The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

The EU Commission has declared that iMessage will not fall under the Digital Markets Act because it's not designated as a "core platform service".

Apple has escaped the attention of the Digital Markets Act with its messaging app, but not, of course, with iOS.

Learn about the importance of EU law on Russian assets in the ongoing Ukraine crisis and how Canada is working towards going even further in addressing the...

Campaigners accuse government of ‘back door’ amendment to bring in pollution rule change that was defeated in Lords

Farmers across Europe demand higher prices and looser environmental rules

Remarks by head of trade authority come amid fears UK firms could be undercut ‘to extinction’

Learn about the exemption of Apple's iMessage and Microsoft's Bing from EU tech rules. Find out how these platforms benefit from special treatment.

Apple's iMessage and Microsoft's Bing search engine got a reprieve from tougher EU rules curbing how tech titans do business, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

Silicon chips are a key component of AI expansion – President Joe Biden recently signed the CHIPS Act, which gives $52 billion to build factories in the US.

As Starmer and Sunak focus their attention on winning election votes by tackling climate change, a series of sustainable trends will dominate 2024.