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Almost 30% of the European population – 137 million people in total – live in rural areas, which stretch over 80% of the EU’s territory.

EU to fight ‘geography of discontent’ with new vision for rural areas

By: EBR | Thursday, July 1, 2021

The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday (30 June) its long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas, proposing a rural pact and a rural action plan aimed at making those regions stronger, connected, and prosperous

"Greenhouse gas emissions in France fell by 1.9% in 2019, at a faster rate than the 1.7% initially anticipated, the high council states in its third annual report submitted to the government".

France needs to ‘double’ efforts on climate, says High Climate Council

By: EBR | Thursday, July 1, 2021

While a steady decrease in greenhouse gas emissions can be observed in France over the past years, the pace of carbon cutting will need to accelerate in order to reach the country’s 2030 climate goals

"In a draft report adopted with 36 votes to 24, and 6 abstentions, MEPs highlight the need for democratic guarantees and accountability for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in law enforcement."

Artificial Intelligence in policing: safeguards needed against mass surveillance

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 30, 2021

The use of Artificial Intelligence in law enforcement and the judiciary should be subject to strong safeguards and human oversight, says the Civil Liberties Committee

“We know that we have strong issues for certain environmental impacts of seabed mining.”

EU warned about environmental impact of deep seabed mining

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Deep seabed mining for minerals used in car batteries and other green technologies should not be permitted in Europe until there is sufficient knowledge on the environmental impact it may cause

“It is not a question of having or not having restrictions”, but of having “the same rules for each country”, following a “common agreement.”

MEPs want COVID-19 restrictions standardised across Europe

By: EBR | Wednesday, June 30, 2021

European lawmakers have called on the EU to build upon the digital vaccination certificate as a major step forward in facilitating movement within the bloc during the pandemic by harmonising criteria for the imposition of coronavirus restrictions across member states

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

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