EU Insider News

Jul 17, 2026

Brussels Accepts X's Plan to Fix Its Digital Services Act Breaches

The Commission signed off on Elon Musk's platform's roadmap to open up ad data and researcher access — over the objections of its own advisory board.

Business & Economy

Jul 17, 2026

IMF Cuts Euro Area Growth Forecast as Middle East War Bites

The Fund's 2026 verdict on the eurozone: growth down to 0.9%, inflation back up to 2.9%, and the risks tilted firmly to the downside.

News & Analysis

Jul 17, 2026

Europe's Last Border Fence Comes Down as Gibraltar Joins Schengen

At midnight on 15 July the fence between Gibraltar and Spain came down, the last hard border on Europe's mainland. A new EU-UK treaty folds the territory into the Schengen travel zone and closes a Brexit dispute that ran for more than four years.

The Europe Debate

Jul 17, 2026

A Think Tank's New Case: Europe Can't Defend Itself Without Ukraine

A new Wilfried Martens Centre paper argues the real question is no longer whether Ukraine can join the EU, but whether Europe can defend itself without Kyiv's battlefield experience and drone-innovation edge.