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The two major political parties, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and People's Party agree to renew the members of the General Council of the Judiciary after five years of blockade and the necessary mediation by the European Commission to reach an agreement.
2024-06-25

The European Council agrees to open talks on Bosnia and Herzegovina's membership of the European Union days after the recommendation by the European Commission.
2024-03-21

The European Commission authorizes the use of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine after the European Medicines Agency recommended the use of the vaccine, becoming the fifth vaccine to be approved for use by the European Union.
2021-12-20

The European Commission grants the approval of single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine for general use. It comes after the European Medicines Agency recommends the conditional marketing authorisation for the vaccine.
2021-03-11

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker hold a summit in Tokyo and sign a deal creating an open trade zone between their states.
2018-07-17

Poland's ruling Law and Justice proposes changes to planned judicial reforms in response to European Union criticisms the plans threaten judicial independence. The European Commission is threatening Poland with sanctions over the reforms.
2018-03-22

The European Commission scraps the draft legislation that would have permitted the EBA regulator to order "too big to fail" banks to split off their trading activities, citing "no foreseeable agreement" in sight on criteria. The draft was supposed to be the EU's answer to the United States' Volcker Rule.
2017-10-24

Negotiators for the European Commission and the United States agree on a pact protecting data transfers across the North Atlantic by companies such as Google and Amazon, imposing on such companies certain privacy shield obligations.
2016-02-2

The European Commission fines Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SDI, Panasonic, Toshiba and Technicolor a total of €1.47 bn for fixing prices of TV cathode-ray tubes.
2012-12-5

The European Commission states that the combined eurozone economy is likely to contract by 0.3% in 2012, as an ongoing debt crisis and high unemployment continue to wrack the 17 euro-using nations.
2012-05-12