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France and Germany on Friday refused to back a watered-down agreement on controversial EU rules covering app workers in the gig economy, European diplomats said.The European Union's objective was to bring in bloc-wide rules that supporters hoped would improve conditions for app workers in the gig economy by reclassifying some as employed.

1,300 trailers are handled to and from Malta every week.

1,300 trailers are handled to and from Malta every week.

A senior Ukrainian diplomat and foreign relations expert has described how the EU may change before Ukraine’s accession in an exclusive interview with NV Radio on Nov. 12.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG's Roundup weedkiller. A "qualified majority" of 15 countries representing at least 65% of the bloc's population had been required either to support or to block the proposal. The European Commission said in a statement there was no qualified majority either way in a vote by a co...

EU governments have failed to reach agreement on extending the use of the controversial herbicide glyphosate for another decade, after France joined several countries in abstaining from a vote on the matter. The bloc’s 27 member states voted Friday on whether to renew the use of glyphosate – the most widely used herbicide in the EU and an active ingredient in Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller – for another 10 years.A "qualified majority" of 15 countries represen...

EU member states have failed to agree on the European Commission's proposed 10-year renewal for the use of glyphosate, a controversial chemical substance used in herbicides.

The European Union must be ready to accept new members by 2030, stressed Monday the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. With little more than a

Europeans would like to see an EU foreign policy based on values, focused on security, human rights and freedom. And most believe the veto system, which enables even single EU member states to halt or delay joint decision-making, must go.

Under current rules, all foreign policy decisions in the EU require the unanimous approval of the 27 member states.