AI, biotech and affordable clean energy will be the focus of an EU drive to make the bloc globally competitive and ensure it keeps pace with rivals the United States and China, according to a draft European Commission paper seen by Reuters.

The top European Union military official, Robert Brieger, said it would make sense to station troops from EU countries in Greenland, according to an interview with Germany's Welt am Sonntag published on Saturday,

NATO has started a process to share some of its highly classified capability targets — which determine what kind of weapons and equipment member countries need to produce — with the defense industry,

Sir Keir Starmer is facing pressure from European leaders to join a €500 billion defence scheme, amid threats to Nato by Donald Trump.

Hungary wants the European Union to persuade Ukraine to resume gas transit from Russia to Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, signalling a tough debate as the EU seeks to extend its sanctions against Russia over the coming week.

The UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention is up for discussion in reset talks, says Maros Sefcovic.

The European Union cannot rely on the United States to defend it and must increase military spending and security preparedness to deter Russia from targeting more of its neighbors after Ukraine, senior officials have warned.

The European Union needs to do more to keep up with the US and China, according to Economics Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis.

The EU's trade commissioner has said Brussels "could consider" allowing the UK into the Pan Euro Mediterranean Convention which makes it easier for members to trade with each other.

Labour has been accused of plotting to “betray Brexit” after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed the UK could join a new EU customs union. She said the UK was “happy to look” at a proposed “pan-European and Mediterranean customs framework”. But the Chancellor was condemned as “clueless” by Reform MP Richard Tice.

Despite sustainable finance headwinds, EU Taxonomy reporting growth is encouraging. Bloomberg data shows a significant increase in Taxonomy alignment and reveals that large EU firms are also becoming more sustainable.

One of the main problems of the EU AI Act is its risk-based approach to AI regulation. Under the Act, AI systems are classified by their risk level, and high-risk systems will be subject to the most strict requirements. This classification system is problematic for several reasons: