The European Commission wants to open up part of its proposed 2 trillion euro EU budget for 2028-2034 to nuclear energy, a move likely to divide the bloc's member states, which Germany immediately rejected.

Friedrich Merz has repeatedly said that his goal as chancellor is to position Germany as a leader in Europe. But less than three months after assuming power, it is becoming clear that one of his main strategies for doing so is through opposing the EU – and in particular,

The EU said Spanish laws granting the power to intervene in banking deals undermined the ECB and restricted the bloc’s freedoms of establishment and capital movements.

As the EU launches its €1 billion Innovation Fund to decarbonize industrial heat, Brenmiller enters as a proven, strategically aligned participant-backed by operational collaborations across Europe, a project pipeline of commercial opportunities,

The European Union’s climate chief expects to attract the financial firepower of some of the bloc’s biggest pension funds to help modernize power grids that are key to the green transition.

The European Union should find solutions to its finances without using common borrowing, German Finance Minister Klingbeil told Reuters on Thursday. Klingbeil said the EU had joint debt in the last few years,

A law letting the government block freedom of movement could be a deal-breaker for the EU. Yet a fudge might still be found. Switzerland’s government seems, after decades of hesitation, to have come round on the need for tighter integration with Europe, even if some Swiss would prefer to stop the clock. ■

The €400 billion ($463 billion) crisis tool proposed by the European Commission on Wednesday would be financed using joint borrowing, according to people familiar with the matter.

The European Commission has approved Luxembourg brewer Brasserie Nationale's acquisition of drinks wholesaler Boissons Heintz subject to conditions aimed at preserving competition in the country's hospitality sector,

Crafting a budget for 27 countries stretching from Lapland to Lisbon is a fiddly process. In fiscal terms the “multi-annual financial framework”, as it is known in Brussels patois, is of peripheral concern.