The European Parliament gave formal approval Wednesday to the new team and programme of EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, with her College of Commissioners expected to take office on 1 December.

With a gradually recovering economy, the EU set out plans Tuesday for reforms and investments laying the foundations for long-term economic stability and sustainable growth.

The EU’s Erasmus+ learning mobility programme, with a total budget of over €4.5 billion in 2023, provided student exchange and training opportunities to more than 1.3 million students and teachers.

Around 50 million women aged 18-74 in the EU experience physical or sexual violence, according to figures released on Monday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

The EU formally challenged the provisional anti-dumping measures imposed by China on imports of EU brandy Monday, with a tabling a request for consultations at the World Trade Organization.

The EU Council agreed Wednesday to postpone for a year EU deforestation obligations so that companies can comply with the law that ensures products sold in the EU are not sourced from deforested land.