As temperatures rise and legislation stalls, Europe’s political class does what it does best in July: vanishes. With sunscreen in hand and crises on pause, the continent’s politicians are heading for beaches and vineyards, leaving Brussels to the pigeons and interns. Democracy will resume. Eventually.

The EU is reportedly set to ramp up its investigation into Universal Music Group’s proposed Downtown Music acquisition. That’s according to multiple anonymous and ostensibly in-the-know sources cited by Reuters.

Foreign ministers from the EU's 27-member nations are meeting in Brussels in the wake of a new aid deal for Gaza, largely forged by the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

The European Commission has been accused of rigging the selection process for the next European Data Protection supervisor.

President Donald Trump's announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union will have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.

The European Commission has declared that Indonesians travelling to European Union (EU) member countries for the second time will be eligible for multiple-entry Schengen visas.

Céline Gauer, the director general of the Recovery and Resilience Task Force (or RECOVER) at the European Commission, arrived in Romania on Tuesday, July 15, to meet with officials regarding the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan,

The European Union on Monday called in representatives from Elon Musk 's xAI after the company's social network X, and chatbot Grok, generated and spread anti-semitic hate speech, including praise for Adolf Hitler, last week. A spokesperson for the European Commission told CNBC via e-mail that a technical meeting will take place on Tuesday.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled a proposal for a long-term EU budget that she says will total $2.3 trillion.