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With a series of new export controls for rare earths, China is playing one of its strongest cards ahead of further trade talks with the USA. European companies are also threatened with high economic damage.
By Leonardo Pape, Amelie Richter and Julia Fiedler
Three votes of no confidence in Ursula von der Leyen within three months. Influential parliamentarians want to raise the hurdles for requesting the vote.
By Markus Grabitz
On Thursday, the European Parliament passed the trialogue result on the reform of European works councils with a large majority. There were still attempts to overturn the proposal right up to the end.
By Alina Leimbach
In a letter to the President of the European Council, EIB President Nadia Calviño pledges financial support to member states for the development of infrastructure to defend against drones.
By János Allenbach-Ammann
The United States Treasury Department has taken sanctions against the Serbian oil company NIS, which is majority-owned by Gazprom, seriously. The punitive measure could have massive consequences for Serbia, but the Croatian oil pipeline operator JANAF is also affected.
By Frank Stier and Stephan Israel
Africa will once again play a central role at the second Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, which runs until Friday. Every second euro to be spent as part of the initiative will go to the continent.
By Arne Schütte
At the informal meeting, the telecommunications ministers will discuss how to make the online world safer for young people. They will discuss age verification and secure designs to protect young people from harmful content.
By Corinna Visser
By Michael Bröcker and Malte Kreutzfeldt
The Commission wants to outlaw filter cigarettes internationally. The industry believes that the EU could later use the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to incorporate the measures into EU law in the next Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
By Markus Grabitz