Divisions are widening within the European Commission and among EU Member States over a contentious proposal to introduce new EU-wide excise taxes on alternative nicotine products,...
Fei Shengchao (pictured), the Chinese ambassador to Belgium, has spoken of “rising tensions” caused to world trade as a result of President Trump’s controversial tariffs. Speaking in...
In 2023, approximately 292,000 tonnes of pesticides were sold in the EU, the lowest level since the start of the data series in 2011. This marked a...
In 2024, the EU exported €234.1 billion worth of agricultural products and imported €194.9 billion, generating a €39.2 billion surplus. Compared with 2023, both exports and imports registered year-on-year increases of 2.8%...
In 2024, the actual weekly hours of work for both full-time and part-time workers aged 20-64 in the EU in their main job averaged 36.0 hours, down from...
In 2024, in the EU, 52.9% of enterprises with 10 or more employees conducted meetings remotely via the internet. With a 2.9 percentage points (pp) increase from 2022, this...
The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, an Italian €60 million State aid measure to support Nestlé Italiana SpA in the construction of...