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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

"During his remarks in the Bundestag, Scholz pledged to change Germany’s stance on key parts of its foreign and security policy".

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

The Commission announces an additional €90 million for emergency aid programmes to help civilians affected by the war in Ukraine, as part of an urgent aid appeal by the United Nations.

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

"The silent invasion and de facto occupation of Belarus might be Putin’s biggest triumph in the ongoing crisis".

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

Europe is not installing enough wind power to meet its 2030 renewable energy target and the small market is destroying the industry, according to WindEurope

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

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, as firms struggle to adapt to the new rules imposed under the post–Brexit trade deal.

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

"Germany halted the certification of the undersea pipeline project, designed to double the flow of Russian gas direct to Germany, on Tuesday, after Russia formally recognised two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine".

Could Nord Stream 2 still be resurrected?

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 23, 2022

The White House said the development of Nord Stream 2 is “not moving forward at this point in time” after steps by Germany to halt the Baltic Sea gas pipeline project

The mantra of protection, which many associate with French President Emmanuel’s Macron’s rousing 2017 speech at the Sorbonne University, has logically been raised as a banner for France’s ongoing presidency of the Council of the EU.

Europe: Between Being Defenseless and Defensive

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Emmanuel Macron’s bid to build a “Europe that protects” is not misguided; it outflanks both the siege mentality of a defensive continent and the artlessness of a defenseless one. But it will remain a mere ambition if Europe fails to protect itself

“Carbon removals will need to play a growing role, and become the main focus of action after climate neutrality is achieved and when negative emissions will be needed to stabilise the world’s temperature increase”.

EU aims to scale up infrastructure for permanent carbon removals

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 22, 2022

The European Commission is looking at ways of building up infrastructure for transporting and permanently storing CO2 underground as well as recycling carbon into new products

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