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Key provisions agreed by MEPs for those issuing and trading crypto-assets (including asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens) cover transparency, disclosure, authorisation and supervision of transactions.

Cryptocurrencies in the EU: new rules to boost benefits and curb threats

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 15, 2022

MEPs agreed on draft rules on supervision, consumer protection and environmental sustainability of crypto-assets, including cryptocurrencies such as bitcoins

Negotiators agreed that the IPI measures will apply to tenders worth at least €15 million for works and concessions, for example road or bridge construction, and €5 million for goods and services, such as the purchasing of computers.

International public procurement instrument: New tool to support EU firms

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 15, 2022

The EU will have more leverage to push for the opening up of global procurement markets following an informal deal on the shape of the new tool on Monday evening

"With Putin’s war in Ukraine, it is crystal clear that Europe must become more independent from fossil energy – more than ever before," said Markus Pieper, a German MEP who is the Parliament’s lead lawmaker on the renewable energy directive.

Widespread support in EU Parliament for 45% renewable energy target

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 15, 2022

In reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is growing support across the European Parliament to increase the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target and break away from Russian fossil fuels, lawmakers from across the political spectrum told EURACTIV

Further issues surrounding radioactive waste treatment and storage solutions undermine both the social acceptance of nuclear technology and its reputability in the eyes of stakeholders.

EU’s beleaguered nuclear industry eyes a comeback

By: EBR | Monday, March 14, 2022

With ambitious decarbonisation targets and an ongoing energy price crisis, the EU is reconsidering the role of nuclear in its energy mix. But any nuclear renaissance will depend on state support and an evolving political landscape

“Your work shouldn’t give you cancer,” said Marianne Vind, Danish MEP from the S&D group.

MEPs call for more protection for workers

By: EBR | Friday, March 11, 2022

Parliament gave a green light for a new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work, that includes better protection of workers from exposure to harmful substances, stress at work and repetitive motion injuries

The 38-member “Committee of inquiry to investigate the use of the Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware” will investigate alleged breaches of EU law in the use of the surveillance software by, among others, Hungary and Poland

Three new committees on Pegasus spyware, foreign interference and COVID-19

By: EBR | Friday, March 11, 2022

Parliament has set up three new committees to look into the use of spyware by EU governments, malicious foreign interference, and lessons from the pandemic

Russia also increasingly resorted to these kinds of cyberattacks in the run-up to its invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian cyber-activism could backfire, expert warns

By: EBR | Friday, March 11, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought an unprecedented level of cyberactivism, though attacks seem to contribute little to strategic objectives and could even have negative effects

Europe’s energy independence from Russia, including in its financial aspects, will be a key topic of discussion at a two-day summit in Versailles hosted by the French EU presidency.

EU leaders seek escape route from Russian fossil fuels, weigh energy investment plan

By: EBR | Thursday, March 10, 2022

European Union leaders will tackle ways to wean themselves off Russian fossil fuels on Thursday (10 March) and debate how quickly to ditch their key supplier, with countries split over whether to sanction oil and gas imports as Moscow wages war in Ukraine

The European Health Data Space is the first of the Common European data spaces, which will cover sectors such as finance, energy and mobility.

LEAK: The EU Commission’s data space for unleashing health data

By: EBR | Thursday, March 10, 2022

The European Commission is set to propose a new governance framework for health data with cross-border interoperability requirements and a pan-European infrastructure in the first sectorial legislation of this kind

The EU will develop a binding framework to monitor and report on member states’ progress towards phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.

Parliament adopts EU environmental objectives until 2030

By: EBR | Thursday, March 10, 2022

MEPs endorsed on Thursday the EU environment programme until 2030, which aims to accelerate the EU’s transition to a climate-neutral, clean, circular and wellbeing economy

"Fast-tracking Ukraine’s membership into the EU seems more of a symbolic option since candidate status is no guarantee of accession. Despite acknowledging such a move’s political weight and dramatic circumstances, there is also hesitation from many member states".

The West has limited options

By: EBR | Thursday, March 10, 2022

There is a lot the West can do to make Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ‘pay a price’ for his Ukrainian war. But these options are limited by the extent of the cost the West is ultimately willing to bear

Member States’ reforms are supported by the TSI, with a total budget of €116.8 million for the year 2022.

Commission supports 225 reform projects in Member States to improve their resilience, create jobs and growth

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Today, the Commission approved 225 projects under the Technical Support Instrument (TSI), to support Member States

EU members, in particular Germany, have been following increasingly restrictive energy policies with an enormous dependence upon Russian supplies and now need to find immediate relief in this hour of crisis.

The EU must pull out all stops to save energy

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 9, 2022

The EU must initiate a comprehensive energy-saving programme as the most effective short-term instrument to provide relief from the energy crisis

"The EU looking into speeding up its move towards energy independence comes at a time when Brussels is revising its directive and regulation on gas".

10 measures the EU should adopt to reduce Russian gas dependency

By: EBR | Friday, March 4, 2022

The International Energy Agency has presented the EU with 10 measures to reduce its dependence on Russian natural gas within a year, without it having to abandon its environmental objectives set out in the Green Deal

Cancer is the first cause of work-related deaths in the EU, responsible for 52% of annual occupational deaths, “and that is far too much,” said French MEP from ID group and member of legal affairs committee, Gilles Lebreton.

EU steps up workers’ protection against carcinogenic substances

By: EBR | Friday, March 4, 2022

On Thursday (3 March) the Council gave the final green light to an update on the EU rules on reducing workers’ exposure to carcinogens, mutagens, or reprotoxic substances, addressing the first cause of work-related deaths in Europe

Many peatlands have been drained to increase the soil productivity for agriculture or forestry, releasing this carbon into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

LEAK: 70% of EU’s drained peatlands must be restored by 2050, says Commission

By: EBR | Thursday, March 3, 2022

Member states will have to restore at least 70% of drained peatlands under agricultural use by 2050, of which at least half is rewetted, according to a leak of the nature restoration regulation proposal

Yet despite this favourable growth path, Africa will need to adapt its landscapes and infrastructure to the consequences of climate change by combining its own expertise with that of development partners, including European countries.

Energy and climate should be at the heart of EU–Africa relationship

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Policymakers need to put energy and climate policy at the heart of a new EU–Africa partnership

The real heroes are the people working in the city services, such as energy engineers and city transport drivers, who continue to do their everyday work to supply normal life in the most prominent Ukrainian city, providing people with electricity, water, connection, and food.

‘Learning to live in the new war mode’

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 1, 2022

The Russian military campaign has lost its dynamics, so the main tactics of the Russian war criminals are terrorism against the civilian population

New own-initiative report suggests that we should make better use of cohesion policy to reduce health inequalities.

Could EU’s cohesion policy be the health hero we always needed?

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 1, 2022

A new European Parliament’s own-initiative report suggests that we should better use the cohesion policy fund to reduce health inequalities

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been causing knock-on effects globally.

Europe at war: 6 charts showing the impact on financial markets

By: EBR | Monday, February 28, 2022

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine this week, sparking a slew of sanctions and turmoil in global financial markets

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