The European Commission yesterday publishes its latest reports on the state of water in the European Union, covering the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, the Floods Directive, and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The reports highlight progress made in improving the status of EU water bodies over the past six years and identify key […]
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EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement enters into force
The EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) has entered into force, following the completion of Chile’s ratification process. The ITA, which was signed in December 2023, is of key geopolitical importance. It will boost the competitiveness of businesses on both sides, while providing a shared platform for the development of our net-zero economies. This work will be further underpinned by ongoing […]
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The 2025 SME Fund is now operational
The Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office have launched the SME Fund 2025 to provide financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a grant scheme designed to help SMEs to better manage and protect their intangible assets. The SME Fund helps SMEs protect their intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, industrial designs […]
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Maritime transport: environmental and sustainability challenges persist.
Europe’s maritime sector is making progress towards greater sustainability but will need to increase its efforts over the coming years to meet EU climate and environment goals aimed at reducing energy use, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions as well as better protecting biodiversity. That is according to the second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental […]
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World Cancer Day: Commission publishes Country Cancer
The Commission has published the latest Country Cancer Profiles for all Member States, Norway and Iceland. The 2025 reports show that cancer survival rates are increasing across the EU. At the same time, cancer continues to be a public health concern, and cancer inequalities still persist across Member States. The profiles also demonstrate how cancer […]
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Oceans warmer than we thought in the early 1900s, and it is likely due to buckets
New study reveals that previous estimates of ocean temperatures in the first part of the 20th century were too low. Research supported by the EU-funded AI4PEX and XAIDA projects has brought to light errors in estimates of ocean temperatures from the first half of the 1900s. In their paper published in ‘Nature’, researchers suggest that […]
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The Commission acts to ensure the correct and timely transposition of EU directives
The Commission adopts a series of infringement decisions due to the failure of Member States to notify the measures adopted to transpose certain EU directives into national law. Letters of formal notice are sent to Member States that have not notified national transposition measures for directives whose transposition deadline has recently expired. In this case, […]
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Informal EU leaders’ retreat
An informal meeting of EU leaders will take place today (3 February) at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels, chaired by the President of the European Council, António Costa, and attended by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has been invited to a lunch, and UK Prime […]
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The Commission seeks opinions on the future of the European automotive industry
The Commission launched a public consultation yesterday on the future of the European automotive industry. The consultation supports the Strategic Dialogue on the future of the automotive industry in Europe, which began on January 30 under the leadership of President Ursula von der Leyen. At a time when the European automobile and supply industry is […]
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