The European Union has its own mutual defence clause but it is seen as weaker than NATO's Article 5. The EU Commissioner for Defence appears to want to change that as the US military reconsiders its footprint in Europe.

EU plans to limit rice imports from India and Asia using safeguard tariffs, aiming to protect local growers and millers.

So-called transshipment services — whereby ports offer long-term "slots" for liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers to unload or reload cargoes for shipping elsewhere — are still legal under the newly agreed EU-wide ban on Russian gas imports, provided the gas they contain is not from Russia.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that all member states are obliged to recognize so-called “homosexual marriages” contracted in another country.

European Union nations are pushing for a one-year delay to a landmark law to curb deforestation across the world, while seeking to soften requirements that have raised concerns about its bureaucratic burden and impact on trade.

The European Union’s defense chief has proposed deeper integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattl

Israel was cleared on Thursday to enter the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest by the organiser, prompting Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia to withdraw over the Gaza war and plunging the competition into one of the biggest rows in its history.