The European Publishers Council, together with the UK’s Publishers Association and the Booksellers Association, is asking the UK government to work with the European Union to secure an exemption for publishing from the EU import tax on small packages. This is in line with the UNESCO Florence Agreement, which supports the free movement of cultural and educational materials. Read the full letter:

At a time when the European Union is investing heavily in democratic resilience, media freedom and the fight against disinformation, a profound contradiction is emerging at the heart of the digital economy. As Google expands AI Overviews and AI Mode across search, Google is rapidly reshaping search from a referral service into an answer engine that extracts, synthesises and presents information directly to users. This raises a critical question for European policymakers: What

On this Europe Day, media organisations and journalists across the continent come together to reaffirm their shared commitment to a strong, democratic, and united Europe. Europe is facing profound and complex challenges. At a time when anti-democratic forces are gaining ground globally, and disinformation threatens to erode trust within our societies, the role of independent, pluralistic media has never been more essential. Europe is more than a political or economic project.

The European Publishers Council (EPC) today wholeheartedly welcomed the provisional political agreement reached between the Council and the European Parliament on a targeted revision of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). This crucial agreement officially excludes printed products, including newspapers, magazines, and books, from the scope of the Regulation.

Books, newspapers and magazines do not cause deforestation — yet they remain included under the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). This risks harming Europe’s press and book sectors without adding any environmental value. EPC together with other associations representing Europe’s press and publishing industries, strongly call on MEPs to support Amendment 65 , which restores the original Commission proposal and excludes finished printed products from the EUDR’s scope. Excludi