BEAK UAV drone made by Origin Robotics - Photo by Gints Ivuskans © European Union 2025

The European Commission has presented a plan to counter the increasing security threats posed by drones across the EU, focusing on civilian internal security and developing a competitive European drone market.

The European Parliament and EU Council have reached a provisional agreement to introduce a binding intermediate climate target for 2040 of a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels.

The EU Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into whether Google breached EU competition rules by using the content of web publishers, as well as content uploaded to YouTube, for artificial intelligence (‘AI’) purposes.