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EU summits focus far too much on short-term policy issues instead of on strategies to cope with the hugely disruptive threats on the horizon.

It’s time to repair the EU’s dysfunctional summits

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 3, 2020

"EU leaders are too often bogged down by short-term issues when they should be focussing on strategic solutions to Europe’s ills"

«It is high time for the European Union and the African Union to work together to promote sustainable development in both continents.»

It’s time for the EU to restart its partnership with Africa

By: EBR | Friday, February 28, 2020

Europe and Africa would benefit from a real partnership, but the EU needs to avoid being taken hostage by migration politics

"Tonight, there is no epidemic in France. But there is a problematic situation at the door, in Italy, that we are watching with great attention," Veran told a news conference.

Europe in deep financial trouble with coronavirus

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 25, 2020

The impact of the coronavirus is bigger than expected. The expanding of the virus turns the stock markets in deep red

«Although there is a difference between the demands from the number-crunching ‘Frugal Four’ and the solidarity-seeking ‘Friends of Cohesion’ – it isn’t huge.»

These EU budget feuds are so dispiriting – we now need some real glory days

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 25, 2020

They came. They talked (uninterrupted for 30 hours) and then the 27 EU leaders stalked off, tired, distracted, irritated, and without agreement on the EU’s new seven-year budget

With the number of cases topping 200, Italy is currently facing the worst coronavirus outbreak outside Asia. Entire towns in the Northern part of the country have been on lockdown, while schools were closed and public events, such as the final days of the Venice Carnival, were cancelled.

Commission calls for coordination before any border measures for coronavirus

By: EBR | Monday, February 24, 2020

Any border restriction related to coronavirus in the EU should be based on a thorough risk assessment and scientific advice, two European Commissioners said on Monday (24 February), highlighting that it must be a proportional response and above all, one that is coordinated among different member states

Article 6 of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation outlines the conditions under which personal data can be legally processed, one such requirement being that the data subject has given their explicit consent. Article 4 (14) of the legislation covers the processing of biometric data.

EU police plan massive facial recognition database

By: EBR | Monday, February 24, 2020

Police forces in the European Union are planning to establish an interconnected bloc-wide network of facial recognition databases, leaked documents reveal

The new EU Central Asia Strategy, adopted in 2019, is an overdue step to rebuild Europe’s presence in the region.

Civil Society – the EU’s best partner in Central Asia

By: EBR | Friday, February 21, 2020

The EU needs to put civil society at the heart of its strategy to rebuild its political presence in Central Asia

«EU leaders made clear on their way in that an agreement would be extremely hard to achieve in a single meeting. And, indeed, they largely stuck to their guns.»

Summit fails to narrow differences over EU’s seven-year budget

By: EBR | Friday, February 21, 2020

EU leaders broke off in the early hours of Friday (21 February) after failing to make significant progress on the bloc’s expenditure for the next seven years. They will reconvene at 10 am this morning to try and make a breakthrough

“We look forward to hearing more on the Commission’s state of thought on the EU’s new digital proposal tomorrow.."

Digital package: citizens’ trust, data flows and EU values for AI will be key, say MEPs

By: EBR | Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Industry and Internal Market Committees quizzed Commissioner Thierry Breton on the new initiatives in the digital sector on Wednesday

The EU official explained that, due to the fragmentation among national card schemes, even the strongest European operators offer services that only work within individual member states.

EU eyes single space for European bank cards

By: EBR | Thursday, February 20, 2020

The European Commission will present this autumn a strategy on an integrated EU payments market, to facilitate the use of national payment services across Europe and reduce the dependency from international card operators such as Visa or Mastercard

Macron believes Russia is essential for Europe’s security. Without engaging its big neighbor, Europe will not be safe.

Macron’s One-Way Street to Russia

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2020

France wants a “reset” of relations with Russia, in which values are downplayed and Russia doesn’t have to deliver much in return

Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Latvia and Lithuania opposed the changes, which Eastern EU countries now name the “Macron package” after the French President, who was one of the driving forces behind the proposal.

Nine EU countries voice opposition to EU ‘Mobility Package’

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The number of countries opposing the EU mobility package grew from six to nine on Tuesday (18 February) when the transport ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Cyprus, Malta and Estonia made their positions clear in Brussels

Today, the Commission unveils its ideas and actions for a digital transformation that works for all, reflecting the best of Europe: open, fair, diverse, democratic and confident.

Shaping Europe’s digital future

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Commission presents strategies for data and Artificial Intelligence

“While some … risks (to growth) have receded slightly, including in the case of Brexit and trade tensions, the recent outbreak of coronavirus is a reason for concern and one which we will need to monitor closely,” the chairman of eurozone finance ministers Mario Centeno told a news conference.

Eurozone ministers discuss fiscal boost options as coronavirus worries weigh

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Euro zone finance ministers discussed ways to pursue a more growth-friendly fiscal policy mix on Monday (17 February), in a potential nudge to Germany and the Netherlands to spend more as fears of a downturn grow in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic

"The EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions is helping to deliver real improvements in global tax transparency."

Fair Taxation: EU updates list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 18, 2020

EU Finance Ministers today updated the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions

«No one yet knows the size of the next EU budget, nor what the Green Deal will actually cost.»

The EU is more popular, so it must be more outspoken

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 18, 2020

The EU doesn’t often tell it like it is. Even its direst warnings tend to be wrapped in lengthy and impenetrable reports that scarcely dent public opinion

The concept of the “West” — where the sun rises and people have a chance of a better life — is powerful, especially to those living in rather squalid conditions outside it.

“Westlessness” — Seriously?

By: EBR | Monday, February 17, 2020

Europe keeps dithering on the global stage. Even the French and the Germans can’t fake consensus anymore

Caputova and Macron were both grappling, from different perspectives, with how to deal with Europe’s incomplete transformation. Macron’s view was a Europe that needed strategic ambition. Caputova’s view was a Europe that had to protect and practice its values.

Europe’s Unfinished (Western) Transformation

By: EBR | Monday, February 17, 2020

Competing visions about what the European Union should become will either weaken or strengthen the West

The European Child Guarantee is an opportunity to develop and improve services in the areas of health, housing, nutrition, education and childcare.

European Child Guarantee can be EU’s answer to child poverty

By: EBR | Monday, February 17, 2020

A staggering 22.7 million children live in poverty or social exclusion across the European Union. That’s one in four children in the EU. This is unacceptable for one of the most prosperous regions in the world

«Monsieur Macron can rightfully point to a number of key points. None of them is more important than the lesson that France has learned from the euro’s launch for future European endeavors: Wishful thinking does not a solid common future make.»

Thank God for France’s Sense of European Realism

By: EBR | Monday, February 17, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron’s restrictive stance on EU membership for the Western Balkans injects a much-needed dose of realism into EU affairs

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