Entity

European Union

The 27-nation political and economic union — a single market and regulatory superpower whose rules ripple worldwide.

As of 31 Oct 2026Last evidence 31 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Germany and other EU countries block von der Leyen's plan to give Canada 'associate membership'

    Reported event · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

  • UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants 'honest discussion' on return to EU free movement

    Reported event · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Italian military helicopter on EU peacekeeping mission crashes in Bosnia

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

  • EU investors rank crypto above retirement plans for lasting wealth creation: OKX survey

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Iran War Hikes EU’s Oil Import Bill By $11 Billion Per Month

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

All 10 events and claims involving European Union

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 407 mentions on 31 Oct 2026, against 367 on 10 Oct 2026 (+11%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from rising to steady on 31 Oct 2026 (5 changes recorded since 19 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 30 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “U.S. agrees to a new trade deal with "European Union" before 2027?” moved from 7% to 6% Yes since 16 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

10,786 documents · 606 publishers · 8% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 31 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.084: about 92% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 7 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside European Union

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

FranceGermanyRussiaChinaAIUkraineTrumpUnited StatesImmigrationItaly

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 407 mentions on 31 Oct 2026 with 367 on 10 Oct 2026 (+11%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +70% from 16 Sept 2026 to 31 Oct 2026, between 119 and 474 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions European Union, day by day.

Market price, cited

6% Yes

priced 30 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 7% → 6% Yes (-1pts, from 17 Sept 2026 to 30 Oct 2026)

on “U.S. agrees to a new trade deal with "European Union" before 2027?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about European Union

“U.S. agrees to a new trade deal with "European Union" before 2027?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving European Union

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Germany and other EU countries block von der Leyen's plan to give Canada 'associate membership'

    Reported event · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • Germany and other EU countries block von der Leyen's plan to give Canada 'associate membership' · reported by two · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 6 separate publishers
    • Canada and EU drop associate membership plan in bid to deepen ties · reported by two · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 2 separate publishers

  • UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants 'honest discussion' on return to EU free movement

    Reported event · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • UK PM Burnham says he wants to discuss a return to EU freedom of movement · reported by two · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers
    • UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants 'honest discussion' on return to EU free movement · corroborated · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers

  • Italian military helicopter on EU peacekeeping mission crashes in Bosnia

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • EU investors rank crypto above retirement plans for lasting wealth creation: OKX survey

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Iran War Hikes EU’s Oil Import Bill By $11 Billion Per Month

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • 11 EU countries vow to release 42.6 million barrels of oil after G7 pledge

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • EU and Canada seek deeper trade ties as €130 billion partnership expands

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • PM Carney expects finalise talks for Canada as EU’s first associate member by June

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • EU Commission proposes expanded intervention and return powers for 30,000-strong Frontex

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Dialogue with EU on Ukraine necessary as Europe wants to continue war — Kremlin aide

    Reported claim · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

Walk the record from European Union

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European Union

Entity.

Evidence
10,786 documents · 606 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 17 Apr 2026, last seen 31 Oct 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
31 Oct 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

For machines: this record as JSON

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names European Union, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about European Union

Markets whose question is about European Union or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to European Union and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

No other open market in the record is materially about European Union: none names it as the subject of its question or as a party in it.

1 more open market joined to European Union but not about it
  • 53% Yes

    “Will EU emergency diesel stocks be at least 35M tonnes at end of October 2026?”

    Polymarket · priced 31 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · close date not stated in the question

What it connects to

Related records.

Recorded history

  • 31 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 29 Oct 2026

  • 29 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 27 Oct 2026

  • 27 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 21 Oct 2026

  • 21 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

  • 19 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 10 Oct 2026

5 changes recorded since 19 Oct 2026, newest first.

Ask about European UnionWatch European Union

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 31 Oct 2026.