The DMA took effect in May 2023 and targets gatekeepers, a handful of technology giants whose platforms have become essential infrastructure for modern life. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Under the law, companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon, and ByteDance must open their ecosystems to rivals, give users more control over their data,…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 9:36 GMT+2•Updated 16:25 Voting is under way in local and regional elections in the United Kingdom on Thursday that could deliver a heavy blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Starmer’s centre-left Labour Party is bracing for big losses in voting that will choose about…

France’s right-wing TV channel, CNews, suffered a blow live on air after political commentators ridiculed Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of France’s National Assembly, for allegedly featuring on the cover of tabloid magazine “Closer” on 4 May. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT However, the magazine cover was actually AI-generated. The cover depicts politician Braun-Pivet alongside…

Around 90 million people in the European Union live with a disability. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It could be you, it could be me,” Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, told Euronews’s flagship morning show, Europe Today. Lahbib presented the European Commission’s “Enhancing the Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 19:57 GMT+2 The European Commission insisted on Thursday that “progress” had been made in late-night talks with MEPs and member state officials on implementing last August’s EU-US trade deal, and that the process remained “fully in line with standard legislative practice”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But inside the…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 12:27 GMT+2•Updated 12:28 Voters across Britain are casting their ballots in local elections today, choosing councils and mayors in parts of England, and parliaments in Scotland and Wales. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The vote comes at a tumultuous time in British politics, with the long-standing dominance of Labour…

During a keynote speech in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called for the EU’s unanimity principle to be scrapped. Instead, a “qualified majority” should be enough, he said at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The move would effectively abolish the veto power that currently allows any…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 17:14 GMT+2 Sweden said on Thursday that it planned to introduce electronic bracelets to monitor children at risk of being recruited by criminal gangs, the government’s latest measure aimed at cracking down on deadly gang violence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Authorities would be able to assign the bracelets…

Published on 07/05/2026 – 15:53 GMT+2 One person has died and 43 were rescued when a migrant boat got into difficulties in the Aegean Sea, Turkish authorities said on Thursday, while an NGO accused the Greek coastguard of endangering the vessel. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The migrants were around 30 kilometres from…

The European Union’s trade relations with China have deteriorated in recent weeks, as the bloc attempts to address its ballooning trade deficit with Beijing and reduce its reliance on key goods and services. European leaders are also concerned about what they see as China’s unfair competition, which they blame for…