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 Commission has published calls for projects to award EU funds worth a total of just over €204 million to propel the deployment and take up of innovative digital technologies across Europe.

The latest figures on EU Ecolabel-certified products and licences, released today, show the EU Ecolabel gaining momentum and appearing on more and more environmentally friendly products.

The EU Commission has set out a proposal to protect the EU steel sector from unfair impacts of global overcapacity, reducing tariff-free import volumes by nearly half and doubling the level of out-of-quota tariffs to 50 per cent.