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The survey confirms the large support for the EU’s response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Eurobarometer: Europeans set defence and energy autonomy as key priorities for 2022

By: EBR | Thursday, June 16, 2022

A Eurobarometer released today shows that European citizens support massively a common security and defence policy and expect the EU to phase out its dependency on Russian sources of energy

"EU leaders exaggerated their unity at the start of this crisis".

Will Distrust Among EU Leaders Fail Ukraine?

By: EBR | Thursday, June 16, 2022

EU member states have no shared vision of how to deal with Russia as it continues its attack on Ukraine. Rushing to end the war at all costs could have devastating consequences for Kyiv and Europe

The resolution adopted by MEPs also requests that any new or amended delegated acts should be subject to a public consultation and impact assessments, as they could have significant economic, environmental and social impacts.

Taxonomy: MEPs object to Commission’s plan to include gas and nuclear activities

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 15, 2022

MEPs adopted an objection to the Commission’s proposal to include specific nuclear and gas energy activities in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities covered by the so-called EU Taxonomy

«Borders are not for Russia. This country has no definite borders. They were uncomfortable in the post-WWII world, which had seemed to guarantee that borders are sacrosanct, but now they have broken the rules, and instead of feeling like criminals, they feel vindicated.»

Back to 1945

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 14, 2022

As EU leaders prepare for their next summit on 23-24 June, it is useful to list the uncomfortable truths we will not see in the draft conclusions

"She very consciously offered a down-to-earth style, combining honesty and modesty. She wanted to be a different type of politician compared to the usual brand of what was often perceived as the arrogance and high-handedness of “Wessi” politicians".

Empress Angela and Her Two Big Sins

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Reflections on the former German Chancellor’s sense of her own record and responsibilities in dealing with Putin, Russia and Ukraine

Germany’s dependence on Chinese raw materials is increasingly attracting the government’s attention as it continues, together with the EU, to work at full speed on freeing itself from Russian economic dependence.

Burned by Russia, Germany seeks to lessen dependence on China

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Germany’s dependence on Chinese raw materials is increasingly attracting the government’s attention as it continues, together with the EU, to work at full speed on freeing itself from Russian economic dependence

"After 10 years, since the European Commission proposed this directive, it is high time we break the glass ceiling," said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a statement.

EU sets better gender balance in European corporate boards

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 8, 2022

EU lawmakers on Tuesday (7 June) agreed on a continental target to establish better gender balance on the boards of companies in Europe

"Turkey should handle Sweden and Finland’s NATO applications in good faith".

Turkey: persistently further from EU values and standards

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Without clear and significant progress on EU-related reforms, Parliament cannot envisage resuming accession negotiations with Turkey, warned MEPs on Tuesday

Outgoing UN climate change chief Patricia Espinosa told delegates it was "not acceptable to say that we are in challenging times".

Climate action must not be delayed by global crises, UN talks told

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Negotiators from almost 200 countries met in Germany Monday (6 June) for climate talks tasked with reigniting momentum on tackling global warming, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overshadows the threat from rising emissions

"The balance of power in the EU would logically change, as would the strategies for the EU emancipation from the US. Unlike France, Poland and its friends attach utmost importance to the Atlantic relationship".

EU’s new borders

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned into a World War III of sorts, one that will result in major changes, including new borders in Europe, after which we are not sure that France and Germany will remain the largest and most influential countries in our union

The conference will set the stage for a fresh round of major United Nations talks later this year in Egypt.

Climate talks test global resolve on warming

By: EBR | Monday, June 6, 2022

Negotiators from almost 200 countries will meet in Bonn Monday for climate talks tasked with reigniting momentum on tackling global warming, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overshadows the threat from rising emissions

The EU institutions are negotiating a proposal to boost the number of women on company boards.

EU urged to quickly adopt plan boosting gender equality on boards, as talks continue

By: EBR | Monday, June 6, 2022

EU lawmakers are working to strengthen the European Commission’s proposal to ensure that women fill 40% of non-executive board seats of listed companies, while campaigners call for a swift adoption of the text before the end of the French presidency of the EU Council

The EU had already reduced its emissions by 26% in 2019 and had achieved its 20% target before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns started to impact emission levels, the EEA said.

EU overshoots 2020 climate target, records 34% drop in emissions

By: EBR | Thursday, June 2, 2022

The European Union slashed greenhouse gas emissions 34% below 1990 levels by 2020, overshooting the bloc’s target of 20%, according to official data submitted on Tuesday (31 May) to the UNFCCC

European diplomats said Hungary was refusing to give the green light as it rejected putting the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill on the assets freeze and visa ban blacklist.

Hungary stalls EU sanctions over Russian patriarch blacklisting

By: EBR | Thursday, June 2, 2022

Hungary was holding up Wednesday (1 June) the approval of a new round of EU sanctions on Russia, including a ban on most oil imports, over opposition to blacklisting the Russian patriarch

“I think that the gas has to be in the seventh package but I’m a realist as well, I don’t think it will be there,” Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said on the second day of the summit in Brussels.

EU leaders downplay chances of rapid Russian gas ban

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 1, 2022

EU leaders played down the prospects of getting a ban on Russian gas in a next round of sanctions, after struggling to secure a watered-down embargo on Moscow’s key oil exports

"The Bundestag has insisted that the chancellery deliver heavy weapons—which it promised to do some time ago. The armament companies are ready to do so. But Scholz continues to block their delivery. Just as he blocks Ukraine’s ambitions to join the EU".

German Ambiguity Is Deciding Ukraine’s Future

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Chancellor Scholz’s delay in sending heavy weapons to Ukraine is hurting Kyiv’s chances of preserving its sovereignty. It is also damaging Germany’s standing across Europe

It is in farming policy that climate spending is overstated the most – by almost €60 billion, according to ECA. Similarly, the climate contribution of spending in areas like rail transport, electricity and biomass tends to be overstated as well, the auditors said.

EU spending on climate action ‘overstated’ by €72 billion, auditors say

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Spending on climate action in the EU’s 2014-2020 budget was “not as high as reported” in official documents

"Most deaths from poor air quality are centered in cities, where residents tend to live alongside dense traffic".

Cities aim to reduce car use in bid to eradicate air pollution

By: EBR | Monday, May 30, 2022

European cities are putting measures in place to reduce toxic emissions from vehicles in a bid to improve air quality and save lives

We as an industry consider this as a unique opportunity to achieve a quantum leap in the way Europe supports its defence technological and industrial base, the representatives write.

What it takes for Europe to become a credible security actor

By: EBR | Monday, May 30, 2022

There is a unique opportunity to achieve a quantum leap in the way Europe supports its defence technological and industrial base

"EU needs to decide whether to become a strong pole, defining the multipolar balance of planetic politics or to be reduced to a loose Union of small states, with limited leverage, which will inevitable be part of the spheres of influence of the new ’Great Powers’".

Europe in the new ‘PostWar’

By: EBR | Friday, May 27, 2022

During the past few weeks Europe has been experiencing a moment of transformation of its external environment and of itself

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