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“I believe that Europe is in a position to lead the way on regulation,” said Valdis Dombrovskis, the Commission vice-president for financial services in comments made back in June.

LEAK: EU to create ‘superbody’ of watchdogs to oversee digital currencies

By: EBR | Thursday, September 10, 2020

The EU will set up a new college of supervisors, including national and European authorities, to oversee “significant” digital currencies including Facebook’s Libra, according to the European Commission’s cryptocurrency draft proposal

“It’s kind of a vicious circle. Conflict destroys the natural resources of countries – and scarcity, in turn, leads to further conflicts”.

Ecology threats likely to send more climate refugees towards Europe by 2050

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 9, 2020

More than a billion people are at risk of being displaced by 2050 due to rapid population growth, shortage of food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters, which could lead to increased migration flows to Europe, according to a new report by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)

“Instead of talking to the people of Belarus, the outgoing leadership is trying cynically [to] eliminate [them] one by one. The kidnapping of M. Kalesnikava [sic] in downtown . . . Minsk is a disgrace. Stalinist NKVD methods are being applied in 21st century’s Europe. She must be released immediately,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said.

Europe Divided Over Belarus’s Future

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 9, 2020

The people of Belarus are peacefully demonstrating for their freedom. The EU’s member states, along with the United States, should do much more to support them

«Hydrogen is especially required for those sectors where electricity and batteries are not sufficient to decarbonise. These include heavy road traffic, aviation and shipping as well as the production of high-temperature heat in industrial processes, such as the steel, cement and the chemical industry.»

How to realise our hydrogen economy (instead of dreaming about it)

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Considering the limited amount of green hydrogen available, the European Commission should prioritise its use in sectors that cannot decarbonise through other means like electrification

"he sense of global solidarity to uphold and protect human rights and basic freedoms has faltered".

The EU is missing the mark on foreign policy

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Over lockdown summer, there’s been a striking gendered approach to maintaining, protecting and unravelling democracy

"The EU has consistently refused to countenance a sector-by-sector approach, pointing to the sheer complexity of the Swiss model, and seeks a package. Yet a set of clear principles, with an agreed agenda of sectoral implementation following a successful lead, could offer the only feasible compromise."

Why a deal on energy could break the Brexit logjam

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 8, 2020

The window for a post-Brexit trade deal is closing fast but the basics are already in place for an agreement on the energy sector, and mutual benefits would be huge

Due to the considerable water sources in Sweden, about 40% of electricity is generated from hydropower, and about 39% from nuclear energy, i.e. zero emission energy sources. Denmark, in turn, began construction of its first wind farms in the 1970s, enabling its energy sector composition to have reached about 50% of wind energy from its total consumption.

A ‘solidarity clause’ in the EU climate law

By: EBR | Monday, September 7, 2020

The European Union should include a “solidarity clause” in its climate law to ensure that member states most burdened by the EU’s new carbon reduction targets are compensated for the additional costs of purchasing allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System

The ‘blacklist’ has been controversial and a sore point in EU-African relations for several years, with some African finance ministers pointing out that the EU has done little to crack down on its multi-nationals exploiting tax treaty loopholes to dramatically reduce their tax obligations in African states each year.

Countries seek removal from controversial EU ‘blacklists’

By: EBR | Friday, September 4, 2020

A number of countries, including Botswana, are putting pressure on the European Commission to remove them from the controversial ‘blacklists’ of countries deemed not to be cooperating in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

It is a priority for the Commission to ensure that the organic farming sector has the right tools in place as well as a well-functioning and consensual legal framework which is key to achieving the objective of 25% of agricultural land dedicated to organic farming.

European Green Deal: Commission prepares new initiatives to boost the organic farming sector

By: EBR | Friday, September 4, 2020

The European Commission has today launched a public consultation on its future Action Plan on Organic Farming

Business consultancy EY has identified 1,000 green projects it says will help Europe recover stronger and more resilient from the economic slump caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

1,000 ‘shovel-ready’ projects identified in support of EU’s green recovery

By: EBR | Thursday, September 3, 2020

The projects require €200 billion of public and private investment to get off the ground, the consultancy said in a report published on Thursday (3 September)

2021 will be a flagship year for EU digital legislation. From the preparation of the Digital Services Act to the EU’s upcoming legislative proposal on artificial intelligence, the EU will look to balance the aims of ‘promoting innovation’ with ensuring technology is ‘trustworthy’ and ‘human-centric’.

Technology has codified structural racism – will the EU tackle racist tech?

By: EBR | Thursday, September 3, 2020

The EU is preparing its ‘Action Plan’ to address structural racism in Europe. With digital high on the EU’s legislative agenda, it’s time we tackle racism perpetuated by technology

By dissecting economic data from scientific literature and simulating a farm model, researchers found that “agroecological farms generally have better medium-term economic results than conventional farms.”

Ecological farming can be more profitable than conventional, says new report

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 1, 2020

A recent report by the government think tank France Strategie argues the profitability of more environmentally friendly farms and proposes a review of the methods of allocating CAP subsidies to encourage a green transition in farming

The new industry-led group will be modelled on the European Battery Alliance, which brought together more than 200 companies, governments and research organisations around the manufacturing of batteries for the auto industry.

EU to launch raw materials industry alliance

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 1, 2020

The European Commission will announce the launch of a new industry alliance this week, with a view to building a complete EU supply chain for raw materials like lithium, which are seen as critical for the bloc’s digital and green transitions

"The EU is going to be a major force on international bond markets".

These are the EU’s ’best of times, and worst of times’

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Giles Merritt welcomes the EU’s crucial achievement of new financial powers, but says Europe’s taxpayers will expect a greatly enhanced level of political leadership and accountability

"Global collaboration is the only way to overcome a global pandemic. Under the Coronavirus Global Response and the Global Goal Unite campaign, we have seen the world come together as one. Almost €16 billion have been pledged so far and the most talented researchers and organisations are pooling their efforts to deliver vaccines, tests and treatments, which will be our universal, common good..."

Coronavirus Global Response: Commission joins the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX)

By: EBR | Monday, August 31, 2020

Today, the European Commission has confirmed its interest to participate in the COVAX Facility for equitable access to affordable COVID-19 vaccines everywhere, for everyone who needs them

"Europeans rightly expect to drive the cleanest and safest cars. That presupposes the strictest controls of cars placed on the market and circulating on our roads..."

New rules on cleaner and safer cars start to apply across Europe

By: EBR | Monday, August 31, 2020

Tomorrow, the EU Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles will start to apply

On 21 July the EU heads of state reached agreement on an unprecedented financial package, including an EU recovery fund called ‘Next Generation EU’ (NGEU). NGEU, which is tailored to tackle the crisis that is unfolding worldwide as a result of Covid-19, sees the EU borrow from capital markets to finance expenditure throughout the Union.

Solidarity is needed on EU citizenship as well as on COVID-19

By: EBR | Monday, August 31, 2020

The response by EU leaders to the COVID-19 crisis suggests that solidarity is on the rise. But what about solidarity between Europe’s own citizens, and the 65 million Britons who face losing their rights to EU citizenship?

"To understand the EU’s role we need to view it over a period of 5-10 years. Those who set the Amazon alight today are betting on huge profits in the years to come."

The EU must face its responsibility for the Amazon fires

By: EBR | Monday, August 31, 2020

Only with a strong law can European consumers be confident that the production of the food they eat does not fuel the horrendous fires we witness every year in the Amazon

“This places challenges for such countries to reach their renewable energy targets with less climate-damaging biomass.”

Scientists call on EU to ‘correct’ biomass carbon accounting rules

By: EBR | Friday, August 28, 2020

Europe’s academies of science have called on EU lawmakers to introduce a “radically new standard” in the blocs’ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to ensure net carbon emissions from biomass power stations are “properly accounted for and declared”

"To leave enough time to ratify a deal before the end of the transition period on December 31st, the EU on its side would like to finalize a deal ahead of the EU summit to be held on October 15-16, 2020."

Brexit Negotiations: What Are They Waiting For?

By: EBR | Tuesday, August 25, 2020

In its negotiations with the EU, the UK government still puts false hopes on “heavenly” intervention by Germany’s Angela Merkel

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