EU’s 2050 net zero goals at risk as EV rollout faces setbacks
The EU needs to rethink its policies to make a 2035 ban on new petrol car sales feasible as electric vehicles (EVs) remain unaffordable and alternative fuel options are not credible, the EU’s external auditor said
Nuclear gains favour in Europe, but financing struggles remain
By: EBR | Thursday, April 25, 2024
Though EU countries remain divided about nuclear power, the insecurity brought on by the war in Ukraine has sparked increased interest from politicians not seen in decades
Centre-right EPP fails to topple EU ethics body against tight majority
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The centre-right European People’s Party’s attempt to block the adoption of an agreement to create an ethics body overseeing all of the EU institutions failed
Ukraine to deny consular services to military-age men living abroad
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Ukraine suspended consular services for military-age male citizens until 18 May, criticising Ukrainians abroad who it said expected to receive help from the state without helping it battle for survival
Migration will decide the EU elections: True or false?
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The European elections will be won or lost on the issue of immigration
A ‘difficult’ summit: Corporate tax, single supervision scrapped from conclusions
By: EBR | Friday, April 19, 2024
European Council President Charles Michel said the EU leaders’ competitiveness summit was tough, but significant decisions were still taken
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By: EBR | Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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Draghi: EU must enact ‘radical change’ as US and China refuse to ‘play by the rules’
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Europe must undergo “radical change” to remain competitive in the face of China and the United States’ refusal to “play by the rules” of international trade, the former president of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi said
Former Catalan president to leave politics if he doesn’t win regional elections
By: EBR | Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Former Catalan president and leader of the right-wing separatist Together for Catalonia (JxCat), Carles Puigdemont, will quit politics if he does not win the snap regional elections on 12 May
Defending Europe: Brussels must be the cornerstone of EU security
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Brussels is on the warpath, and not before time
Europe’s Radical Right Is Formidable—but not Unstoppable
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Europe’s political landscape is changing rapidly, with the dominant trend favoring the radical right
EU gives "take off" for more environmental-friendly skies
By: EBR | Monday, April 8, 2024
The EU Council presidency and European Parliament’s negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on the reform of the Single European Sky
Nature restoration law fails to secure support at critical member states meeting
By: EBR | Monday, April 8, 2024
Hungary’s last-minute decision to withdraw support for the proposal means that the law’s future is uncertain
Europe’s Strategic Deficit
By: EBR | Thursday, April 4, 2024
Europe has no influence over Israel’s war in Gaza
Are Farmers Fighting a Losing Battle?
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Rather than propping up the status quo, farmers should focus on the transition to more sustainable methods of food production
Bulgaria, Romania take first steps into Europe’s passport-free zone
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Bulgaria and Romania joined Europe’s Schengen area of free movement, opening up travel by air and sea without border checks after a 13-year wait
Most Poles don’t want the euro, poll shows
By: EBR | Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Nearly 70% of Poles do not want their country to join the eurozone, with voters of the conservative PiS the most sceptical according to recent polls
EU says plan to ensure critical raw materials supply is not aimed at China
By: EBR | Friday, March 29, 2024
A senior European Union official denied that the bloc’s recently agreed-upon plan to diversify its supply of strategically critical raw materials targets China
From abortion rights to assisted dying: Macron’s 180-degree shift
By: EBR | Tuesday, March 26, 2024
In the latest episode of our Today in the EU podcast, we are looking at how European elections have impacted French President Emmanuel Macron’s policy choices
Lawmakers hopeful Franco-German parliament can smooth intergovernmental relations
By: EBR | Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Five years ago, Germany and France created the world’s first binational parliament, but as relations between the countries’ two leaders remain rocky, lawmakers remain hopeful it can stop the situation from worsening