The European Union has unveiled a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine over the next two years.

The European Union unveiled a new plan to make sure its industries aren’t overtaken by global rivals as competition intensifies with the US and China.

Brussels wants to dig up more critical minerals in the bloc but says ‘regulatory bottlenecks’ are slowing things down.

Starmer was replying to a question from Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, who has launched an autumn offensive aimed at putting pressure on Starmer to rejoin the customs union. It allows for the free circulation of goods within the EU once a common external tariff has been paid.

Spain will use only about a quarter of European Union loans meant to help EU members recover from the 2020-21 pandemic as its fast-growing economy can issue debt without EU curbs and deadlines, its economy minister told Reuters on Wednesday.

Replacing oil and gas with homegrown biomass will boost strategic autonomy and cut emissions, Brussels argues.

This is a key step to ensure EU financial and non-financial operators apply stricter checks when dealing with Russian entities,' says EU's economy commissioner - Anadolu Ajansı

By Emma Pinedo and Jesus Calero MADRID, Dec 2 (Reuters) - A task force of EU vets began work in Barcelona on Tuesday to help contain an African swine fever outbreak as Spain, one of the world's leading pork exporters,