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Habeck’s call for a “robust European response” was read by many as a departure from the long-standing German position – to regulate instead of subsidising the economic sphere – towards something France has been long aiming for.

A toothless German response to the US Inflation Reduction Act?

By: EBR | Thursday, December 1, 2022

The speech by German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gave the impression of an almost paradigmatic shift in German economic thinking

After 180 days it would be 75% of the cost up to 60 zlotys. Those unable to work because of their age or disability would be excluded, as would pregnant women, according to the plan.

Poland to charge Ukrainian refugees for government-provided housing

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Poland plans to charge Ukrainian refugees for food and housing after 4 months of staying in state accommodation

African countries are influential in all the above bar the EU. Speaking broadly, Africa and the EU collectively cover the full spectrum from the affluent countries most committed to ambitious targets, to the poorest countries most impacted by climate change.

Africa-EU partnership post-COP27

By: EBR | Monday, November 28, 2022

An alignment of positions between Africa and Europe at UN climate conferences would have a very good chance of adoption

The EU argues the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act, to take effect in January, will make the United States a world leader in the electric vehicle market at its expense.

EU demands quick fix from US of green subsidy law

By: EBR | Monday, November 28, 2022

European Union ministers warned that time was running out to resolve differences with Washington over US plans to give tax credits to consumers buying electric vehicles and other green products as long as they are made in North America

According to Kukies, the success of the EU reform would boil down to “how hard we negotiate” and “how clearly we communicate that we will only allow enlargement if there are institutional reforms.”

German top aide: No EU-reform, no enlargement

By: EBR | Monday, November 28, 2022

Germany will only agree to the accession of new member states if this process is accompanied by a reform of the EU in order not to jeopardise the bloc’s ability to act

The European Space Agency (ESA) said its 22 member states had agreed to provide €16.9 billion ($17.5 billion) for projects from the search for past life on Mars to climate research in 2023-25, up from 14.5 billion euros in the previous period.

Europe flags space ambitions with spending hike and new astronauts

By: EBR | Thursday, November 24, 2022

European nations agreed to boost spending on space by 17% to stay on the heels of United States and China in two days of intense bargaining overshadowed by rising energy prices

The Retained EU law bill (REUL), which is currently at the amendment stage in the UK parliament, would result in thousands of laws copied from the EU to the UK statute being “sunsetted” by the end of 2023 if ministers do not formally state that they will be kept.

UK plans to scrap thousands of EU laws ‘unfit for purpose’

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 23, 2022

The UK government’s plans to give ministers the ability to tear up around 2400 pieces of EU law on the UK statute have been dismissed as ‘unfit for purpose’ by the government’s own regulation watchdog

"The EU must tailor its future trade and investment policies to avoid vengefulness and humiliation. "

The EU never had a ’Russia Policy’, but now it should

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 22, 2022

How should the European Union deal with Russia once its war against Ukraine ends?

The EPR is part of the Commission’s proposed revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, aimed at cleaning up rivers, lakes, groundwaters and the sea while making wastewater treatment more “cost-effective”.

Commission: New wastewater rules will not jeopardise access to medicines

By: EBR | Monday, November 21, 2022

The EU Commission rejected a warning from pharmaceutical companies that extended producer responsibility (EPR) under the proposed revision of the wastewater directive could jeopardise access to medicines

“We are not looking to supplant other partnerships – and we are certainly not interested in creating new dependencies,” Borrell said when asked whether he sees the risk Europeans could repeat their mistakes with Russia with China.

EU must offer alternative to Russia and China, Borrell says

By: EBR | Monday, November 21, 2022

The EU must avoid creating new ‘dependencies’ and offer an alternative to partner countries as it reshapes its diplomatic approach after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the bloc’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell

Transport infrastructure is now facing new challenges and opportunities from energy transition and digitalization.

Innovative infrastructures needed to meet EU Green Deal

By: EBR | Friday, November 18, 2022

The massive infrastructure needed for electric vehicles is still inadequate in most EU countries, a major transport conference has been told

A memorandum of understanding about pushing back illegal migrants away from the external borders of the EU was signed by leaders of Serbia, Hungary, and Austria on Wednesday.

Austria teams up with Hungary, Serbia to end ‘asylum a la carte’

By: EBR | Thursday, November 17, 2022

The Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer wants to stop asylum seekers from picking and choosing the countries they apply for asylum in and is forming an alliance with Serbia and Hungary to that end

“For us, the Russian people are our brother people, and centuries-old history has proven it many times. Therefore, Russian-Serbian relations cannot be destroyed under any pressure,” said Vucic.

Vucic touts Russian-Serbian brotherhood as regional tensions rise

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 16, 2022

In a sign of resistance to Western calls to choose between Moscow and the West, Serbian President Aleksander Vucic said his country’s brotherly relations with Russia cannot be destroyed, and Belgrade would never succumb to pressure during a meeting with Turko Daudov

“Declining a meeting request should be explained on the basis of the recent developments in the EU-United Kingdom relations,” the Commission’s top civil servant added.

EU imposes meeting ban on UK officials

By: EBR | Thursday, November 10, 2022

EU officials have been told not to hold meetings with UK counterparts unless they are strictly related to the war in Ukraine or are ‘legally mandatory’, in the latest indication of frosty relations between Brussels and London

Since the end of the summer, there have been a series of strikes protesting job insecurity and demanding higher wages as prices continue to rise.

Strikes in Belgium, France, Greece as workers demand action

By: EBR | Thursday, November 10, 2022

Paris is bracing for another in a series of multi-sector strikes on Thursday as France’s emerging protest movement gains ground, only a day after general strikes paralysed its northern neighbour Belgium and Greece

Secours Populaire, the IPSOS survey institute, and their European partners surveyed 6,000 Europeans on the issue of precariousness in six countries: France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Poland, and the UK.

‘Social catastrophe’ at Europe’s doorstep as crisis bites

By: EBR | Monday, November 7, 2022

While stabilising energy prices and a mild early autumn have brought a welcome respite for Europeans, a new survey suggests that the crisis the continent is bracing for this winter is already here

While some of these unofficial police stations supposedly provide services like extending driver’s licenses, it is feared these may be used to investigate and threaten dissidents abroad.

Austria vows to investigate secret Chinese police stations

By: EBR | Monday, November 7, 2022

The Austrian government said it would examine the police stations China has reportedly set up in the country as such activities are prohibited and cannot be tolerated

Influential members of the conservative New Democracy party, potential rivals in any future leadership challenge to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, were among those targeted, the newspaper said.

Top Greek court orders probe into wiretap scandal report

By: EBR | Monday, November 7, 2022

Greece’s supreme court has ordered a probe into a bombshell report that more than 30 politicians, journalists and businessmen were targeted by state surveillance

Across Europe, about 10% of heat is supplied by district heating systems, which pump heat through underground water pipes across neighbourhoods or cities.

Gas crisis causes rethink of energy sources for district heating

By: EBR | Thursday, November 3, 2022

In recent years, energy companies operating large combined heat and power plants were looking to switch from coal to gas as a stepping stone towards decarbonisation

While such accusations are not new, they have become louder and more frequent following Meloni and Macron’s quiet meeting in Rome on Sunday (23 October), which made Macron the first foreign leader to have met the new Italian leader.

Accusations of far-right ‘cosying’ intensify after Macron-Meloni meet

By: EBR | Thursday, October 27, 2022

Accusations of cosying up to the far-right are flying in France after Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National backed the Left’s no-confidence motion in the government and President Emmanuel Macron met with Italy’s controversial new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni

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