BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic will participate in a meeting of G7 trade ministers later on Monday to discuss the uncertainty created by U.S. President Donald Trump's introduction of new blanket 15% tariffs after a U.

The European Union’s top diplomats met with the director of the Board of Peace in Brussels following a shaky and controversial embrace of U.S.

The European Fund, the largest and most controversial element of the €2 trillion seven-year budget, would merge historically separate spending lines, such as agriculture and cohesion envelopes, with new priorities, such as defence, under 27 so-called national plans (NRPPs).

BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The European Union has imposed sanctions on a new group of eight individuals suspected of serious human rights violations and of undermining the rule of law in Russia, the Council said on Monday in a statement.

Hungary has blocked an agreed €90bn EU loan for Ukraine aimed at stabilising the war-torn country’s finances, just days before the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Europe's asking for answers about US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 15% global tax, or tariff, on imports.

Sanofi and Bavarian Nordics are amongst the recipients of contracts that will run for around eight years to help bring new products to market.

The EU’s rights agency reports that women fleeing the Ukraine war are experiencing high levels of physical, sexual and psychological violence across member states