#União Europeia

Volodymyr Zelensky and Ursula von der Leyen speaking to the press at the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels in August 2025.

EU and Ukraine say 2026 budget and defence spending is covered, and target €45 billion next year

British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood at the Five Country Ministerial in London in September 2025.

UK ends its "one in, one out" deal with France after 1,400 returns at £56,000 each

Official portrait of Kaja Kallas, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the European Commission, taken in November 2024.

EU unlocks €6.6 billion for Ukraine's defence, frozen by a Hungarian veto since 2023

The Berlaymont building in Brussels' European quarter, headquarters of the European Commission, in 2019.

Brussels ties €20 billion for Ukraine to the pace of reform and is already holding back €3.9 billion

AfD leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, in a montage of two photographs.

Germany and Russia

Putin's envoy and Germany's AfD prepare talks on bringing Russian gas back

The entrance to Google's Dublin office in Ireland in 2019.

Data protection

Ireland fines Google €403 million over its handling of location data

The Berlaymont building, seat of the European Commission, in Brussels in 2019.

Brussels keeps its moratorium on Arctic oil and gas drilling, despite pressure from Norway

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez with security force representatives at the Tarajal border crossing in Ceuta on 31 July 2026, the day after the mass entry of migrants from Morocco.

Spain clears 1,700 migrants off Ceuta's beaches in an operation marked by warning shots

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney attends the State of the Union address at the European Parliament on 16 September 2026

Von der Leyen invites Canada to become the European Union's first "associate member"