The ruling could pave the way for France and other member states to prevent the marketing of products such as “veggie steaks” by other means.

As the whole country must now be safe for asylum seekers to return, recent efforts by member states to return Syrians by declaring some areas of the country safe will be stunted.

The EU’s top court said the agreement liberalising agricultural trade with Morocco could remain in place for 12 months to avoid the negative consequences of an immediate annulment.

The EU has imported significant volumes of Russian gas this year, valued at around €10 billion.

The Commission's report on digital fairness was released, showing areas of reform in consumer protection law, while the Council called on ENISA to increase transparency for cloud certification schemes.

The CJEU ruling could have implications for AI training, where companies scrap data to train AI models, according to the European Center for Digital Rights (Noyb).

Ten EU countries voted in favour of the duties, with five voting against and 12 member states abstaining.

The European Commission is taking Portugal to the EU Court of Justice over failures to combat pollution from industrial activities, the European Commission announced in a statement published on Thursday.

A Russian high official said that a mistake at the current juncture could usher in disaster, but questioned whether or not those in the West were able to "sensibly assess the consequences of their course".

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland setting a condition for Ukraine's future EU accession, Slovakia's Fico suing Aktuality.sk’s editor-in-chief over bestselling book about him, and so much more. 

The European Commission has issued a formal notice to Czechia for failing to comply with EU anti-discrimination laws, citing the continued segregation of Roma children in schools.

Mircea Geoană, the former deputy secretary general of NATO, has resorted to disinformation as part of his response to a journalistic investigation exposing links between a former key figure in his informal campaign and a Russian businessman.

Two houses belonging to commissioner-designate Ekaterina Zaharieva and her husband Angel Zahariev in Bulgaria and Greece have aroused interest among MEPs, Euractiv Bulgaria learned from European Parliament sources.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has filed a lawsuit against Peter Bárdy, editor-in-chief of Aktuality.sk, over his bestselling book about him, prompting Reporters Without Borders to strongly condemn Fico's move in the biggest case against a journalist in modern Slovak history.

Israel should reconsider its decision to declare the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, "persona non grata" in agreement with the position taken on Wednesday by the Portuguese government, Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Thursday.

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi opened the G7 Interior Ministers' Summit by warning his G7 counterparts that international conflicts, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine, are increasing the risk of terrorist attacks.

Poland will block Ukraine's European Union accession until Kyiv solves the issue of exhuming the victims of the Volhynia massacre, which has been a contentious issue between the two countries, Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Thursday.

There is an urgent need to improve access to new innovations in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Embracing breakthroughs such as blood-based biomarker testing, has the potential to transform timely, accurate diagnosis for the benefit of patients and healthcare systems.

As Israel weighs its options after its arch-foe Iran launched its largest ever assault on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden was asked whether he would support Israel striking Iran's oil facilities.

Europe's Hera probe is scheduled to launch on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary defences.