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Energy policy is a central pillar in the European Green Deal and in the decarbonisation of the European economy.

Decarbonising natural gas requires regulatory reform

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 29, 2021

The EU’s upcoming hydrogen and gas market decarbonisation package needs to address an array of key questions, including redirecting subsidies away from fossil fuels towards cleaner and renewable gases

"The EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) is the bloc’s central climate policy, forcing power plants, factories and airlines running European flights to buy permits when they emit CO2."

EU drafts plan to toughen carbon market

By: EBR | Monday, June 28, 2021

The European Union is planning to toughen its carbon market to cut emissions faster and put a price on pollution in new sectors

"As a rich economy, as well as a major historic emitter, we should therefore strive for emission reductions of at least 65% by 2030."

The EU needs to make its upcoming climate and energy legislative package ‘Fit for 1.5°C’

By: EBR | Monday, June 28, 2021

A post-COVID Europe must make far more effort when it comes to tackling climate change. Even with its recently enhanced target of at least 55% emissions reduction by 2030, the EU still fails to keep us safe from a climate catastrophe

"Erosion of EU values jeopardises the European Union as a whole."

Lessons learnt from the Commission’s 2020 rule of law report

By: EBR | Friday, June 25, 2021

Parliament’s assessment of the Commission’s 2020 report on the rule of law provides ways to improve the mechanism so that it can better protect EU values

"Critics say the Istanbul Convention is a plot to introduce “gender ideology” and promote LGBTQI+ rights in traditionally conservative societies. This is exactly the essence of the Hungarian legislation."

Rainbow EU, divided EU

By: EBR | Friday, June 25, 2021

Who would have thought it? With such big issues like Russia and Turkey on the EU summit agenda, not to mention the COVID-19 travel certificate, without which our holidays will be spoiled, LGBTQI+ rights would eclipse both geopolitics and our sacrosanct lifestyle?

"The green fuel law for EU shipping – FuelEU Maritime – is due to be published on 14 July. But a draft of the policy seen by the Guardian reveals the European Commission has considered but rejected requiring specific green fuels to be used by shipowners."

Draft EU policy to cut shipping emissions condemned as ‘disaster’

By: EBR | Thursday, June 24, 2021

A leaked draft of a key EU policy designed to cut carbon emissions in shipping, one of the world’s biggest polluters, has been described as an environmental disaster for “promoting” liquified natural gas, a fossil fuel, as an alternative to heavy oil

"The EIC Fund aims to fill a critical financing gap and its main purpose is not to maximise financial investment returns, but to have a high impact by accompanying companies with and disruptive technologies in their growth."

European Innovation Council Fund

By: EBR | Thursday, June 24, 2021

Equity investments surpass €500 million in breakthrough innovations

"Regional and cohesion funds will support the recovery from COVID-19 pandemic and climate action."

MEPs adopt greener funds for regional development and cooperation

By: EBR | Thursday, June 24, 2021

Parliament adopted on Wednesday three EU funds to strengthen the EU’s economic, social and territorial cohesion with a total of 243 billion euro

"The United States during the pandemic has banned travel on most visitors coming from the European Union as well as Britain, along with Brazil, China, India, Iran and South Africa."

COVID eases but US won’t reciprocate EU in opening borders

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 23, 2021

As the COVID pandemic recedes dramatically in the West, Europe is opening its doors to Americans – but the reverse is not holding true, with the United States not budging on restrictions imposed 15 months ago

"The report also highlights the progress made by the High Representative on the promotion of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, notably by advancing on the establishment of a Programme of Action at United Nations level."

EU Cybersecurity

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Commission proposes a Joint Cyber Unit to step up response to large-scale security incidents

"MEPs propose the creation of an interoperable digital EU database to monitor and report on shortages of medicinal products."

COVID-19 lessons learned: stronger role for EU medicines regulator

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Public health MEPs agree to change the European Medicines Agency’s mandate to reinforce its role and better equip the EU to manage future health crises

In a non-binding opinion, the two bodies called for a “general ban” on the practice that would include “recognition of faces, gait, fingerprints, DNA, voice, keystrokes and other biometric or behavioural signals, in any context”.

EU data watchdogs want ban on AI facial recognition

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 22, 2021

The EU’s data protection agencies on Monday (21 June) called for an outright ban on using artificial intelligence to identify people in public places, pointing to the “extremely high” risks to privacy

Finance ministers from the G20 countries will meet in Venice next month in hopes of agreeing a broad outline on new rules for worldwide taxation that would include a minimum tax on the world’s biggest companies.

EU struggles for unity on global tax drive

By: EBR | Friday, June 18, 2021

EU finance ministers worked Thursday (17 June) to find European unity on striking an international deal on taxation, with low-tax countries Ireland and Hungary needing cajoling to stay on board

“Europe shall not slip into a debt Union,” Blumel warned, adding that “creating debts is dangerous, even with low interest rates.”

Austria calls for return to strict budgetary rules

By: EBR | Thursday, June 17, 2021

Ahead of the Council meeting of EU finance ministers on Thursday (17 June), Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Blumel urged his European counterparts to return to strict EU budgetary rules

“By encouraging cleaner transport operations, it sends a clear signal and provides legal certainty to vehicle manufacturers and road hauliers for the next decade, as requested by industry, environmental organisations and other stakeholders.”

EU Council reaches agreement on road charging

By: EBR | Thursday, June 17, 2021

The Council of the European Union (EU), chaired by Portugal, has reached an agreement with the European Parliament to revise the rules on road charging, the so-called Eurovignette, to reduce emissions of polluting gases and infrastructure congestion

Renewable sources provide around 20% of EU energy in 2019. More than half of that is biomass, which the EU ranks as having a low carbon footprint since carbon dioxide emissions produced from wood-burning are partly balanced by CO2 absorbed by the trees as they grew.

EU eyes tighter rules for ‘renewable’ biomass energy

By: EBR | Thursday, June 17, 2021

The European Union is considering tightening rules on whether wood-burning energy can be classed as renewable and count towards green goals, according to a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday (16 June)

“Today is a truly historic day for our European Union. We successfully conducted the first funding operation for NextGenerationEU.”

Commission convinces markets with first issuance of recovery bonds

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The European Commission raised €20 billion in the markets on Tuesday (15 June) to start financing the EU’s €800 billion recovery fund, beating its expectations for the planned monthly bond sale

"This Horizon Europe work programme will support European researchers, deliver top quality, excellent research and innovation, for the benefit of us all..."

Commission to invest €14.7 billion from Horizon Europe for a healthier, greener and more digital Europe

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The Commission has adopted the main work programme of Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2022, which outlines the objectives and specific topic areas that will receive a total of €14.7 billion in funding

“Healthcare, in particular, has been a corruption hotspot as governments struggled to manage the COVID-19 pandemic,” Transparency said in its annual report of people’s experiences and perceptions of graft in the EU.

COVID crisis worsened corruption in EU: watchdog

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 15, 2021

The pandemic has worsened corruption across the European Union, Transparency International said Tuesday (15 June), with citizens at times needing personal connections to get medical care and some governments using the crisis for their own gain

"The final compromise text, agreed by EU countries on Friday, left some capitals unhappy with the bloc’s restrictive approach to gas while others refused to support it because it allows too much fossil gas into Europe’s future pipeline network."

Infrastructure dispute reveals deep divisions in EU over gas

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 15, 2021

The EU’s 27 energy ministers on Friday (11 June) came to an uneasy compromise on the revision of EU rules covering investments in cross-border energy infrastructure, the so-called TEN-E regulation

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EU Actually

Six EU countries demand revision of climate policy: ‘Ideological dogmatism harms our industry’

N. Peter KramerBy: N. Peter Kramer

Six European heads of government have called on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to review the current EU climate policy.

Europe

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

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

European Union leaders have struck a late-night deal to lend Ukraine €90bn (£79bn; $105bn) over the next two years, after failing to agree on using frozen Russian assets.

Business

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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