The European Commission wants to make rail trips between major European cities faster and easier for international travellers, and has launched a new strategy with this aim in mind.
The European Union should open its external borders to vaccinated travellers from non-EU countries, the EU Commission has proposed, but entry should be restricted if there are outbreaks of dangerous Covid variants.
Europeans may be able to travel more freely this summer with a proposed new vaccination passport. But the European Commission urges caution and calls for certificates to be free from 'discrimination'.
EU economics affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici said Tuesday the European Commission was reaching out to Italy after Rome appeared ready to lower its draft budget deficit and ease a stand-off with Brussels.
Italy's populist government appeared open Monday to reducing its draft budget deficit, boosting stocks in Milan on hopes Rome could ease a stand-off with EU officials in Brussels.
European Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Friday stepped up his criticism of an Italian politician who symbolically "trampled" the commissioner's notes rejecting Italy's budget.
Italy's eurosceptic Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is considering running for the presidency of the European Commission if a coalition of nationalist groups wins the next EU elections, he said in an interview on Thursday.
The centre-right European People's Party (EPP) on Tuesday nominated Italian Antonio Tajani as its candidate for head of the European Parliament to succeed German Socialist Martin Schulz, who has said he will step down in January.
The EU is seeking information from Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal to determine if they have illegally supported their frail banks, officials said on Tuesday.
Italy's roads are getting safer, although the number of deaths is still higher than the regional average, the European Commission said. The data follows a survey which found that Italy produces Europe's most reckless drivers.
The European Commission may launch an infringement procedure against Italy over its treatment of the Roma community, a rights organization said on Tuesday.
Italy said on Monday it was pledging "additional measures" to reduce its structural budget deficit by 0.3 percent of GDP in 2015, after it was warned by the European Commission it risked breaching EU fiscal rules.
Italy and France moved a step closer on Wednesday to having their budgets humiliatingly sanctioned by Brussels, with four other countries also in the EU danger zone, a European source said.
Italy is the worst country in Europe at applying EU law, proving to be especially bad when it comes to employment rules, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi admitted on Wednesday that EU funding to Italy has been misspent but shrugged off criticism from the economic bloc that Italy is “a country without strategy”.
Italians tried to con the EU out of €68.5 million worth of funds last year - by far the highest figure out of all European countries - new statistics show.
Enrico Letta, Italy's former prime minister, on Tuesday dispelled rumours that he could replace José Manuel Barroso as the new head of the European Commission.
Just days before the EU elections, a poll found that Italians are falling out of love with Europe. From immigration to the economy, not to mention their own politicians, The Local looks at the reasons behind Italians' growing Euroscepticism.
Former Italian prime minister Mario Monti has been handed the thorny task of finding new sources of funding for the EU budget, European authorities announced on Tuesday.
Just days after Switzerland voted in favour of imposing limits on the influx of migrants from the EU, a new European Union study revealed the economic benefits of freedom of movement as well as the positive impact on integration.
