European Union Business News from EUbusiness.com
The European Central Bank’s monetary policy committee will meet on October 29 to decide whether to hike rates for a second successive month or keep them unchanged. Expectations are high for the latter, with prediction market platforms pointing to a 91% chance that there will be no hike in October.
The EU exported €48.8 billion worth of goods to Canada in 2025, and imported €33.0 billion, resulting in a €15.8 billion trade surplus, according to data from Eurostat.
Euro-MPs have refused to recognise Russia’s State Duma as legitimate and condemned intentional destruction of any remnants of democracy by Putin’s regime.
EU Commission proposals to modernise Europe’s standardisation system will make it faster, increase the representation of smaller companies, and be better equipped to support the EU’s strategic interests.
The European Parliament has approved new rules to improve EU standards protecting workers from exposure to certain dangerous substances.
The EU imported some €534.1 billion worth of high-tech products in 2025 and exported €566.5 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of €32.4 billion, according to Eurostat.
The European Commission has adopted a package on pre-EU-enlargement policy reviews, setting out policy orientations and actions needed to prepare the EU for future enlargements to Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine.
