A new compromise text sent by the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council to delegations about the draft law to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM), focuses on known material, possibly lessening concerns around the regulations' privacy implications.

The European Parliament’s sub-committee on public health (SANT) discussed whether a new full committee dedicated to health should be created (9 September), raising tensions between MEPs over its future competences. 

Bulgaria's pro-Russian radical party Revival has presented parliament with its proposal for a bill on foreign agents, which Euractiv Bulgaria found copies the controversial Russian law.

In response to the transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia, the EU said on Tuesday (10 September) it had presented member states with options to take 'a substantial set of decisive and targeted measures' against Tehran.

Spain's Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena confirmed on Tuesday that he will not apply the controversial amnesty law to Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont given that some of the crimes he is accused of is not covered by the grace norm.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will face the ire of his opponents in the European Parliament – and the adulation of his friends – if, as expected, he takes up a forthcoming invitation to address the EU legislature in Strasbourg next week.

China is providing Russia with "very substantial" military support in exchange for key technological capabilities, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday (10 September) after talks with EU and NATO counterparts on the matter.

EU energy industry associations welcomed the Draghi report, lauding its restraint to attack the bloc’s energy market principles, while MEPs want to make sure it is politically recognised.

The offshore wind potential in the Baltic Sea region is estimated to be close to 100 GW by 2050. The first Baltic offshore projects will come online in the next few years and will gradually contribute to the decarbonisation of the Baltic energy systems

Shifts in consumer taste, full cellars and climate change are putting the wine sector under pressure, as tomorrow (11 September) a new EU forum will kick off to seek solutions for the 'sick man' of Europe's food and drink industry.

Mario Draghi’s call for the EU to issue joint debt to finance key investments has deepened the divide in Germany’s coalition government and received strong criticism from the Netherlands.

Sweden's ruling coalition, halfway through its four-year term, faces a deepening division over the thorny issue of raising the voluntary remigration allowance, strongly criticised by the Liberal Party. 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been given more time to negotiate commissioners' portfolios with EU governments, after Slovenia said its parliament has to hold an advisory vote on newly-appointed candidate Marta Kos.

The European Commission shouldn’t hire internally for its lead scientific advisor on artificial intelligence (AI), writes Alex Petropolos and Max Reddel.

New controls at German land borders can be seen as a reaction to the far-right party AfD's electoral success rather than a response to recent terrorist attacks and could be dangerous for European cohesion, leading to a breakdown in the Schengen system, according to Christian Moos.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld the European Commission's €2.42 billion fine against Google over allegations it abused its dominant position in the search engine market.

Apple must pay a €13 billion tax bill as per a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which experts deem gives weight to Ireland being dubbed, by some, a 'tax-safe haven'.

Although he comes from a place on the political spectrum not typically associated with environmental protection, former European commissioner and incoming French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is known for his progressive environmental stance.

Large EU telcos said Draghi's report sounded the alarm over the state of EU's telecom competition policy, consumer associations and smaller telecom companies are repeating their stance against these findings.

Bulgarian caretaker prime minister Dimitar Glavchev announced on Monday (9 September) that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had asked him to nominate Ekaterina Zaharieva, a member of parliament from GERB (EPP), as Bulgarian commissioner.