Tag: european commission

• EU votes in favor of migrant ‘return hubs’

  March 30, 2026

  Human rights groups have warned of asylum seekers disappearing into “legal black holes” beyond EU borders, while concerns have also been raised over the influence of the far right over… more ›

• European Payment Leaders Sign MoU to Create a Sovereign Pan-European Interoperable Payments Network | EuropaWire | The European Union’s press release distribution & newswire service

  March 29, 2026

  European Payment Leaders Sign MoU to Create a Sovereign Pan-European Interoperable Payments Network https://news.europawire.eu/european-payment-leaders-sign-mou-to-create-a-sovereign-pan-european-interoperable-payments-network/eu-press-release/2026/02/02/15/34/11/168858/ more ›

• Simpler digital rules to help EU businesses grow

  November 27, 2025

  The new digital package will enable Europe’s businesses to spend less time on administrative work and compliance and more on innovating and scaling up. https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/simpler-digital-rules-help-eu-businesses-grow-2025-11-19_en more ›

• Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws | The Verge

  November 19, 2025

  The European Commission has proposed changes weakening EU privacy legislation and delaying parts of the AI Act to make the bloc more competitive globally. https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changes more ›

• Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it.

  September 23, 2025

  The European Commission wants to take a bite out of privacy rules that force websites to run cookie banners. https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-cookie-law-messed-up-the-internet-brussels-sets-out-to-fix-it/ more ›

• Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers after Trump freezes US funding

  July 5, 2025

  The European Union is launching a drive to attract scientists and researchers with offers of grants and new policy plans. It comes after the Trump administration froze U.S. government funding… more ›

• All the thorny questions the EU needs to answer to make ‘return hubs’ a reality

  February 22, 2025

  The project of establishing “return hubs” for rejected asylum seekers faces a myriad of challenges, including potential conflicts with international law. The European Union must outsource parts of its migration… more ›

• Planning a model city for refugees, private investors propose a bold solution to the migration crisis

  February 22, 2025

  At first glance, it sounds like a utopian dream. A Swiss entrepreneur envisions a new Hong Kong – built for refugees. Yet behind the scenes, negotiations to secure land at… more ›

• Exclusive: EU Commission poised to propose migrant ‘return hubs’ in legislation

  February 4, 2025

  The European Commission is set to include so-called ‘return hubs’ located outside the bloc’s borders from which migrants can be returned to their home states in an upcoming legislative proposal to… more ›

• Meet three incoming EU lawmakers in charge of key tech policy areas

  November 25, 2024

  The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula von der Leyen’s policy plan for the next five… more ›