After two years of negotiations, the EU has reached a landmark agreement on the new Child Sexual Abuse Directive, setting much stricter rules against predators. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT One of the most significant measures allows victims of child rape and other serious offences to formally file a complaint against their alleged…

As diplomatic tensions between Poland and Ukraine show few signs of abating, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s absence from Gdansk could become the conference’s most significant political signal. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ukraine’s president will skip the two-day “Ukraine Recovery Conference” in Gdansk, a high-level gathering on the post-war reconstruction of his country amid a…

Starting in June 2026, employers across the EU must publish salary ranges in job ads, stop asking about candidates’ pay history, and allow workers to request pay data on colleagues doing equivalent work. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT That’s the promise of the Pay Transparency Directive. However, most member states missed the June…

Published on 24/06/2026 – 19:24 GMT+2 German authorities on Wednesday carried out raids in Berlin and Frankfurt as part of an investigation into a suspected attempt to sabotage Germany’s gas supply. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said police searched the premises of a Russian suspect and another person not…

Published on 24/06/2026 – 20:30 GMT+2 Ten years after the UK voted to exit the European Union, the debate over Brexit’s legacy is far from over. MEPs Barry Andrews (Renew Europe) and Sander Smit (European Conservatives & Reformists) go head-to-head on whether Brexit has strengthened or weakened Europe—and whether Britain…

France’s President Emmanuel Macron, the UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and Polish PM Donald Tusk met in Berlin on Wednesday for an E5 summit hosted by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The E5 format was launched in 2024 to bring together the defence ministers of…

Published on 24/06/2026 – 18:01 GMT+2 The commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police force has announced plans to scale up the use of drones and facial recognition technology across the capital. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a speech on Wednesday, Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley warned that crime was “evolving at speed” and…

Around 80% of Europe’s digital infrastructure and technology comes from outside the EU. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The digital market is dominated by US giants such as Google, Microsoft and Apple, and Chinese conglomerates such as Alibaba and TikTok-owner ByteDance. Yet most EU citizens want European-controlled digital infrastructure, with respondents in Sweden…

Pedro Sánchez tells Congress: ‘I never knew of, nor would I have tolerated, any of these practices’ ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Spain’s prime minister appeared before the Congress of Deputies on Wednesday to address the wave of corruption cases surrounding his government, party and family. “I am fully aware that public debate…

A public row between Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and US President Donald Trump has prompted debate about how she’s seen among Italians, after Trump claimed that she had repeatedly asked him for a photo during the summit. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to Trump, Meloni “begged” for the picture in an…