The Latest Breaking News from the European Commission

France and Italy are calling on the European Commission to exempt carbon tariffs on imported fertilisers from the bloc's carbon border tax, which came into force on January 1. They argue that the measure will help preserve European competitiveness for local farmers.

Global regulators sound the alarm as Grok, Elon Musk's AI on X, generates sexualised images of minors as often as once per minute, prompting investigations under child protection and digital safety laws.

The European Union is looking to deepen its ties with Jordan, Syria and the Middle East as it takes a tougher stance on asylum requests and returns.

With the European Commission expected to offer assurances to opponents worried about their farmers, the EU’s 27 ministers will meet on Wednesday for a “political” discussion before an expected vote on the pivotal trade deal on Friday.

Public statements from Washington, Brussels and European capitals since the US's raid on Caracas have revealed a chasm between the two sides of the Atlantic.

A spokesperson for the European Commission said it was “very seriously looking into” the creation of sexually explicit images of girls – including minors – by Grok, the AI model integrated into X.

Creeping authoritarianism in the European Union gets pushback from an administration that has its own rocky relationship with free speech.

New alliances, multiple attempts to topple the European Commission boss and yet another investigation into corruption marked the European Parliament's year. Here are the top moments of 2025 selected by Euronews.

Brussels and Paris both denounced Washington’s decision to impose a visa ban on former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, after the Trump administration escalated digital rules scrap by sanctioning Breton over what it said amounted to "censorship".

The move by the US authorities comes despite senior Trump figures, including Vice President JD Vance, lecturing Europe on the importance of free speech

France has condemned Washington's decision to bar a former European Commissioner and four other prominent tech monitors from entering the United States as part of an escalating dispute over EU efforts to regulate social media platforms. The US accuses them of working to censor Americans online.