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"Commissioner Thierry Breton argued that “one should not underestimate the advantage of the EU being the first mover” and emphasised that the EU is the main “pacemaker” in regulating the use of AI."

Commission yearns for setting the global standard on artificial intelligence

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The European Commission believes that its proposed Artificial Intelligence Act should become the global standard if it is to be fully effective. The upcoming AI treaty that is being drafted by the Council of Europe might help the EU achieve just that

In the words of the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, the latest IPCC report is “Code Red for humanity”.

Europe needs to speed up on climate action

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Europe’s recent push to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions is desperately needed, but it is happening too slowly, with many key measures laid out in the Fit for 55 climate package not coming into force until the 2030s

"Carbon removals mean physically taking greenhouse gasses (GHG) out of the atmosphere and storing them permanently (or at least for several centuries), thereby reducing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere."

Carbon removals must not become an expensive greenwashing tool

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Supporters of carbon removal technologies often confuse carbon capture and storage (CCS) with negative emissions

“To Brussels because German foreign policy must always be European. And America has said ‘America is back’ and you need a European answer to that. And therefore, to Brussels.”

Germany’s Vote Should Set the Pace for Europe

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 14, 2021

This German federal election is crucial for Europe’s future. Angela Merkel’s successor has the choice of leading Europe toward more integration and strategic relevance or abetting its gradual, inexorable decline

"In a democracy, it is very healthy for the executive to be wary of facing the parliament that checks its power."

The fate of the Union

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 14, 2021

The state of the European Union address must become a real democratic exercise. And that requires an assertive European Parliament prepared to hold the Commission president to account

“This summer Europe has seen devastating fires and floods. Our cities need to prepare for a different future,” said Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius.

European cities must adapt to climate change, EU climate chief says

By: EBR | Monday, September 13, 2021

European cities need to adapt as global warming worsens, leading to more floods and fires on the continent, according to the EU’s environment commissioner

"It is now time for a German government that will throw its full weight behind an active European policy."

German elections as opportunity for a new beginning in Europe

By: EBR | Monday, September 13, 2021

For years, Berlin has at best administered, mostly stonewalled, when it came to European policy

“The European Parliament has been clear that EU Recovery Funds should not go to governments that do not respect core democratic values or uphold the Rule of Law..."

EP survey: EU recovery funds should only go to countries respecting Rule of Law

By: EBR | Friday, September 10, 2021

In the latest public opinion survey, four out of five respondents (81%) say the EU should only provide funds to Member States that respect the rule of law and democratic values

“It’s going to be a huge political battle. The question is, when do we begin the battle?” said an EU official on condition of anonymity.

EU budget battle looms, as economy lifts out of crisis

By: EBR | Friday, September 10, 2021

European governments have spent hand over fist, despite ballooning public debt, to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from triggering economic calamity

"Brothers of Italy snatched the top spot when Salvini decided to support the ‘national emergency’ government led by former ECB head Mario Draghi."

Far-right parties lead Italian polls

By: EBR | Friday, September 10, 2021

The far-right Brothers of Italy party led by Giorgia Meloni and the far-right party Northern League led by Matteo Salvini are currently leading the most recent polls, with 21% and 20.6% respectively

"Sixteen years of calm rhetoric are coming to an end just as her conservatives face historic polling lows."

Merkel enters the ring

By: EBR | Thursday, September 9, 2021

Angela Merkel, the eternal chancellor. Calm, collected, and generally unwilling to debase herself in the political arena

On the import side, the EU has become the third largest importer after the United States and China, according to a report.

EU reinforces its leading position in global agri-food trade

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 8, 2021

2020 marked another improvement in the EU’s leading position among the world’s biggest exporters of agri-food products

The IPCC scientists are hopeful that if global emissions are halved by 2030 on the way to net-zero by 2050, then we can halt and possibly reverse the rise in temperatures.

It’s high time to make the EU’s buildings directive fit for 2030 and beyond

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 7, 2021

The make-or-break decade for deep cuts in energy consumption and carbon emissions has already begun, writes Oliver Rapf. Now it’s time to radically revise our legislation, in particular the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)

"Sustainability requirements must strictly address human rights impacts, deforestation, forest degradation, and the conversion or degradation of natural ecosystems other than forests."

To stop deforestation, banks too must be reined in

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 7, 2021

A tough EU law on forest commodities must include both trade and the financial sector

"The EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ package, adopted on 14 July, saw the EU attempting to raise ambition on climate policies across sectors to meet the scale of the challenge set by climate change."

Coal mine methane: a missed opportunity for EU’s CBAM

By: EBR | Monday, September 6, 2021

The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism had an opportunity to include methane in its scope and act against sources of the potent greenhouse gas, but this was left out of the final published draft

“Member states indeed certainly have to engage funds in order to deal with the consequences of such catastrophes.”

EU considers debt relief for countries hit by floods, wildfires

By: EBR | Monday, September 6, 2021

The emergency costs related to this summer’s floods and wildfires could be classified as “a one-off” expenditure and therefore excluded from the calculation of EU countries’ public deficits this year

“The preservation of the autonomy and specific character of EU law precludes the Energy Charter Treaty from being able to impose the same obligations on the Member States among themselves.”

Energy Charter Treaty cannot be used in intra-EU disputes, rules top court

By: EBR | Friday, September 3, 2021

An international treaty used by polluting energy companies to claim compensation from governments who thwart their investments was ruled incompatible with EU law by the Court of Justice of the European Union

“Climate change is becoming more widespread, faster and more intense,” the scientists warned in a press release.

French minister calls for more ‘brutal changes’ to address climate change

By: EBR | Friday, September 3, 2021

To get on the right track of the aspirations of the Paris Climate Agreement “the efforts will be harder, the changes more brutal”

Investing in efficient cities is increasingly recognized as fundamental to the economic recovery and growth of developing countries.

How to ensure no one is left behind by infrastructure development

By: EBR | Friday, September 3, 2021

Governments have begun to invest in the large infrastructure projects needed to reverse the diseconomies and congestion that characterise many African and Asian cities

"The suitable candidate should be considered competent, sober-minded, modest in style and a bit drab. All of that modulated by an occasional charming smile."

Olaf Scholz: The CDU’s Best Chancellor Candidate

By: EBR | Friday, September 3, 2021

If Germany’s CDU had used an executive search firm to find a successor for Angela Merkel as Chancellor, it would have probably come up with an intriguing proposition

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