
Google starts fight against Commission
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Google is challenging a fine of 4,3 billion euros imposed by the European Commission, that found that the tech giant abused the Android platform to strengthen its dominance in the market of interne searching engines

Energy infrastructure: boost hydrogen and carbon capture, phase out natural gas
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 28, 2021
The updated rules to select which energy projects should be supported aim to make cross-border energy infrastructure sustainable and in line with the EU Green Deal

Media freedom and pluralism: launch of the media ownership monitoring project
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Commission has kick-started the EU-funded Euromedia Ownership Monitor

German SPD left puzzled as leftist alliance fades away
By: EBR | Monday, September 27, 2021
For the first time in almost 20 years, the SPD has secured the top spot in the elections. However, with a left-wing alliance falling short of a majority, the party is faced with severely limited coalition options and intra-party divisions

EU countries struggle to agree approach to COP26 climate talks
By: EBR | Friday, September 24, 2021
European Union countries are struggling to agree their negotiating position for the COP26 climate change conference, with rifts emerging over timeframes for emissions-cutting pledges

Merkel’s Silence Over Defense Will Haunt Her Successor
By: EBR | Friday, September 24, 2021
Germany’s next chancellor will have to finally define Berlin’s security and defense interests. That means addressing the future of U.S. nuclear weapons stationed in the country and the desperate need to modernize Germany’s armed forces

EU energy ministers meet to discuss power price surge
By: EBR | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Energy ministers from European Union countries will on Wednesday (22 September) discuss the soaring price of gas and electricity across Europe, as some governments draw up measures to protect their consumers

As energy prices spike, EU points to long-term fixes
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The European Commission is monitoring the evolution of electricity prices “very closely,” the EU’s Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson has said, pointing to long-term fixes like investments in energy savings and renewables as the main answer at European level

EU backs France in submarine dispute, asking: Is America back?
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
European Union foreign ministers expressed support and solidarity with France on Monday (20 September) during a meeting in New York to discuss Australia’s scrapping of a $40 billion submarine order with Paris in favor of a US and British deal

Joint EU-US Press Release on the Global Methane Pledge
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The European Union and the United States announced the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global methane emissions to be launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in November in Glasgow

Sankt Angela of Europe?
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
As the long-time German chancellor completes her last term in office, it isn’t just her own center-right party that is struggling at the polls

What the U.S.-British-Australian Security Pact Means for Europe
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The military alliance forged between the United States, Australia, and the UK at the expense of France will lead to new alignments and could profoundly impact the transatlantic relationship

Defending Europe starts with defending and strengthening European competitiveness
By: EBR | Monday, September 20, 2021
As EU leaders look towards economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic, they need to give businesses the environment needed to thrive

Time for EU and UK to step up cooperation on offshore wind
By: EBR | Monday, September 20, 2021
With the COP26 coming up, now is the time for the EU to engage with the UK to set an ambitious political objective that would help accelerate progress in developing offshore wind in the North Seas

Make gender-based violence a crime under EU law, MEPs say
By: EBR | Friday, September 17, 2021
Parliament calls for online and offline gender-based violence to be treated as a “particularly serious crime with a cross-border dimension”

All is well, Madame la Marquise
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
“Tout va tres bien, Madame la Marquise, tout va tres bien, tout va tres bien,” a popular French song goes

ALMA, the EU’s new programme to help young people find work abroad
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
The pandemic has deepened the unemployment crisis among young people, especially in Europe’s south

EU methane rules must cover the entire gas supply chain, including imports
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
A group of environmental organisations and global energy companies, including Shell, have called for mandatory EU rules on methane encompassing the entire gas value chain, including imports from abroad

Fair and equal social protection for riders, drivers and other platform workers
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
In a vote today, MEPs demand people working for digital labour platforms, such as food delivery services, should have the same rights as traditional employees

Parliament sets out its vision for a new EU strategy on China
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
The EU should continue talking to China about global challenges like climate change and health crises, while raising its concerns over systemic human rights violations