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In recent months, Merkel’s Germany has been criticized for not providing international leadership. It’s hard to know what kind of Europe Merkel wants in terms of economic and political integration.

Germany’s Unwelcome Leadership Gap

By: EBR | Thursday, February 13, 2020

The far right is creating a serious leadership crisis for Germany and the rest of Europe. The next CDU leader will need strategy, stamina, and charisma to stop the rise of the AfD

“The crisis had a strong asymmetrical impact and it made the structural problem of member states explode and youth unemployment soar.”

The disengaged youth, a pending challenge in the EU

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The financial crisis of the previous decade was particularly hard on young people. However, as the latest data shows, 15% of young Europeans are neither at work nor studying (NEETs), which means this remains a structural issue

«If Europe plays its cards right, the EU blueprint for pursuing climate neutrality by 2050 could become a truly inspirational manual for other countries and regions.»

The EU Green Deal can go global – but ‘climate diplomacy’ won’t be easy

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 11, 2020

In the 1990s, Europe’s drive to create a single market earned international kudos. It also triggered a wave of anxiety as policymakers across the world fretted about the plan’s external ramifications

One of the ways technology can contribute most to decarbonisation “is through the power of data,” the Commission says in a section dedicated to sustainability.

Europe plans to harness ‘power of data’ in support of Green Deal

By: EBR | Thursday, February 6, 2020

The EU Green Deal needs “digitalisation as an enabler for decarbonisation” in all sectors of the economy, including transport and energy, the European Commission says in a draft policy document seen by EURACTIV

The British (here I should perhaps say “we British”) may often have seemed ungracious in refusing to demonstrate a slavish devotion to the European project, but were never uncooperative.

Brexit aside, the British were not the ’Bad Boys’ of Europe

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Giles Merritt looks back on his 42 years in Brussels when his fellow Brits played key roles in the building of Europe, and looks forward to their eventual return

«Working to reduce the suffering of cancer in Europe is a top priority for me as European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.»

Cancer – A common European endeavour

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Every day in Europe, new cancer cases are diagnosed. Every day in Europe, patients, their families and friends experience the tidal wave of emotions that a cancer diagnosis brings with it. Uncertainty about the future, feelings of shock, sadness, anger, or even hopelessness, writes EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides

Europe will do what it takes to unlock the investment, innovation and the creativity that is needed for the green transition, as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen put it.

How Europe’s science offers hope in tackling the climate emergency

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 4, 2020

After my first time at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, it is worth taking a look back

For years, differences dogged the relationship between Brussels and London over a plethora of issues, from migration and asylum policy to defense and security issues.

No Excuses for Europe After Brexit

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 4, 2020

For the European Union to become a global player without Britain, there must be a major shift of alliances and direction inside the bloc

A dedicated chapter on governance provides an outline for an overall governance framework covering all areas of economic and security cooperation.

Future EU-UK partnership

By: EBR | Monday, February 3, 2020

European Commission takes first step to launch negotiations with the United Kingdom

There are now 25,000 UK civil servants working on Brexit. This compares with a total of 32,500 EU civil servants.

Five Scenarios for Brexit After January 31

By: EBR | Friday, January 31, 2020

On January 31, the UK leaves the EU Treaty as a signatory member. What happens next?

Parliament’s UK coordination group, led by Foreign Affairs Committee Chair David McAllister (EPP, DE), will liaise with the EU Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom and coordinate with the Foreign Affairs Committee and International Trade Committee and all other competent committees.

Brexit deal approved by the European Parliament

By: EBR | Thursday, January 30, 2020

The Withdrawal Agreement was approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday evening by 621 votes in favour, 49 against and 13 abstentions

“This Commission is committed to tackle our generational challenges such as climate change, digitisation and migration. We are committed to deliver on the European Green Deal and to improve chances for European citizens and businesses in the digital transformation. This Work Programme will help building a Union that strives for more.”

European Commission 2020 Work Programme

By: EBR | Thursday, January 30, 2020

An ambitious roadmap for a Union that strives for more

“We can do great things with 5G. The technology supports personalised medicines, precision agriculture and energy grids that can integrate all kinds of renewable energy. This will make a positive difference. But only if we can make our networks secure. Only then will the digital changes benefit all citizens.”

Secure 5G networks: Commission endorses EU toolbox and sets out next steps

By: EBR | Thursday, January 30, 2020

The Commission is today endorsing the joint toolbox of mitigating measures agreed by EU Member States to address security risks related to the rollout of 5G, the fifth-generation of mobile networks

France’s Euro-passionate President Emmanuel Macron wants the conference to “propose all the necessary changes to our political project, without any taboos, not even treaty revision”. Policymakers in Berlin are in corners, hiding.

We’ve got problems – but talks on Europe’s future must not be a Big Moan

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Europe is having another party. Sorry, my mistake. It’s not a party nor a celebration. It will be a sober and serious reflection, a much-anticipated ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’

Climate action can be the polestar. A net-zero emissions strategy should be the course we follow out of the chaos and into a stable and prosperous future.

A net-zero emissions future to guide Europe through turbulent economic times

By: EBR | Monday, January 27, 2020

Climate action can be the polestar guiding EU leaders through turbulent economic waters, writes Pascal Lamy, calling on politicians to put climate policy at the heart of a coherent industrial strategy

“Turkey is and should remain a candidate country, despite the current difficulties in EU-Turkey relations”, Mr Sanchez Amor said.

New EP Turkey rapporteur: “New narrative for EU-Turkey relations needed”

By: EBR | Friday, January 24, 2020

“We need to keep the Turkish EU accession process on track”, said Parliament’s new rapporteur for Turkey, Nacho Sanchez Amor, following his first official visit to the country this week

Some countries may be skeptical about addressing Europe’s weakness in projecting hard power with an institutional response instead of addressing the deeper, underlying issues of a lack of political will and military capability.

The Pros and Cons of a European Security Council

By: EBR | Friday, January 24, 2020

France and Germany have proposed creating a European Security Council to better enable Europe to think and act strategically. The jury is still out on whether such a council will be created

The powerful German carmakers missed the speed and force with which their industry would embrace the shift to electric vehicles, and are scrambling to catch up.

If Merkel Wants to Fix the German Economy, She Needs to Hurry Up

By: EBR | Thursday, January 23, 2020

Angela Merkel is running out of time to reset the German economy before her era as chancellor draws to a close

European Commissioner Thierry Breton said the new rocket “is at the core of the objective to guarantee a European autonomous access to space”.

EU fuels rocket programme with €100m

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 22, 2020

The European Commission announced a €100 million investment in a prototype rocket project on Tuesday (21 January), as Europe aims to keep a firm hold in a space industry predicted to be worth €1 trillion in the coming years

“People need to be at the very centre of all our policies. My wish is therefore that all Europeans will actively contribute to the Conference on the Future of Europe and play a leading role in setting the European Union’s priorities. It is only together that we can build our Union of tomorrow.”

Shaping the Conference on the Future of Europe

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Today, the European Commission set out its ideas for shaping the Conference on the Future of Europe, which should be launched on Europe Day, 9 May 2020

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In many big towns and cities, Socialists and centre-right Republicans are tempted to make electoral pacts on their outside flanks to beat the opposition in next Sunday’s run off of the French mayoral elections.

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