #sable #Sanctions #Unanimously
https://www.europesays.com/europe/166009/
Bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics
The EU Policy Framework on Bio-based, Biodegradable, and Compostable Plastics sets out clear conditions and guidelines to ensure…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/165987/
Ireland Proposes €140 Billion Cut to EU Budget Plan to Bridge Deep Divisions
As holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, Ireland has stepped forward with a carefully calibrated compromise proposal…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission #140 #billion #bridge #Budget #cut #deep #Divisions #Ireland #plan #Proposes #to
https://www.europesays.com/europe/165985/
Europe’s Satellite Internet Alternative Aims To Compete With Starlink
NicoElNino/Shutterstock Ever since SpaceX deployed the first internet…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/165983/
1956 anniversary: Von der Leyen and Costa address Hungary
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that EU funds are once again accessible to Hungary, while…
#Europe #EU #EuropeanCommission
https://www.europesays.com/europe/165788/
EU leaders to press Burnham to pay more towards Ukraine’s defence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/23/eu-uk-summit-burnham-ukraine-defence #EuropeanUnion #Ukraine #Brexit #EuropeanCommission #DefencePolicy #G7 #UkNews #Canada #Belgium #Universities #Students #AndyBurnham #JohnHealey #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #ForeignPolicy #Politics #Europe
EU leaders to press Burnham to pay more towards Ukraine’s defence
By Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
Officials will call on UK to ‘step up’ financial support at Brussels summit – with post-Brexit issues also on agenda
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/23/eu-uk-summit-burnham-ukraine-defence
#EuropeanUnion #Ukraine #Brexit #EuropeanCommission #Defencepolicy #G7 #UKnews #Canada #Belgium #Universities #Students #AndyBurnham #JohnHealey #UrsulavonderLeyen #Foreignpolicy #Politics #Europe #TheGuardian #JenniferRankininBrussels
Youth mobility scheme may be delayed to ensure success of UK-EU summit https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/23/uk-eu-brexit-reset-youth-mobility-scheme-summit #EuropeanUnion #Brexit #EuropeanCommission #ForeignPolicy #YoungPeople #UkNews #Students #Universities #Europe #Politics #TradePolicy #InternationalTrade #Business
Youth mobility scheme may be delayed to ensure success of UK-EU summit
By Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent
Visa quotas, university fees and NHS surcharges remain sticking points ahead of post-Brexit negotiations next month
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/23/uk-eu-brexit-reset-youth-mobility-scheme-summit
#EuropeanUnion #Brexit #EuropeanCommission #Foreignpolicy #Youngpeople #UKnews #Students #Universities #Europe #Politics #Tradepolicy #Internationaltrade #Business #TheGuardian #LisaOCarrollSeniorcorrespondent
SpaceX must urgently restore full services for Ukraine – European Commission
#EU #EuropeanCommission #IRIS² #russia #SpaceX #starlink #Ukraine #war
https://uatribune.com/en/spacex-must-urgently-restore-full-services-for-ukraine-european-commission/
Booking.com under investigation by EU regulators over fake listings and scams
By Jennifer Rankin
European Commission calls accommodation website’s approach to fraudulent listings and phishing scams as ‘absolutely substandard’
#EuropeanUnion #Technology #Business #Europe #Worldnews #EuropeanCommission #Internetsafety #Scams #Cybercrime #Identityfraud #Travelleisure #TheGuardian #JenniferRankin
Booking.com under investigation by EU regulators over fake listings and scams https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/bookingcom-under-investigation-eu-regulators-fake-listings-scams #EuropeanUnion #Technology #Business #Europe #WorldNews #EuropeanCommission #InternetSafety #Scams #Cybercrime #IdentityFraud #TravelLeisure
The EU is weighing Google DMA compliance after July fines of 890 million euros over search ranking and Google Play fees.
#Google #DMA #DigitalMarketsAct #EuropeanCommission #GooglePlay #Antitrust #EU #BigTech
https://securityonline.info/google-dma-compliance/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
European Producers Must Get Bigger to Compete, Says EU Policy Chief: “We Must Invest in Companies”
#TV #TVNews #EuropeanCommission #Hollywood #MIAMarket
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/european-producers-eu-chief-1236735171/
#NLnet Foundation and #NGIZero awarded grants to 47 #projects in the twelfth open call of the NGI Zero Commons Fund. Supported by the #EuropeanCommission and #SERI, projects span #hardware, #softwareengineering, #infrastructure and #applications to advance #digitalsovereignty. https://www.apc.org/en/news/47-open-source-projects-receive-nlnet-grants-boost-digital-autonomy?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News
Réparations substantielles proposées
https://social.netdynamics.eu/display/69a1b9e9-526a-d115-71a3-329540003899
US tech giants warn Europe that ditching US tech giants could cost €115B.
Some of America’s biggest tech companies have a warning for Europe: curb your reliance on US cloud providers, and it could cost you €115 billion.
That’s the finding of a new study commissioned by CCIA Europe, a lobbying group whose members include Amazon, Google, and Meta.
#DigitalSovereignty #BigTech #Europe #Software #EuropeanCommission #Amazon #Google #Meta #EU #Tech #CCIAEurope #Lobbying
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Editorial: Donald Trump is helping Russia win the war . . . . . This cannot be a coincidence: Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning . . . . . Ukraine retakes another 101 square km on Lyman front . . . . . Ostentatious disrespect [by Putin]; Zelensky says Russia defied Trump's energy ceasefire with latest missile strike . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/10/thursday-october-15-2026/
The EU’s AI rules face their first enforcement test over lab incidents.
The EU is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic over AI agents that hacked outside organisations, raising questions about whether the AI Act covers rogue models escaping the testing environment.
#AI #EU #AIAct #OpenAI #Anthropic #AIAgents #RogueModels #Hacking #Tech #EuropeanCommission
How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state
By Mark Townsend
Drawing on dozens of interviews with intelligence and police officers across two continents, a Guardian investigation reveals the murderous cost of our insatiable appetite for cocaine
#Globaldevelopment #SierraLeone #Netherlands #Drugs #Drugstrade #Drugspolicy #Africa #Europe #Society #Worldnews #Organisedcrime #Investigativejournalism #Police #UKnews #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #UnitedNations #Guncrime #TheGuardian #MarkTownsend
EU’s Rule of Law Report Risks Becoming Toothless, Says Liberties
Sometimes I feel like I am only bashing on the EU, especially the @EUCommission and the European Council.
It's not completely untrue but it's because I want - need - the EU to do better. To live up to its own promise and act in accordance with its own values. To take pride in who we are, or have become (cuz the past...). To believe in our strength.
To recognise the miracle that the EU actually is. When you learn its history and the general history of Europe the EU seems impossible. And yet, here we are.
There's nothing like it in the world.
Europe has everything it needs except the determination, will and confidence. There is no sense of urgency but a staunch refusal to recognise the crisis we're in. If Europe does not change course, and does so decisively and with vigour, I fear for our future.
The people are ready, polling shows this again and again. Now it's on our leaders and every day they wait - and it's been years if not decades - they play into the hands of those who want to divide and destroy us, right here at home and abroad.
Visionary, compassionate leadership is what we need. Not a manager class pandering to cheap sentiment and corporate interests. Not leaders who fail to understand that the European interest is the national interest.
Leadership that appeals to new countries, welcomes them as equals and proudly presents a compelling future within the EU. Leadership that can bring back an old friend.
I love Europe, I really do, even if Europe isn't always kind to me and has in fact done me significant harm. Perhaps Stockholm should be my city, but as long as it isn't...
If you've never seen it, this is the preamble of the Treaty on European Union, better known as the Maastricht Treaty. It is the founding document of the EU and was signed in 1992. This is the Europe I believe in. I wish our leaders did as well.
Almost 35 years later quite a bit of this has actually been achieved. More than you might think.
What we miss is the 'unity by heart' also professed in the treaty, the sense that we are not just nationals of our respective countries but Europeans too. That we're in this together.
The next step - the spirit of the treaty is not one of stagnation - should be taken today because we didn't yesterday. Sadly, going by current sentiments, we're not even taking it tomorrow.
You can find the text of the treaty here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:11992M/TXT
Schengen now has border controls in
Sweden
Spain
France
Italy
Austria
Poland
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Poland
10 out of 29 countries, a third, but it affects more countries given the geography of Europe.
I'm not white so I don't really know what this Schengen thing is to begin with but I guess now no one does any more.
The reasons given by the countries are largely ridiculous, and certainly as an argument to keep extending border controls, while the European Commission refuses to step into its role and take charge of this issue.
EU countries agree to shift the oversight of major financial markets to the European authority ESMA.
EU countries struck a deal on Friday to give the EU’s financial markets watchdog more powers, aiming to make cross-border investment easier and help businesses raise more money across the bloc.
#EU #Markets #Economy #StockExchanges #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanMarkets #ESMA #Business #Shares #Equities
RE: https://mastodon.social/@usernomnomnom/117409740707432760
Fellow EU citizens - this is important.
We have to flood them. Share, create your own posts, post on other platforms, talk about it in real life - anything. And of course contribute.
This cannot become our new reality.
If you think this doesn't matter to you you're wrong but you do you. Your next step is to consider how it will impact others, particularly vulnerable minorities.
This proposed law is incredibly harmful. And the good it claims to do it doesn't. Quite the opposite.
Read more here: https://edri.org/our-work/the-kids-act-will-make-the-internet-less-safe
If you need more information: ask. There are plenty of people here, including me, who are happy to help where they can.
📢 STOP PESTICIDES !
⚠️ #OmnibusX ☣️ #Pesticides ☠️
🇪🇺 "FOOD & FEED SAFETY OMNIBUS" 🔍
👀 CO-WRITTEN BY THE PESTICIDE AGRO-CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LOBBY
➡️ https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/food-feed-omnibus-co-written-pesticide-lobby
🆕 New Report by @corporateeurope shows how the #EuropeanCommission and right-wing Members of the #EuropeanParliament (#MEPs) are writing the chemical industry demands into law, at the expense of our health and the environment.
🧵 https://mstdn.social/@corporateeurope/117398350660825927
Romania Bolsters Defense with Airbus H225M Helicopter Deal
Romania is taking its defense to new heights with a deal for 12 versatile Airbus H225M helicopters, perfect for tackling tough tactical protection missions and more. The multirole choppers will support attack, reconnaissance, surveillance, and airborne assault operations.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Europe is learning the wrong lesson from Russia's drone war . . . . . Russia testing Europe's defenses below threshold of open war, experts say . . . . . Armed individuals from Belarus threaten Latvian soldiers at border . . . . . SBU arrests collaborator suspected of setting up repeater stations for Russian drones in Kyiv . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/10/wednesday-october-7-2026/
Tomorrow is the submission deadline of an #EuropeanCommission grant for a pilot around youth and decentralized #SocialMedia. Contestants are given the choice to target either the #ActivityPub fediverse, or #ATProto atmosphere. Targeting both is also an option.
Competition is expected to be fierce. It will be quite interesting to see who the EC will pick as the winner, and what protocol their proposal is based on.
It is telling that there is only one pilot for either one or the other #SocialWeb protocol, and not two pilots, each for their own protocol. Though I hope that an AP-based #fediverse pitch will be granted, my gut feeling tells me they probably already made up their mind - driven by political and market(ing) forces - to select #atmosphere. Hope I'm proven wrong. Fediverse is the more "for the people, by the people" choice, and best fit to European culture and values imho, among others.
Results will be in near the end of the year.
I'm very happy to have participated on Wednesday in the panel discussion on Key gaps, funding priorities, innovation landscape of European Forest Research during the #ForestMomentum workshop, organised by the #EUFORE #MoniFun and #ForestPartnership EU projects.
#Forests #EuropeanCommission
#AcademicChatter
Britain in talks with European allies over release of emergency diesel stockpiles
By Alex Daniel
Ministers discuss drawing down EU countries’ reserves after Donald Trump threatens to cut off US supplies
#Internationaltrade #EuropeanCommission #Oil #Trumpadministration #Business #UKnews #USnews #Europe #Globaleconomy #EuropeanUnion #TheGuardian #AlexDaniel
Britain in talks with European allies over release of emergency diesel stockpiles https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/01/britain-talks-european-allies-eu-emergency-diesel-stockpiles-reserves #InternationalTrade #EuropeanCommission #Oil #TrumpAdministration #Business #UkNews #UsNews #Europe #GlobalEconomy #EuropeanUnion
‘Poland punishes EU rail companies for its own customs failures, some risk insolvency’ http://dlvr.it/TVk86t #Business #customs #EU #europeancommission
