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Apple, Meta Hit With Hefty Fines From Europe

Both companies were found to have breached the Digital Markets Act

(Newser) - European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros on Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc's digital competition rules, per the AP . The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, imposed a fine of 500 million euro, or $571 million, on Apple...

The EU Makes a Tariffs Move of Its Own

It also pauses, but 'if negotiations are not satisfactory, our countermeasures will kick in'

(Newser) - The European Union's executive commission said Thursday it will put retaliatory tariffs on hold for 90 days to match President Trump's pause and leave room for a negotiated solution, per the AP . European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the commission, which handles trade for the...

EU's Tariff Response Is Nigh
EU's Tariff Response Is Here
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Apr 9, 2025 8:53 AM CDT

EU's Tariff Response Is Here

Officials voted in favor of 3 waves of additional tariffs

(Newser) - "We are not in a business of going, let's say, cent for cent, or tit for tat, or dollar for dollar," EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic said of President Trump's tariffs. But the bloc has responded: As expected, the EU on Wednesday afternoon voted in favor...

Canada, Europe Say US Will Feel Auto Tariff

Carney calls Trump's announcement 'a very direct attack'

(Newser) - European leaders expressed dismay Wednesday at President Trump's announcement of a 25% tariff on auto imports while promising to quickly assess their options. "I deeply regret the US decision," said Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, per the New York Times . Canadian Prime Minister...

Trump Hits Back on EU Counter Tariffs
Trump Hits Back on
EU Counter Tariffs
Mar 13, 2025 11:15 AM CDT

Trump Hits Back on EU Counter Tariffs

Threatens 200% tariff on EU alcohol, complains 'Entire World is RIPPING US OFF!!!'

(Newser) - President Trump says he'll slap 200% tariffs on wine and other alcohol from Europe if the European Union doesn't nix a planned 50% retaliatory tariff on American whiskey. The EU announced counter tariffs on Wednesday on $28 billion worth of US goods in response to Trump's "...

EU Rolls Out Counter Tariffs: 'Prices Will Go Up'

They cover US steel, aluminum, textiles, plastics, wood, agricultural products

(Newser) - The European Union on Wednesday announced retaliatory trade action with new duties on US industrial and farm products, responding within hours to the Trump administration's increase in tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%. The world's biggest trading bloc was expecting the US tariffs and prepared...

Far-Right Leaders Cheer Trump at European Summit
EU's Far Right Cheers Trump
Feb 8, 2025 12:40 PM CST

EU's Far Right Cheers Trump

Orban tells supporters they're mainstream now

(Newser) - The leaders of Europe's far-right parties met in Madrid on Saturday to celebrate President Trump's return to office and their accompanying political ascendancy. "Yesterday we were heretics, today we're mainstream," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told about 2,000 supporters at the event labeled "...

Spain to Outsiders: Don't Buy a Home Here

Nation wants to impose 100% surcharge on non-EU citizens/residents who are buying property there

(Newser) - Thinking of buying a sweet Spanish chalet to serve as a vacation home—or even as your permanent abode? It'll likely soon cost you if you're not a part of the European Union. The BBC reports that Spain is planning on implementing a 100% tax on the value...

Sweden Is Hunting an Endangered Species

Sweden to allow 30 of its 375 wolves to be killed as EU considers relaxing current rules

(Newser) - A wolf hunt kicked off Thursday in Sweden, which is aiming to slash its population of the endangered species in half. The government will allow five families of wolves, representing 30 of Sweden's 375 recorded wolves, to be killed during the hunt. But its goal is to set a...

Outgoing Leader Calls Inauguration 'a Parody'

Georgia inaugurates Mikheil Kavelashvili after disputed election

(Newser) - Mikheil Kavelashvili was inaugurated as the president of Georgia on Sunday over the protests of his predecessor, lawmakers, and crowds outside the presidential palace in Tbilisi. His Georgian Dream party won parliamentary elections in October, in a process that European election observers criticized and the outgoing president called part of...

Trump Threatens EU With 'Tariffs All the Way'

President-elect says tariffs can be avoided only with 'the large scale purchase of our oil and gas'

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is threatening more tariffs, this time directed at Europe. "I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous [trade] deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way," Trump wrote...

Putin Approves Record Military Budget

EU reiterates funding pledges for Ukraine's war effort

(Newser) - As senior European Union officials arrived in Kyiv to express their unflinching support for Ukraine's war effort, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new budget with a record military spending. More than $145 billion of the 2025 budget will go to national defense, a nearly one-third share that's...

Police Clash With Protesters of EU Decision

Demonstrations are held across Georgia

(Newser) - Protesters gathered across Georgia on Saturday night in a third straight night of demonstrations against the government's decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union. More than 100 demonstrators were arrested as crowds clashed with police Friday night, the country's Interior Ministry said. The AP saw protesters in...

Ripping EU 'Blackmail,' Georgia Delays Bid and Sparks Protests

Reappointed prime minister criticizes organization politicians in dispute over election

(Newser) - Georgia is suspending talks on its bid to join the European Union for four years, its prime minister said Thursday, in view of what he described as "blackmail and manipulation" from some of the bloc's politicians, an announcement that outraged the opposition and triggered a new wave of...

Other Nations Help Bosnia Search for Victims in Rubble

Village residents watched houses disappear in landslides

(Newser) - Rescue teams from Bosnia's neighbors and European Union countries were joining efforts on Sunday to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated sections of the Balkan country. Bosnia sought EU help after a heavy rainstorm overnight on Friday left entire areas under...

These NATO Nations Want to Shore Up Against Russia

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland seek EU funding to build massive border defense network

(Newser) - NATO members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland will seek European Union funding to build a network of bunkers, barriers, distribution lines, and military warehouses along their borders with Russia and Belarus, Estonia's officials said Saturday. The three Baltic countries initially announced the plan for a "Baltic Defense Line"...

EU's High Court to Apple: Hand Over $14.3B to Ireland

European Court of Justice dismisses tech giant's appeal to avoid forking over back taxes

(Newser) - The European Union's top court on Tuesday rejected Apple's final legal challenge against an order from the bloc's executive commission to repay $14.3 billion in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute. The European Court of Justice overruled a lower court's...

Orban Builds Far-Right Bloc in EU Parliament

Group includes Austrian, Czech parties, invites others

(Newser) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday presented a new alliance with Austria's far-right Freedom Party and the main Czech opposition party, attempting to attract other partners to make it the biggest right-wing group in the European Parliament. Orban traveled to Vienna to present the Patriots for Europe alliance...

European Parliament Shifts Further Right
Europe Shifts to the Right
Jun 10, 2024 6:33 AM CDT

Europe Shifts to the Right

Elections across the continent show a clear trend

(Newser) - Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday , dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, the AP reports. On a night where the 27-member bloc palpably shifted to the right, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni more than...

Marchers Answer Orban's Call on EU Election, Ukraine War

Hungary's prime minister tells thousands he and Trump could end the fighting

(Newser) - A crowd of tens of thousands gathered in Hungary's capital on Saturday in a show of strength behind Prime Minister Viktor Orban a week before the European Parliament election, a contest he has cast as an existential turning point between peace in Europe and a world war. The demonstration,...

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