Corrections & clarifications

Euractiv is committed to transparency and accountability to our audience whenever we make an error or need to clarify a story.

When a mistake is identified, or in cases where the right of reply is granted, an editor will look at the original and double check if it is appropriate to amend it. 

When approved, at the top of the text, a section is created to state that a change was made. For example, “Updated with comments from/Updated to correct a mistake relating to ***” and then the addition or correction is made in the text. If it is a significant mistake, Euractiv republishes the article on social media to give it the same visibility as the original.

As part of Euractiv's commitment to making itself accountable for mistakes, significant corrections are publicly tracked below.

3 October 

Euractiv clarified in this article that the UK left the EU in early 2020, with the trade deal occurring at the end of 2020. 

Euractiv modified this article, where it was previously written that EU tariffs and the EU-Mercosur trade deal was supported by France but not by Germany. This was clarified, as Germany opposes the tariffs and supports the deal, while France supports the tariffs and opposes the deal. 

2 October 

Euractiv corrected a mistake in this article to show the French government had been in power for 11 days, not 9 as previously written. 

1 October 

Euractiv included a quote in this article, adding in "“It is important to exclude nuclear energy and its production from all EU funding,” the German politician said."

30 September 

Euractiv clarified in this article that data for use in credit scoring is not out of reach for agencies, but illegal. 

26 September 

Euractiv updated this article, to clarify the Legacy Bill was opposed by families of victims of The Troubles, not its repeal which was suggested previously. 

Euractiv modified this article to specify the spokesperson mentioned.  

23 September 

Euractiv corrected this article to remove the reference to lawyer Vladimir Kuzmanov, as Kuzmanov was misidentified and has no link to Norta Global Ltd.

19 September 

Euractiv spotted a mistake in this article, the date of when the new commission was announced was corrected from '16 September' to '17 September'. 

Euractiv corrected the headline of this article, to correct it from 'Wentao' to the Chinese Commerce Minister's family name 'Wang'. 

18 September 

Euractiv corrected this article, correcting the timeline of the appeal from 'two weeks and ten days' to 'two months and ten days'. 

Euractiv updated this article to include comments from the European Commission and Google. 

17 September

Euractiv corrected this article to remove reference to contents of a mission letter and clarify the portfolio title. The same article was modified later to adjust the wording around the naming of the portfolio. 

Euractiv completed a sentence this article to say 'halting its expansion in Germany and Poland,” Bloomberg reported'. 

10 September

Euractiv updated this article with a quote from Anders Vistisen.

Euractiv spotted a mistake in this article, the proportion "17 male members of the college and 10 female members" was changed to "16 male members of the college and 11 female members" after Slovenia's new candidacy.

2 September

Euractiv corrected the headline of this article to reflect the fact that the elections in Thuringia and Saxony were regional, not local.

28 August

Euractiv updated this article because there was a need to modify official title of Professor Larouche to reflect his current position at the Université de Montréal rather than his previous employment at Tillburg University.

27 August

Euractiv updated this article to amend the quote of Sander Tordoir to specify data on loss-making firms in China.

26 August

Euractiv updated this article to remove a retracted comment on X.

21 August

Euractiv updated this article to add data on importance of hub for EU energy supply, and the headline was also updated.

9 August

Euractiv corrected this the headline of this article to state that the diplomats were stripped of their diplomatic status, not expelled.

Euractiv corrected this article to show that VOX is now part of the new Patriots group, not ECR.

17 July 2024

This article was corrected to clarify that the former political group of Viktor Orban was the EPP, and not ECR. 

Euractiv spotted a mistake in this article. The day of Ursula von der Leyen's potential re-election was corrected to Thursday.

Euractiv spotted a constant mistake in this article. The dates were corrected from June to July.

Euractiv updated this article to make it clear that the judgement was from the General Court of the EU. 

15 July 2024

Euractiv corrected this article by changing CCIA Europe’s (Computer & Communications Industry Association) Head of Office Daniel Friedlander's name and title.

15 July 2024

Euractiv updated this article to add further elements emerging from the debate in the European institutions.

8 July 2024

Euractiv updated this article to state the correct party of Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Moreover, some quotes from different corresponding press conferences were added.

3 July 2024

Euractiv updated this article with comments from a Green MEP.

2 July 2024

Euractiv changed this article to add Italy's plan submitted after publication

1 July 2024

Euractiv corrected this article to specify that it is the richest EU countries must cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50% from cars and trucks.

26 June 2024

Euractiv modified this article to include more specific dates concerning price of heating.

25 June 2024

Euractiv modified this article to update the day of the meetings of the political groups was updated.

24 June 2024

Euractiv spotted a mistake in this article. The French elections that take place in June 2024, are not presidential ones.

14 June 2024

Euractiv modified this article to clarify the text by adding the European Commission statement. 

11 June 2024

Euractiv corrected this article to clarify that Ľudovít Ódor was formerly prime minister of Slovakia.

Euractiv found another mistake in this article. The numbers and narrative around the EPP and Renew member parties for Luxembourg were updated to be corrected, and clarified vis-à-vis 2019.

10 June 2024

Euractiv corrected this article to better reflect the EU Parliament seat allocation.

7 June 2024

Euractiv ammended this article to clarify the position of member states in the vote.

28 May 2024

Euractiv corrected this article to better reflect political affiliation.

25 May 2024

Euractiv modified this article, to correct the voting behaviour of Denmark (Dansk Folkeparti) to an active vote.

22 May 2024

Euractiv corrected this article to update the names of the pan-European party group names with which the UK political parties are closest to.

21 May 2024

Euractiv made a change in this article to correct one mention of Israeli foreign minister to defence minister.

8 May 2024

Euractiv made a change in this article to clarify statistics on political violence.

29 April 2024

Euractiv spotted two mistakes in this article that were instantly amended: Lorna Finn's name was mispelled as Lorna Finna, and the Scottish National Party was called the Scottish Nationalist Party.

26 April 2024

Euractiv updated this article to clarify that Pascal Canfin will run in the 2024 EU elections.

24 April 2024

Euractiv updated this article to amend the quote by Falko Ueckerdt.

15 March 2024

Euractiv spotted a mistake in this article. In the sentence "The new delegation chair, Christine Anderson, will hold the seat for around twelve weeks until the European Elections will reshuffle the Parliament," the weeks were changed to "twelve weeks".

8 March 2024

Euractiv spotted a mistake in this article. The article mixed up Donald Tusk's Civic Platform with the opposition party Konfederacja. The following sentence was corrected: "Some political groups in the Polish parliament share this demand, notably the opposition right-wing Konferderacja, which wants the embargo to include poultry, eggs, frozen soft fruit, spirits, honey, and apple juice."

12 February 2024

Euractiv deleted incorrect quotation of Sylvia Limmer referencing Germany's share of renewables being 36.8%, which came through the European Parliament's interpretation service.

1 February 2024

Euractiv spotted a mistake in this article. The quote “Both houses cannot support the result. In the Council of the European Union, this has resulted in Germany abstaining, which has the effect of a ‘no’ vote,”, was changed to “Both houses cannot support the result. In the Council of the European Union, this results in Germany abstaining, which has the effect of a ‘no’ vote,”. 

1 February 2024

Euractiv spotted a mistake in this article. An earlier version of the article stated that, according to the VDA, the agreement should be split into two parts. The amended version clarifies that the VDA did not specify into how many parts the agreement should be split.

12 January 2024

Euractiv spotted a mistake in this article, referring to the "157 million fund that the Eruopean Investment Fund launched" as a "175 billion fund".

12 January 2024

Euractiv modified a sentence in this article not to lead to misunderstanding: "But while the revelation has rattled the German political scene, with high level politicians expressing favour for the ban, the Federal Government appears to be treading lightly."

11 December 2023

Euractiv spotted two mistakes in this article. The article said that Wallonia adopted the Pay-as-you-throw system "17 years ago", and the next line said that the first commune "adopted it in 2016". The text was changed to "7 years ago" and "adopted in 2015".

18 October 2023

Euractiv spotted a mistake in the following sentence of this article, 'Leader of the left-wing Podemos party Ione Belarra reiterated her condemnation of Israel for its military reprisals in Gaza on Thursday, just hours after the Israeli embassy in Madrid issued a statement accusing some Spanish government members of making “immoral statements” against Tel Aviv,' the author meant Tuesday and not Thursday.

16 October 2023

Euractiv spotted a mistake in the following dates: 'Asked who would be prime minister if the current opposition were to form a government, he immediately pointed to PO leader and former European Council President Donald Tusk, who was prime minister from 2007 until 2004.' Donald Tusk was prime minister until 2014.

5 October 2023

Euractiv spotted a mistake in the last word of this paragraph in this article. The statement took place on Wednesday, not Thursday. It should read: '“We call on the President of the Commission, Ms. von der Leyen, to put on hold, for the time being, all measures that are still planned and that entail bureaucracy or other burdens on the economy,” FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai said on Wednesday.

28 August 2023

Euractiv spotted a mistake at the beginning of this article. The original said "As for France, Macron, who met Meloni in Rome on Thursday, spoke of a “shared vision” on migration management.", however it was on Tuesday.

20 July 2023

Euractiv spotted a mistake in the last sentence of this article, and the changes should be: The African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) does not include North African states, nor South Africa, arguably the most influential African state, which decided to leave the ACP late last year, pointing to its lack of influence.

14 July 2023

Euractiv modified a sentence in this article regarding the Moroccan deposits of phosphate rock. It was previously implied in the article that these deposits are situated only in the Western Sahara region. In fact, the largest deposits, totalling 37 billion tonnes, are found in the Ouled Abdoune plateau, located next to the city of Khourigba, according to Lahcen Haddad, a university professor.

13 April 2023

Euractiv took down an article about the German Constitutional Court and its views on the legality or otherwise of generalised data retention. This was owing to a significant factual error that was the premise of the article.

16 December 2022

Euractiv corrected this story, after prematurely stating six particular names as being on the derogations list for sanctions against Russia on around fertilisers, that did not appear in the final approved text of legal sanctions.

16 December 2022

Euractiv added clarification to this story, to make clear the position of MEP Birgit Sippel on the Commission's visa liberalisation proposal for Qatar.

7 December 2022

Euractiv corrected this story, published on 7 December 2022, about Spitzenkandidaten and transnational lists to reflect that the source document being used was not "Council conclusions" as originally mentioned but a paper for discussion.