Bankruptcies of businesses in the EU increased by 5.7% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the first quarter, while registrations decreased by 0.5%.
New revised rules for screening foreign investments in the EU, adopted by the EU Parliament’s trade committee, identify and address security risks relating to foreign investment.
The EU Parliament has voted to postpone the application dates for new EU laws on due diligence and sustainability reporting requirements, giving the biggest companies one more year to prepare for new due diligence rules.
The EU Council has given its final green light on a set of laws to make the EU’s value added tax (VAT) rules fit for the digital age.
The EU Parliament and Council reached political agreement on a new EUR 1.9 billion facility to accelerate Moldova’s reforms, strengthen resilience, and advance its EU integration in the face of the threat from Russian aggression.
The EU Parliament gave its final go-ahead Wednesday to an update of Europe’s VAT rules, ending unfair distortion of competition by requiring VAT to be paid for services provided through online platforms.
The European Commission proposed Wednesday to shorten the settlement period for EU transactions in transferable securities from two days to one.
