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20/04/2018 - Institutional affairs
MEPs adopted legislation to reduce waste and cut greenhouse gas emissions during April's plenary session. They also debated the future of Europe with French president Emmanuel Macron.
19/04/2018 - Consumer affairs and public health / Food, farming and fisheries
New rules to ensure that only high-quality organic food is sold in the EU and to boost organic production were approved by the European Parliament.
19/04/2018 - Business, taxation and competition / Consumer affairs and public health
The Commission is publishing a set of best practices to support Member States' efforts to create a more open, integrated and competitive retail sector.
18/04/2018 - Economy and the euro / Energy, environment and climate
Improving waste management will not only benefit the environment, climate, and human health. The four pieces of legislation are also part of a shift in EU policy towards a circular economy, i.e. a system where the value of products, materials and resources is maintained in the economy for as long as possible.
18/04/2018 - Business, taxation and competition / Enlargement, external relations and trade
The Commission presented the outcome of negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan and the trade and investment agreements with Singapore to the Council. This is the first step towards the signature and conclusion of these agreements.
17/04/2018 - Enlargement, external relations and trade
The European Commission adopted its annual Enlargement Package, including seven individual reports, assessing the implementation of the European Union's enlargement policy which is based on established criteria and fair and rigorous conditionality.
17/04/2018 - Justice and citizens’ rights / Security and defence
The European Commission is taking additional steps to further curtail the space in which terrorists and criminals operate – denying them the means needed to plan, finance and carry out crimes.
17/04/2018 - Energy, environment and climate / Food, farming and fisheries
16/04/2018 - Enlargement, external relations and trade
Foreign ministers discussed the latest developments in Syria, including the aftermath to the targeted US, French and UK airstrikes on chemical weapons facilities.
12/04/2018 - EU regional and urban development / Institutional affairs
The Council discussed the future of cohesion policy after 2020. The debate will feed into the Commission's preparations for its proposals on the legislative package for cohesion policy post-2020.
12/04/2018 - Business, taxation and competition / Food, farming and fisheries
The Commission is targeting the most damaging unfair trade practices to grant farmers and small and medium sized businesses greater certainty and less need to manage risks over which they have little or no control.
11/04/2018 - Food, farming and fisheries / Research and innovation
The Commission is responding to the concerns expressed by citizens in a successful European Citizens' Initiative, with a proposal to improve the transparency of scientific studies in the food safety area.
11/04/2018 - Consumer affairs and public health
The European Commission is proposing a New Deal for Consumers to ensure that all European consumers fully benefit from their rights under Union law.
10/04/2018 - Business, taxation and competition / Economy and the euro
The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have launched a Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds programme (VentureEU) to boost investment in innovative start-up and scale-up companies across Europe.
10/04/2018 - Statistics / Transport and travel
The preliminary 2017 road safety statistics released today by the Commission show, for the second year in a row, a decrease in the number of fatalities of around 2%.
09/04/2018 - Business, taxation and competition / Consumer affairs and public health / Research and innovation
Tomorrow the Commission will bring ministers, representatives of EU countries, industry, academia and civil society representatives together to encourage cooperation in artificial intelligence, blockchain, eHealth and innovation.
05/04/2018 - Consumer affairs and public health / Employment and social rights
The Commission proposes to limit workers' exposure to five cancer-causing chemicals, in addition to the 21 substances that have already been limited or proposed to be limited since the beginning of this mandate. Estimates show that today's proposal would improve working conditions for over 1,000,000 EU workers and prevent over 22,000 cases of work-related illness.
04/04/2018 - Employment and social rights / Statistics
The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.5% in February 2018, down from 8.6% in January 2018 and from 9.5% in February 2017. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since December 2008. The EU28 unemployment rate was 7.1%.
