Europe in Brief
Our ‘Europe in brief ’ presents the European coverage of the participating news agencies in the European Newsroom. In their best of stories, all agencies give an overview of the predominating topics of the week. Looking at their countries, the participating agencies shed light on how EU politics are perceived there. Thus, each individual article gives a country-specific perspective on EU politics. Taken all together, they provide a truly pan-European picture.
Every enr agency selects their top stories of the week, based on their EU coverage. To read any of the articles, please select the respective language from the menu. For more EU news, please contact the agencies.
EU’s von der Leyen has ‘good exchange’ with Trump on customs dispute
The pair spoke as the deadline for an agreement to avoid US-EU tariffs looms this week.
Poland begins checks at German border targeting ‘illegal smuggling’
Poland has begun conducting border checks with Germany and Lithuania in the latest blow to the Schengen area that guarantees free movement to more than 450 million European Union citizens.
EU ‘ready for a deal’ as deadline in tariffs conflict with US looms
US President Donald Trump’s tariff pause ends on July 9. Von der Leyen is taking a defensive stance as her trade Commissioner Šefčovič continues negotiations in Washington.
Possible minimum age for social media to be put on EU agenda
Denmark wants to take the discussion about introducing a minimum age for social media use to Brussels. In Germany, however, politics is far from united on the matter.
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European Parliament approved the resolution on post-war killings in Slovenia
EK: The Czech Republic has made progress in judicial reforms, but investigating corruption remains a problem
Advertising with Environmental Claims: Stricter Regulations Planned
EU tops tested for PFAS
After evaluating Brussels, Slovenia is good in waste management, worse in habitat preservation
Ukrainian sugar quota in the EU: "bitter pill" for French beet growers
Most EU countries, including the Czech Republic, are calling for changes to the deforestation regulation
Two planes from the fleet of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism help against fires in southern Albania
Only one in three Bulgarians takes measures against climate change, while in the rest of the EU this share reaches 59 percent, a study shows
Minister of Transport of Slovakia: Slovakia has received over 141 million euros from the EU for the modernization of transport
Slovenia with the highest damage per capita due to extreme weather events in Europe
Denmark wants reformed cohesion funds and to advance applications to the EU
Environmental investment deficit in Portugal is €1.6 billion per year – European Commission
Roswall: "We must think of nature conservation as an investment"
Poland begins border controls - and now?
Sandu: Russia cannot block the EU accession process
Ljubljana at the bottom of the European cities ranking for cleanest air
D. Jorgensen: We are doing everything to ensure that Slovakia's gas supplies are not threatened for REPowerEU
At the Economic Meetings of Aix-en-Provence, a call for a European resurgence in the face of Washington and Beijing
