New EU laws risk promoting ‘downcycling’ of plastic bottles, industry warns
By: EBR | Friday, May 13, 2022
European Commission plans to include mandatory recycled content targets for all plastics in a makeover of packaging laws expected this summer risk derailing attempts by plastic bottle manufacturers to reach closed loop recycling, the industry has warned
Turkey Report: Persistently further from EU values and standards
By: EBR | Friday, May 13, 2022
Without clear and significant progress in EU-related reforms, Parliament cannot envisage resuming accession negotiations with Turkey, warn MEPs in a report adopted on Thursday
Fit for 55: MEPs back CO2 emission standards for cars and vans
By: EBR | Thursday, May 12, 2022
Environment Committee MEPs are in favour of a pathway towards zero-emission road mobility in 2035 for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles
Resentment for Ukrainian refugees grows in central and eastern Europe
By: EBR | Thursday, May 12, 2022
The welcome citizens of Central and Eastern Europe first showed Ukrainian refugees is slowly waning, especially in more pro-Russian countries like Slovakia and Bulgaria, where refugee “privileges” are being criticised, and comparisons to the 2015 refugee crisis are now being made
EU lawmakers may push 70% emission cut on carmakers by 2030
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 11, 2022
The European Parliament’s environment committee (ENVI) is due to vote on mandatory CO2 standards for car manufacturers on Wednesday (11 May), with the possibility of calling for a 70% reduction target by 2030
European Commission and EIB sign an Agreement to enable further investments worldwide
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 11, 2022
European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an ambitious Guarantee Agreement through which the European Commission will support up to €26.7 billion of EIB financial operations
State of play in social economy finance in the EU
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Trying to push the social economy as a flourishing sector of the economy, the EU is using a variety of ways to overcome the tension at the heart of the social economy: How do you attract money to a sector that defines itself as not being about the money?
Now is the time to be ambitious and audacious with the EU’s future
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Europe Day is supposed to mark the conclusion of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE)
Eurobarometer on the European Year of Youth: Young Europeans are increasingly engaged
By: EBR | Monday, May 9, 2022
Commission published its Flash Eurobarometer on Youth and Democracy, conducted between 22 February and 4 March 2022
EU citizens may sue countries for health-damaging dirty air, top court adviser says
By: EBR | Friday, May 6, 2022
Citizens in European Union countries may be able to sue their governments for financial compensation if illegal levels of air pollution damage their health, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday
Eurobarometer: Europeans approve EU’s response to the war in Ukraine
By: EBR | Friday, May 6, 2022
A Flash Eurobarometer survey in all EU Member States published today shows large consensus among EU citizens in favour of the EU’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s War in Ukraine Must Change the EU
By: EBR | Friday, May 6, 2022
The EU needs to plan now for a new policy toward its Eastern neighbors. It cannot wait for Russia to end its destruction of Ukraine or destabilize other countries in the region
EXPLAINER: Why the EU may find it tough to squeeze out Russian oil
By: EBR | Thursday, May 5, 2022
The European Union has proposed a phased embargo of Russian oil but may find it tricky to implement, given Europe’s complex distribution network and challenges in tracking crude once it is blended or refined
Olaf and Volodymyr: A Double Portrait
By: EBR | Thursday, May 5, 2022
The politician who had prepared himself all his life for his top role flops. Meanwhile, the man who had made a career as a comedian on TV turns out to be a very determined and successful statesman
European Health Union: A European Health Data Space for people and science
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 4, 2022
European Commission launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), one of the central building blocks of a strong European Health Union
Made in Ukraine: The EU’s Emerging Real(ist) Power
By: EBR | Wednesday, May 4, 2022
As Russia continues its war in Ukraine, the EU’s security and defense policies are undergoing major shifts. Brussels may finally be getting real(ist) about hard power
EU proposal to tackle abusive lawsuits against journalists could be a game changer
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Journalists and watchdogs deserve better protection against the ‘lawfare’ of powerful politicians or businesses as the new EU anti-SLAPP initiative could turn the worrying trend of weaponising laws and courts to silence critical voices in Europe
European political parties: oversight nowhere in sight?
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 3, 2022
European institutions must strengthen oversight of the funding of European parties, writes Louis Drounau, who gives an example of potential maladministration
Is the EU at war with Putin?
By: EBR | Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Helping Ukraine against the aggressor is a duty for all Europeans but there is a fine line between assisting Kyiv and waging war by proxy against Vladimir Putin, who has a nuclear button
Casting an eye on the EU’s electricity market and its long-term goals
By: EBR | Friday, April 29, 2022
In order for the EU to become more energy independent, member states will need to become more inter-dependent, argues Christian Zinglersen
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