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"Establishing a common US-EU agenda on other issues than climate change will be tough."

The EU needs to update its ABC of external relations

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 12, 2021

The European Union’s New Year Resolution must be to brush up on its ABC of foreign policies

“Turkey has been trying to push forward its claims for 30 years. Unfortunately, with the Mitsotakis government, it did it within a few months.”

Former Greek FM: Without Western renewal, we’re heading for Chinese hegemony

By: EBR | Monday, January 11, 2021

The West has underestimated China’s rise, and the centre of gravity has switched from the Atlantic to the Pacific, where Europe has no role, Greece’s former Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Kotzias, one of Europe’s most experienced China analysts

“Several member states have identified that certain non-EU countries represent a particular cyber threat to their national interests based on previous modus operandi of attacks by certain entities or on the existence of an offensive cyber programme of a given third state against them.”

EU nations divided on 5G security, auditors say

By: EBR | Friday, January 8, 2021

EU nations are ‘progressing at difference paces’ in terms of security protocols introduced by the European Commission in order to ensure the safety of next-generation telecommunications networks

“I think that the countries of Southeast Europe, and above all the journalists there, but of course also politicians, have a big problem because they misjudge themselves – they have a very centrist view of the world. Even intellectuals, well-educated people think that the whole world revolves around Serbia or Croatia.”

EU enlargement in 2021: Moribund or revenant?

By: EBR | Thursday, January 7, 2021

In the Western Balkans, where all EU hopefuls (bar Turkey) are located, the year ahead will be dominated by Europe’s quest for a vaccine and efforts to restart the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

"When I took over as Governor of National Bank of Ukraine in July of this year, support of the banking sector was my top priority, not just to regain confidence in our country’s central bank, but to also help Ukraine through the Coronavirus storm."

Full steam ahead at National Bank of Ukraine

By: EBR | Thursday, January 7, 2021

Coronavirus has posed an unprecedented crisis for Ukraine’s economy and the global economy as a whole

“Command and control of the drones in the area of operation, usage exclusively to protect troops against armed attacks—it would be that simple.”

Why Germany’s Soldiers Are Denied Armed Drones

By: EBR | Thursday, January 7, 2021

The German Social Democrats are undermining both the safety of Germany’s armed forces abroad and Berlin’s reputation among allies by picking a fight over armed drones

"From the moment Johnson decided to give full support to the Leave campaign, he has at least been fairly consistent in his Brexit line."

‘The UK no longer has to circle the EU like a moon’

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, December 28, 2020

The fact that Boris Johnson has maintained a consistent line in the Brexit saga earns him compliments in his own country

"To be eligible under the climate adaptation criteria of the taxonomy, an investment must address a physical climate risk. This could e.g. be an investment into new turbines for a fossil gas power plant facing water stress as a result of climate change."

Adaptation: a backdoor to the sustainable finance taxonomy for fossil gas?

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 22, 2020

While all eyes have been fixed on the EU sustainable finance taxonomy’s climate change mitigation threshold, the parallel process for climate adaptation has received less attention – to potential detrimental effects

“For this platform to be efficient and a partnership, which is not an aid program, we have to have an alignment of visions and work together. But key to this is going to be both continents need to be on board and all stakeholders on board.”

EU-Africa partnership needed for transformation of food systems, says experts

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 22, 2020

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the need for EU-African collaboration is more important than ever in the drive to strengthen and transform food systems, but care must be taken to make it an equitable partnership, experts have stressed

According to the deal, the plans should have a lasting impact on EU countries in both social and economic terms and provide for comprehensive reform and a robust investment package.

COVID-19: deal to give go-ahead to the new Recovery and Resilience Facility

By: EBR | Friday, December 18, 2020

On Friday, Parliament’s negotiators agreed with Council on the instrument designed to help EU countries tackle the effects and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic

The European Commission wants to transform the way we produce and consume products. And when an initial strategy to do so wasn’t delivering as much as hoped, the EU executive gave it another shot earlier this year.

Product design policy will be key to circular economy, EU says

By: EBR | Friday, December 18, 2020

As the European Union seeks to transition to a ‘circular economy’, the policy focus in 2021 will turn to products: how they are designed, and why so many seem to be made to throw away

"A Tory Prime Minister is admitting that he cannot break apart the EU and must lead a United Kingdom that lives henceforth as a junior offshore neighbour abiding by the wishes of its bigger neighbor."

Why Boris Johnson Is Opting for a Semi-Brexit

By: EBR | Friday, December 18, 2020

An exhausted British Prime Minister simply can’t fight on two fronts

According to MEPs, the 2013 Dublin III Regulation puts a “disproportionate responsibility on a minority of member states, in particular when high numbers of arrivals occur”.

Asylum in the EU: EP vs Council

By: EBR | Thursday, December 17, 2020

Current asylum legislation neither ensures fair responsibility sharing among member states nor gives swift access to asylum procedures, to the frustration of MEPs

SMEs are the beating heart of Europe’s economy, accounting for over 90% of all businesses in the EU and for more than half of its gross domestic product (GDP) while employing about 100 million EU workers before the pandemic.

EU reshapes its vision for SMEs amid emerging threats

By: EBR | Thursday, December 17, 2020

Policymakers have started re-thinking the EU strategy for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that the European Commission unveiled only a few days before the start of the first lockdown all over Europe

"For the EU, a successful outcome will uphold the single market, which means that if the UK is to retain tariff-free access to the EU, it must not seek a competitive advantage by changing British rules in ways that undermine the level-playing-field obligations that the EU requires its members to uphold."

Britain and the EU Finally Approach the Reckoning

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Level playing field or no access to the EU’s single market? With Brexit talks in the final stages, one solution for a UK-EU trade deal seems within reach—but only if it allows for both sides to claim victory

“The closer we move to our climate neutrality target, the more natural gas will be replaced by renewables and low-carbon gases,” EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson said.

EU shifts energy infrastructure funding away from gas, into electricity grids

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The European Commission on Tuesday (15 December) proposed rules to restrict EU funding for natural gas infrastructure and instead funnel cash into electricity and low-carbon energy networks to meet climate goals

"Many online platforms have come to play a central role in the lives of our citizens and businesses, and even our society and democracy at large..."

Europe fit for the Digital Age: Commission proposes new rules for digital platforms

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The Commission has proposed an ambitious reform of the digital space, a comprehensive set of new rules for all digital services, including social media, online market places, and other online platforms that operate in the European Union

"The 2030 target will now go into final negotiations between the European Parliament, the Commission and Council and put down into the final text of the draft European Climate Law."

Reactions: Deal on EU’s 2030 climate target is a big step, but won’t close the gap to 2050

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 15, 2020

EU heads of states have agreed on a 55% reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, but the inclusion of carbon sinks and the choice of 1990 as the baseline year have led environmentalists to criticise the deal for lacking ambition

In order to better help those in need of international protection, Parliament also secured support for measures to identify vulnerable persons and unaccompanied minors.

Agreement on EU instrument supporting border management and common visa policy

By: EBR | Friday, December 11, 2020

On Thursday, Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the border management fund for 2021-2027, worth 6.241 billion EUR

"As the EU is in the process of increasing its ambition in CO2 emissions reduction to 55% by 2030, the Commission will present in early 2021 an “ambitious and comprehensive” renewed sustainable finance strategy, the Commissioner for Financial Services, Mairead McGuinness, announced in a speech in November."

Commission prepares ground for ‘ambitious’ sustainable finance strategy

By: EBR | Friday, December 11, 2020

The European Commission will present in early 2021 an “ambitious” sustainable finance strategy to mobilise the private investment needed to meet the EU’s climate targets

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