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According to Global Witness, the failure of those projects is explained in large part because the TEN-E regulation gives a role for gas companies – represented by ENTSOG, the association of gas transmission system operators – to select the infrastructure projects shortlisted to receive EU public funding.

Failed gas projects have cost EU €440 million, new research shows

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 23, 2021

In less than a decade, the European Union has spent €440 million on gas pipelines that have either never been completed or are likely to fail, according to new research published

"Policymakers are just as unlikely to support ambitious revisions of the energy efficiency, buildings, renewables, emissions trading and other directives needed to deliver 55% emission cuts, if the price tag looks too high."

Why the Commission is getting it wrong on climate number-crunching

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 23, 2021

The European Commission’s cost-benefit analysis for its upcoming ‘Fit for 55’ package of green laws for 2030 is outdated, assuming an eye-watering 10% cost of capital for climate action

Upon taking office, President von der Leyen tasked her Commission to "ensure cross-fertilisation between civil, defence and space industries" and "focus on improving the crucial link between space and defence and security".

EU Action Plan on Synergies between civil, defence and space industries

By: EBR | Monday, February 22, 2021

Today, the Commission presents an Action Plan on Synergies between civil, defence and space industries to further enhance Europe’s technological edge and support its industrial base

"The European Research Council awards grants through open competitions to projects headed by starting and established researchers."

First calls under Horizon Europe to be launched by the European Research Council

By: EBR | Monday, February 22, 2021

The European Commission today presented the Work Programme 2021 for the European Research Council

"The new strategy will strengthen the capacity of trade to support the digital and climate transitions."

Commission sets course for an open, sustainable and assertive EU trade policy

By: EBR | Friday, February 19, 2021

The European Commission has set out its trade strategy for the coming years

“The copyright reform – that needs to be transposed into national law by 7 June 2021 – already starts to bring concrete results for the European media sector, as proved by the recent announcement of the agreement found between Google and publishers in France.”

EU says copyright laws make situation different from Australia

By: EBR | Friday, February 19, 2021

European Union countries are not facing the same situation as Australia, where Facebook blocked all media content from its platform, because of new copyright rules that protect publishers in Europe

"The term ‘Islamo-gauchism’ refers to an alleged collaboration between the radical left and political Islam."

French government on collision course with political Islam

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, February 19, 2021

President Macron’s Minister of Higher Education, Frederique Vidal, has caused consternation in the French academic world by ordering an investigation into ‘Islamo-gauchism’ (Islamist-leftism), which she said is spreading like ‘wildfire’ through French universities

"The Arctic is still a low-tension region in which the Arctic Council provides a framework for cooperation, including with Russia. It is important to stress the value of keeping that framework, since it is firmly based on respect for international law."

Is the Arctic Europe’s Next Headache?

By: EBR | Friday, February 19, 2021

Europe will have to juggle environmental concerns, access to resources, and the Arctic’s growing geostrategic role. This will require cooperation with all the major players, including China, if the region is to remain stable and peaceful

“Whilst it is concerning that so few industrial companies are ready it is clear that new industrial processes based on circular economy principles give us a tipping point of technically viable, economically attractive solutions.”

Only fractions of global heavy industry are aligned with Paris climate goals

By: EBR | Friday, February 19, 2021

Only 14% of publicly listed companies in the steel, cement, aluminum, paper and mining sector are on track to meet the Paris Agreement’s 2°C climate target

Last week, Frost told UK lawmakers that the teething problems in implementing the new trade accord and the row over the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines were the result of the EU “still adjusting somewhat…to the existence of a genuinely independent actor in their neighbourhood.”

Johnson drafts in trade chief as Brexit enforcer

By: EBR | Thursday, February 18, 2021

Boris Johnson on Wednesday (17 February) drafted his chief Brexit negotiator David Frost as a senior minister in his cabinet with a portfolio as Brexit enforcer

"For decades, the EU defence integration process has been plagued by the issue of sovereignty, with countless examples of differing strategic positions from member states and of EU inter-institutional turf wars; one need only look at the politics of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) to spot the disagreements."

New EU defence initiatives for old political problems

By: EBR | Thursday, February 18, 2021

In security and defence, let-downs garner more attention than successes. The EU Global Strategy is a perfect example

According to the Eurobarometer conducted in December 2019, more than 70% of European citizens over the age of 15 said that they had come across false information several times a month or even more often.

A disinformation disaster: how regulation, fact-checking and education can help

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Regulation alone will not solve the huge disinformation problem Europe faces, but the incoming Digital Services Act can certainly help

"The European Commission has already been in trouble in the past over links between its members and fossil fuel firms."

Brussels ties with fossil fuel industry revealed

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Three top officials in Ursula von der Leyen’s green-oriented European Commission – Josep Borrell, Stella Kyriakides and Adina Valean?– have until recently had ties with the fossil fuel industry

"The Europeans should do so in close consultation with Washington, but not at the latter’s behest. Europe can’t hide, and it has little time to lose."

Where’s Europe on the Iran Nuclear Deal?

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 17, 2021

The Europeans need to ditch their passive attitude toward trying to restart talks between the United States and Iran. Time is of the essence: Tehran may be just four months away from amassing enough fissile material for an atomic bomb

“I hear that investors are concerned about the speed of the implementation of the recovery and resilience plans and facility.”

Investors ‘concerned’ about EU recovery fund rollout, warns ESM chief

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Money from the EU’s €750 billion coronavirus recovery fund could start flowing to member states before summer

"The French government has just called on the EU and its other member states to consider a coordinated withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) due to the political stalemate after three rounds of negotiations for the modernisation of the ECT."

The EU should maintain the Energy Charter Treaty

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 16, 2021

There are fundamental good reasons to continue protecting the investments covered by the Energy Charter Treaty as private investment will be crucial for the vast infrastructure overhauls needed to shift towards renewable energy

"The onset of next-generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in Europe presents new regulatory challenges with respect to technologies deemed to present risks to the existing legal framework, rights, and ethics."

The future for next-generation AI in the EU

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Artificial Intelligence technologies in the EU are set to come under the scope of new legislation that the European Commission aims to put forward in April

"Ensuring the respect of the commitments agreed with other trade partners is a key priority of this Commission. The EU is therefore increasing the focus on enforcing its partners’ commitments in multilateral, regional and bilateral trade agreements. In so doing the Union will rely on a suite of instruments."

Strong EU trade enforcement rules enter into force

By: EBR | Monday, February 15, 2021

Robust new trade enforcement rules have entered into force that will further strengthen the EU’s toolbox in defending its interests

“The current approach to the Guidance would not properly reflect the agreement hardly achieved after long negotiations on Article 17 of the Copyright Directive.”

Commission and Parliament in ‘secret talks’ on EU copyright directive

By: EBR | Friday, February 12, 2021

Documents reveal that a cross-section of MEPs, predominantly from the two biggest groups, the European People’s Party and the Socialists, are not satisfied with the Commission’s advice issued on the transposition of Article 17 of the directive

"Increase of ten percentage points in the number of citizens who expressed a positive view of the EU (50%) compared to autumn 2019."

EU is right place to tackle pandemic, but reform is needed, latest survey finds

By: EBR | Friday, February 12, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has strengthened citizens’ beliefs that the European Union is the right place to develop effective solutions to tackle its effects

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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.

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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.

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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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