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Merkel’s trip to Moscow may well have marked the end of an era, as it has been she who time and again sought the direct contact to President Vladimir Putin amid steadily worsening EU-Russian and German-Russian relations.

The Message of Merkel’s Last Official Visits to Russia and Ukraine

By: EBR | Friday, August 27, 2021

The German chancellor’s legacy with regard to Russia and Ukraine is mixed, if not contradictory. Still, her successor is unlikely to show the same level of interest, commitment, or clout in their relations with Kiev and Moscow

Nord Stream 2 said the German court’s decision highlighted the “discriminatory effect” of the European Union’s amended Gas Directive.

German court says EU ‘unbundling’ rules apply to Nord Stream 2 pipeline

By: EBR | Thursday, August 26, 2021

The Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipeline is not exempt from European Union rules that require the owners of pipelines to be different from the suppliers of the gas that flows in them to ensure fair competition

Leaders of the G7 major industrialised nations – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States – met virtually to discuss how to complete the chaotic withdrawal and deal with the Taliban now that they have seized power.

At G7 summit, EU fails to extend the deadline for Kabul airport evacuations

By: EBR | Wednesday, August 25, 2021

At the G7 summit on Tuesday (24 August), EU leaders urged US President Joe Biden to continue securing Kabul airport until operations to evacuate vulnerable Afghans are completed past the 31 August deadline, apparently without success

“The euro zone economy is firing on all cylinders again as reopening has had the expected positive effect on growth. Concerns about the impact of the Delta variant and input shortages remain but have not derailed the rebound thus far.”

Euro zone business boom roared on in August, figures show

By: EBR | Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Business activity in the euro zone grew strongly this month, only dipping from July’s two-decade high monthly pace, as a rapid COVID-19 vaccination drive allowed more firms to reopen and customers to venture out, a survey showed

“Although the new CAP proposed by the Commission has the potential to drive forward the Green Deal, due attention needs to be paid to safeguards in the final co-decision and to how the implementation of legislation is undertaken both by the Commission and the member states.”

Green agri goals achievable but risk being undermined by carbon leakage – report

By: EBR | Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Sustainability goals in the agrifood sector are achievable but risk being undermined by weak trade policies, a new assessment by the European Commission’s in-house scientists has found

"Most Western Balkan countries are deeply dependent on coal, with the employment of thousands depending on local coal and lignite mines. This is a historical legacy, which is of course hard to abandon overnight."

A carbon neutral Europe? Not without the Balkans

By: EBR | Monday, August 23, 2021

Increasing their share of renewable energy is crucial to the Western Balkans, but this must be done using the right technology for the region and with support from the European Union

"The European Commission has put forward a proposal for EU regulations to help meet the 55% emissions reduction target in 2030."

Carbon pricing in buildings and transport is necessary but must be done well

By: EBR | Thursday, August 5, 2021

Without pricing CO2 emissions from buildings and transport, Europe will miss its -55% emissions target, but it must be introduced bearing in mind the political and societal risks, particularly in countries like Poland

"U.S. producers could increase to full capacity and also divert sales from some of their exports from less profitable markets to the European Union, the world’s largest market."

EU extends tariffs on U.S. biodiesel for five years

By: EBR | Tuesday, August 3, 2021

The European Union will retain its tariffs on U.S. biodiesel for a further five years after concluding that removing them would likely lead to a surge of imports at artificially low prices

"In the EU, we vaccinated 60 percent of our population, in Africa, they are at 2 or 3 percent. Who’s the big vaccine supplier to Africa? China..."

Borrell lashes out to his boss Von der Leyen

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, August 2, 2021

The EU is not living up to its promises to Africa and Latin America as it is shipping “insufficient” coronavirus vaccine doses to them, Josep Borrell said Friday

"Europe is the promise of a free, democratic and equal society transcending national borders. There is an apparent struggle to uphold Europe’s values and human rights are not consistently upheld within the Union."

Empty words and slogans will not decarbonise Europe

By: EBR | Monday, August 2, 2021

Empty words and slogans will not decarbonise Europe. The EU’s leaders must stop paying lip service to the climate emergency

"The digitalisation of the education sector has long been underway, with technology increasingly a core part of classroom teaching in recent years and artificial intelligence facilitating personalised learning both in schools and at home."

Privacy concerns set to grow with the digitalisation of education

By: EBR | Monday, August 2, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation of education, which is set to continue as students return to school, but the safeguarding concerns it has raised also remain

"So far, hundreds of people have died in the record-breaking temperatures currently affecting North America. Hundreds more have been killed by flooding in Germany. This is shocking, but, sadly, not surprising."

The climate crisis is here and it is already killing people

By: EBR | Monday, August 2, 2021

This is the moment for urgent and equitable action to prevent dangerous global warming and address the climate crisis, ensuring that those responsible for it do not end up paying the heaviest price, argue climate activists

"According to the Commission, this proposal aims to address the lack of emissions reductions in road transport and buildings, which together account for almost 60% of EU emissions."

Carbon pricing in buildings? Help renovate and fuel-switch to renewables first

By: EBR | Friday, July 30, 2021

Including buildings in an emissions trading scheme will have a limited impact on emissions and should, at most, complement other measures like substantially increasing renovation rates, switching to renewables and phasing out fossil fuels subsidies

"The EU’s new climate package released by the Commission in July must spur discussion amongst decision-makers on how to tackle the ‘national ownership gap’ that lies at the heart of the Union’s policy architecture that governs national climate action."

EU’s new climate package must now close the ‘National Ownership Gap’

By: EBR | Thursday, July 29, 2021

Europe must go beyond EU-level targets and ambition to implement climate action across member states, if it wants to reach its own ambition and limit the world to 1.5°C warming

More than one in six young adults in the European Union were not in employment, education or training (NEET) in 2020, Eurostat data shows.

More than 1 in 6 young adults in the EU were not in education or work in 2020

By: EBR | Thursday, July 29, 2021

More than one in six young adults in the European Union are not in employment, education or training (NEET), new figures show

"The Northern Ireland Protocol was agreed to avoid a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, a part of The United Kingdom."

Brexit: EU pauses legal action against UK

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, July 28, 2021

The EU has paused its legal action against the UK for alleged breaches of the Northern Ireland Protocol

"The directive aims to redress the imbalances in the EU food supply chain created by large operators against trading partners with weak bargaining power, such as individual farmers and smallholders, in a bid to protect European farmers."

Commission moves against EU countries over unfair trading practices

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 28, 2021

The European Commission on Tuesday (27 July) opened infringement procedures against 12 member states after they failed to transpose EU rules banning unfair trading practices in the agri-food sector within the allotted time frame

“A €5 increase in the price at the petrol pump and €35-40 per month on household energy bills will negatively affect the income of all workers.”

Critics warn carbon price proposal would exacerbate energy poverty

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Energy poverty could be exacerbated as prices rise under the European Commission’s proposed revamped emissions trading scheme, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has warned

"Merkel has led Germany for 16 years, steering Europe’s biggest economy through a global financial crisis, the euro zone debt crisis, a migrant crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, but she is not running for a fifth term."

Preparing for curtain calls, Merkel too busy to think about life after office

By: EBR | Friday, July 23, 2021

Germany’s Angela Merkel made clear on Thursday (22 July) she would keep working on issues such as climate change till her last day as chancellor but, inscrutable as ever, gave little away about her plans once she leaves office after the 26 September election

“The EU will continue to be creative and flexible within the protocol framework. But we will not renegotiate.”

Von der Leyen rejects UK bid to reopen Irish protocol

By: EBR | Friday, July 23, 2021

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has insisted that the EU would not reopen the controversial Northern Ireland protocol

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EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine but without using Russian assets

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EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035

EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035

Current rules state that new vehicles sold from that date should be "zero emission", but carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions.

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