In a watershed moment breaking with decasdes of previous policy, Spain, Ireland and Norway announced last week that the recognition would come into force on Tuesday. While the majority of UN member states recognize the state of Palestine, most EU states do not.
EU member states last week adopted the bloc’s landmark Artificial Intelligence Act, the first legislation in the world to tackle this cutting-edge technology. Now that the legislative phase is over, what challenges will countries face when implementing the unprecedented rules into national law?
In a bid to decrease dependence on Russian fossil fuels in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and disruptions in the global energy market, the EU launched the REPowerEU initiative in May of the same year. As the joint initiative just turned two, the European Commission released country reports tracking progress.
The economy ministers of Germany and France have called for reforms to EU economic policy. A concept published on Thursday also calls for a shift away from fossil fuels, although the two countries differ on how to achieve this.
Maximilian Krah, the lead candidate for Germany’s far-right AfD party in the EU elections, will no longer make public appearances after telling the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that not all members of the SS were criminals.