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Improving and designing public policies to combat gender-based violence is one of the priorities of Spain’s term at the helm of the rotating presidency of the EU Council, which it will hold until the end of 2023.

Spanish minister affirms support for EU directive to stop violence against women

By: EBR | Thursday, September 21, 2023

As EU institutions continue negotiations on the directive to combat violence against women, Irene Montero, Spain’s acting Minister for Equality, affirmed her commitment to addressing gender-based violence

The report shows the progress made with the RRF to increase Member States’ economic and social resilience and deliver on REPowerEU, the EU’s response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

NextGenerationEU: Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility firmly underway

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 20, 2023

The Commission has adopted its second annual report on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility

In four years von der Leyen has transformed herself from a little-known German politician into the instantly recognisable figurehead of a more outgoing Europe.

How upbeat should the EU’s messaging be?

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Is Ursula von der Leyen sending the right messages to public opinion?

EU fiscal rules underpin the value of the euro used by 20 countries and set a limit on budget deficits of 3% of GDP and a public debt limit of 60% of GDP.

EU ministers agree on fiscal reform ‘camino’, aim for year-end deal

By: EBR | Monday, September 18, 2023

European Union finance ministers backed a timeline calling for the reform of the bloc’s fiscal rules by the end of the year as they look to balance debt cuts with investing in an individually tailored yet equal way

On the defence budget hikes, he said there would be “a unanimous agreement between the three institutions to support this proposal because everyone understands after the Russian invasion in Ukraine that this is important”.

European Parliament supports increase in 2024 defence budgets

By: EBR | Monday, September 18, 2023

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the European Parliament has backed the Commission’s proposal to spend more money on defence in next year’s EU budget even though financial resources are scarce

First-quarter emissions fell in 21 of the 27 EU member states. Bulgaria achieved the biggest fall in greenhouse gases of any EU state, with year-on-year emissions down 15.2%, followed by Estonia (-14.7%) and Slovenia (-9.6%).

Which EU countries are making the most progress with their emissions reductions?

By: EBR | Monday, September 18, 2023

European Union greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.9% in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period a year earlier

Ahead of the meeting, analysts had been sharply divided over whether the ECB would lift rates again or finally take a pause due to mounting signs of the economic strain on the 20 countries that use the euro.

ECB hikes key rate to record high, defying calls for pause

By: EBR | Friday, September 15, 2023

The European Central Bank hiked a key interest rate to a record high as it battles soaring inflation, defying calls for a pause to take pressure off the faltering eurozone economy

In practice, the EPP’s statute requires it to hold a primary to select a Spitzenkandidat ahead of next June. And von der Leyen, therefore, needs to formally decide whether she wants a second term in the coming weeks.

SOTEU is over, what next?

By: EBR | Thursday, September 14, 2023

Short of spelling it out in technicolour behind her podium, Ursula von der Leyen could hardly have been clearer about her intention to seek a second term as European Commission president

Observers believed she would trumpet the successes of her team, from driving the digital and green transition to handling two major challenges for Europe – the war and the COVID pandemic – but remained vague on the big question of whether she plans to run for a second mandate.

SOTEU: Von der Leyen addresses Europe as elections approach

By: Euractiv | Thursday, September 14, 2023

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined her policy priorities to EU lawmakers in Strasbourg

Even with the EU’s significant sanctions on Russia, Czechia recorded its highest Russian oil imports since 2012.

Czechia’s growing dependence on Russian oil raises concerns

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Czechia has dramatically increased its reliance on Russian oil, with imports via the Druzhba pipeline reaching 65% this year, up from 56% in the previous year

“We’re better off working hand in hand [to develop] a much more proactive [and] innovative industrial strategy” and agree to an EU-wide policy that “better protects our industrial interests relative to China and the US”, Le Maire told

Paris pushes to bring Berlin onboard with more ‘innovative’ EU industrial policy

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 13, 2023

There is no time to lose for Germany and France to finally sit down and build an ambitious EU industrial policy which will protect European industries vis-a-vis the US and China

But Vestager, who is leading the race alongside Spanish Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Nadia Calvino, said on Friday she’d be willing to take more investment risks as EIB chief, and was open – out of “pragmatism” – to support nuclear and defence funding.

EIB presidency race: Vestager open to EU financing of nuclear and defence

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 12, 2023

With the race for the presidency of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in its final stretch, former EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said she would be ready to consider EIB financing for defence and nuclear

Successive Franco-German president-chancellor duos have repeatedly managed to move the relationship between the two countries forward with joint trademark projects: from the Elysee Treaty of Adenauer and De Gaulle to Merkel and Macron’s Next Generation EU fund.

Has the Franco-German tandem entered an interregnum under Scholz?

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 12, 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is running out of time to shape a joint Franco-German legacy with French President Emmanuel Macron

In policy terms, the speech she delivers in Strasbourg on Wednesday (13 September) will – for some – be much ado about not much.

SOTEU: Little new policy but plenty of politics ahead of von der Leyen’s key speech

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 12, 2023

The text of Ursula von der Leyen’s last State of the Union speech before next June’s European elections is one of the best-kept secrets in Brussels

Most Slovak parties have unclear or opposing positions to new Russia sanctions, making Slovakia a possible ally of Hungary when voting after September.

Most Slovak parties do not support new Russia sanctions

By: EBR | Monday, September 11, 2023

Only four of the nine parties likely to get into parliament after the 30 September snap elections support sanctions against Putin’s regime

“Oh my God, 55% of Austria’s gas continues to come from Russia,” Selmayr lamented in Vienna on Wednesday night. Paying for continued Russian supplies was tantamount to helping finance its war against Ukraine, and no one protested, he added.

EU ambassador summoned for criticising Austria’s Russian gas dependence

By: EBR | Friday, September 8, 2023

Austria’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the head of the EU Commission’s representation in Austria, Martin Selmayr, over his comments highlighting the country’s continued dependence on Russian gas flows

Between January and the end of June this year, there were 519,000 such requests made in the 27-nation bloc and associated countries Switzerland and Norway, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) said.

EU sees asylum requests jump 28% so far in 2023

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 5, 2023

The number of migrants lodging asylum applications in the EU has jumped 28% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year

The rules, which aim to limit budget deficits and debt, are due to be re-implemented in 2024 and the EU is racing to establish a new rule book acceptable to all member states, with Italy favouring a more lenient approach than some northern European governments.

EU’s Gentiloni confident over budget rule deal by year-end deadline

By: EBR | Monday, September 4, 2023

European Union Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni said he was confident an agreement over re-implementing EU debt rules would be reached by year-end

“Better planning in the fight against fires is needed, as well as better cooperation between the fire services and the specialists in geomorphology of wooded zones,” Dimitrakopoulos argued – geomorphology being the scientific study of the form or shape of the land.

Experts blame poor government preparation for Greek fires’ devastation

By: EBR | Monday, September 4, 2023

While the Greek government has been quick to blame global warming for the summer’s devastating wildfires, some experts argue that poor planning is at least as much to blame

With Germany’s latest declaration and Italy’s accelerated plans to reactivate, Europe could soon find itself drawn with member states picking sides on nuclear and reliance on fossil fuels, particularly Russian gas.

Germany, Italy highlight growing European nuclear divide

By: EBR | Monday, September 4, 2023

Germany’s place as the leader of Europe’s anti-nuclear lobby has been further solidified as Chancellor Olaf Sholz doubled down on his view that nuclear has no place in the country’s energy mix

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