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EU rules on AI models become enforceable. What's going to change?

EU AI Act rules on AI models become enforceable today, making Brussels the world's top AI regulator. Euronews breaks down what this all means for Europe and beyond.

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Ceuta reignites Europe's right-wing assault on Spain migration policy

Migrants storming Spain's north African enclave have sparked right-wing attacks on the Sánchez government's mass migrant regularisation. Left-wing forces have derided the attacks as opportunistic propaganda.

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EU's enlargement risks becoming a victim of its own success

EU enlargement is accelerating, but the Commission's responsible department is running out of capacity to manage negotiations with several candidate countries at once.

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What trade concessions can the EU win from China?

With an October deadline unlikely to yield major concessions from Beijing given structural and leverage imbalances, EU-China trade tensions look set to keep escalating.

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EU opens call for seven 'gigafactories' to train AI technologies

With concerns about digital dependency growing fast, the European Commission is pursuing "sovereign" AI infrastructure to become operational by mid-2028.

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EU grows impatient over Italy's hesitancy on €14.9bn defence loan

Italy hasn't decided how much of its €14.9bn SAFE defence loan it will use, as several domestic considerations affect the calculus. But Brussels and other member states are growing impatient to reallocate any unspent funds within the legal deadlines.

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Who started the fire? Inside Europe's arson intelligence gap

Europe has built advanced systems to detect wildfires and coordinate emergency response. Still, there is no common picture of who starts deliberate fires or why, as arson remains a fragmented national matter.

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Wildfires expose Europe’s fragile response to new climate reality

As Spain and France battle devastating fires, Brussels is expanding its civil protection efforts – but the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are raising questions over who is responsible for Europe's lack of preparedness.

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The EU is forcing tech companies to label deepfakes. Will it work?

From this week, the EU AI Act requires deepfakes and AI-generated content to be labelled. Experts warn technical gaps and a lack of common standards could undermine enforcement.

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How Serbia could further complicate Ukraine's EU accession bid

Serbia's stalled EU accession bid risks becoming entangled with Ukraine's, as Western Balkans-friendly states push to maintain geographical balance and equality of treatment.

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Safeguards for new EU members need objective criteria, Montenegro says

Montenegro is backing new EU rule-of-law safeguards for future members while insisting they must be based on objective criteria and not create a second tier of membership.

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Chaotic sanctions negotiations expose cracks in EU front versus Russia

New round of EU sanctions against Russia shaped by a series of veto threats as member states sought to protect national interests. The final package, significantly watered down, has exposed growing cracks within the bloc.

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Google fine 'creates uncertainty' for EU-US trade deal, USTR says

Washington says the EU's €890m fine against Google under the Digital Markets Act jeopardises the EU-US trade deal, calling it "massive uncertainty" for US exporters.

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EU temporarily extends controversial chat-scanning regime until 2028

EU countries have adopted a temporary regime allowing messaging services to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material until 2028. End-to-end encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal remain exempt.

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EU struggling to find path to sanctioning Israeli settlements

EU ambassadors have failed to agree on the next steps for sanctioning Israeli settlements – and with no majority in favour of any option, diplomats have admitted there's no clear way forward.

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Brussels slaps €890m fine on Google despite looming new US tariffs

Brussels fined Google €890 million under its Big Tech rulebook for favouring its own services in search results and restricting app developers, despite Washington preparing a fresh set of trade tariffs as current ones are expiring.

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How Montenegro might complicate the EU's budget talks

Montenegro's €3.2 billion EU accession package is small change for the bloc's taxpayers, but it could set a precedent for how future enlargements are funded.

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EU Parliament excludes end-to-end chats from message-scanning regime

A law allowing scanning of online communications to detect child sexual abuse material was amended by MEPs to protect users’ privacy. The new version could create a clash with member states.

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Trade ban on Israeli settlements is the latest test of EU unity

The EU is weighing a trade ban on Israeli settlements, with Italy possibly tipping the balance. However, deep divisions among member states remain, alongside unresolved questions about the legal basis, and a formal proposal is still far away.

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EU narrows ban on Russian combatants to appease France and Italy

A narrowed-down version of the ban on Russian combatants, limited to short-stay visas and those who fought directly, landed on the table of EU ambassadors meeting on Wednesday after France and Italy pushed back on the measure.

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