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Barbara Moens

EU Correspondent

Barbara Moens is an EU correspondent for the FT in Brussels, covering tech, digital and competition policy. Before joining the FT, she was chief EU correspondent at Politico Europe.
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  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
    Europe Express
    EU still divided over Trump tariff response as deadline looms Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Why von der Leyen will win the parliament battle but risks losing the war

    European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen attends a press conference at Marselisborg Castle in Aarhus, Denmark on July 3 2025
  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    Shein
    Shein hit with €40mn fine in France over misleading discounts

    Regulators found the fast-fashion retailer, which is facing multiple probes, also made unjustifiable environmental claims

    A customer holds her bags as she leaves a pop-up store of the Chinese-founded fast fashion brand Shein, in Dijon
  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    EU trade
    Full EU-US trade deal ‘impossible’ before deadline, says von der Leyen

    European Commission president aims for less detailed ‘agreement in principle’

    European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen
  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    Global InsightEU business regulation
    EU’s antitrust ‘ayatollahs’ face crisis of faith

    The department that defined Brussels’ muscular market liberalism is entering a profound period of change

    EU flags in Brussels
  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    EU tech regulation
    European CEOs urge Brussels to halt landmark AI Act

    The heads of Airbus and BNP Paribas join intense lobbying effort against new regulations

    Pedestrians pass the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in Brussels
  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
    European Union
    EU wants to bridge finance gap for quantum computing, says tech chief

    Brussels unveils new strategy in effort to boost funding for start-ups and reduce dependence on the US

    European Commission vice-president Henna Virkkunen
  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    Europe Express
    European parliament wades into Trump trade deal haggling Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Could late entrants to the Eurogroup race take Paschal Donohoe’s crown?

    Roberta Metsola
  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
    Apple Inc
    Apple to open App Store to competitors in EU as it seeks to avoid fines

    iPhone group will make it easier for developers to promote offerings

    The App Store in German language on an iPhone
  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Merz ‘delusional’ over US sparing German cars in EU trade deal

    Brussels has warned German chancellor not to expect UK-style carve-out for car sector in EU deal with Donald Trump

    Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks with US President Donald Trump before the Nato summit earlier this week
  • Thursday, 26 June, 2025
    Europe Express
    EU leaders shift from defence to trade as Trump looms over Brussels summit Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Is the EU watering down its AI rules?

    António Costa chairs the European Council today, in which European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen
  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    Europe Express
    Why Nato fears the worst as Trump decides on US support for Europe Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Stop diluting the Green Deal, demands EU climate chief

    US President Donald Trump, right, at a Nato leaders’ dinner at the same table as Giorgia Meloni
  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    EU state aid
    Inject equity in green industry not subsidies, EU tells capitals

    Competition chief Teresa Ribera says Brussels will allow governments to take stakes in companies

    Teresa Ribera
  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    The Big Read
    Europe’s plan to finally make its single market work 

    Three decades after it was launched, hundreds of barriers still persist within the EU. In an era of trade wars, Brussels has made it a key priority

    A montage of a 100 Euro banknote overlaid with a descending blue bar chart, surrounded by yellow stars from the European Union flag, all set against a green gradient background
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Apple Inc
    Apple locked in last-minute App Store negotiations to avoid Brussels fines

    Tech group must make concessions to comply with Digital Markets Act or be hit by escalating levies from Thursday

    Customers are silhouetted against a large, illuminated Apple logo inside an Apple store
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    EU immigration
    EU should use trade deals to send back migrants, says Belgian minister

    Anneleen Van Bossuyt suggests measures echoing Donald Trump’s negotiation tactics

    Asylum seekers’ tents in Brussels, Belgium
  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    Euro
    France pushes for joint debt to bolster international role of euro

    EU leaders to discuss measures aimed at making single currency more attractive on global markets

    Euro banknotes including values of 100, 50, 20 and 10
  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    US companies
    Google suffers blow at EU’s top court over record €4.12bn competition fine

    ECJ adviser supports Brussels regulators’ findings over dominance of tech giant’s Android mobile operating system

    The image shows a sign for Google's headquarters at 1625 Charleston Road, Mountain View, California. A green Android statue filled with colorful objects is visible in the background. A person and a child are walking nearby, partially obscured by trees.
  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    Mars Inc
    EU prepares to investigate Mars-Kellanova deal

    European regulators poised to launch antitrust probe into food group’s takeover of Pringles and Pop-Tarts maker

    Pringles crisps
  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    EU trade
    EU weighs UK-style trade deal with US

    Brussels pushes for agreement that could leave some tariffs in place

    Michael Clauss
  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    AliExpress
    Brussels accuses AliExpress of breaking EU digital rules

    Regulators say Chinese online marketplace has failed to enforce penalty policy on traders that post illegal content

    A person carries a large, red AliExpress Plaza shopping bag inside a retail store
  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    Europe Express
    How von der Leyen’s next EU budget is caught between party and country Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: A bid to exclude Israel from the Council of Europe

    (L-R) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
  • Tuesday, 17 June, 2025
    Europe Express
    Juncker defends EU enlargement freeze and calls for new approach Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Brussels raps Hungary’s knuckles over retail taxes

    Jean-Claude Juncker
  • Friday, 13 June, 2025
    Europe Express
    Schengen anniversary overshadowed by returning border checks Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Should the EU be more aggressive against Chinese online retailers?

    Travellers walk next to signs pointing to Schengen and non-Schengen areas after Romania’s official entry into the European area of free movement at Otopeni airport in Bucharest in March last year.
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    News in-depthAerospace & Defence
    European plans to create space champion face challenging timeline

    Hurdles to merger of Airbus, Thales and Leonardo operations come as industry struggles against Elon Musk’s Starlink

    A montage of a rocket launch, a plume of smoke and the logos of Thales, Airbus and Leonardo
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    Europe Express
    Why Meloni is keeping Italy’s citizenship referendum quiet Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Should the EU pause its landmark AI Act?

    Giorgia Meloni
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