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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
Russia’s war in Ukraine triggers U-turn in Germany’s foreign policy thinking
By: EBR | Monday, February 28, 2022
With Russia’s war in Ukraine presenting a ‘turning point’, Germany has shifted its position on major foreign and defence topics – ranging from arms deliveries, defence spending, sanctions and diplomacy
Ukraine: EU coordinating emergency assistance and steps up humanitarian aid
By: EBR | Monday, February 28, 2022
As the humanitarian situation in Ukraine worsens and neighbouring countries receive Ukrainians fleeing their country, the European Commission is working on all fronts to provide emergency assistance
Is Belarus’s Sovereignty Over?
By: EBR | Friday, February 25, 2022
Belarus is instrumental in Russia’s ongoing military attack on Ukraine. Developments since the 2020 rigged election in Belarus and the forthcoming changes to its constitution reflect Lukashenko’s growing dependence on Putin
Permitting issues risk derailing EU’s renewable energy targets, warns wind industry
By: EBR | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Complex and slow permitting procedures are stalling the rollout of wind power in Europe, meaning the EU will likely miss its climate goals and be dependent on unreliable gas supplies for longer, the wind industry has warned
UK firms stung by €5bn in customs fees as confusion reigns over EU trade pact
By: EBR | Thursday, February 24, 2022
Customs duties paid by UK businesses increased by 64% to a record £4.5bn (€5.2bn) in the year to 31 January 2022, up from £2.9bn (€3.6bn) in the previous 12 months, according to research released on Wednesday
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