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The Council approved a compromise on the so‑called “Chat Control” (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation) and the file has moved into trilogue negotiations between the European Parliament, Commission and Coun...
Both the EU and the UK regularly list and sanction serving heads of state and former officials as part of targeted measures — the EU adopts restrictive measures via the Council under the Common Foreig...
Adoption is the internal political decision by the institutions that a text is final; signature is the formal joint signing that marks interinstitutional agreement; publication in the Official Journal...
Key elements of the EU “Chat Control” (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation / CSAR) text remain in negotiation; Council members agreed a compromise text on 26 November 2025 that removed a binding, EU‑wide ob...
EU law does not categorically allow blanket retroactive criminalisation, and the Court of Justice has long recognised limits on retroactivity—especially for penal rules—while permitting retrospective ...
The European Union does import genetically modified (GM) crops and food/feed containing approved GM varieties, primarily for animal feed and some processed foods, but the available reporting does not ...
Several jurisdictions have moved to treat AI‑generated sexual images of children as criminal — with the United Kingdom leading with targeted new offences, the European Parliament voting to treat synth...
Several EU member states—most prominently Luxembourg, Malta, Ireland, the Netherlands and Cyprus—have been publicly accused of exhibiting “tax haven” traits by the European Parliament and commentators...
Whistleblowers often receive statutory confidentiality: federal statutes and agency policies say agencies will generally keep a reporter’s identity non‑public, but those protections have defined limit...
The European Union has engaged in a mix of public statements, formal observation activity, diplomatic initiatives, and political pressure on Venezuela since 2020, . More recently, elements of the Euro...