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Johnson is promising to bring back his Brexit deal to parliament before 25 December if the centre-right Conservatives are returned to power.

Johnson unveils manifesto for Brexit Britain

By: EBR | Monday, November 25, 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Sunday (24 November) to take Britain out of the EU by 31 January then set about reinvigorating public services, as he launched his Conservative Party’s general election manifesto

“Hydrogen could be applied using a lot of infrastructure we already have,” Timmermans pointed out referring to the existing natural gas infrastructure.

Timmermans sees ‘pivotal role for hydrogen’ in meeting EU climate goals

By: EBR | Monday, November 25, 2019

The European Commission’s upcoming vice president for the Green Deal received a standing ovation at a forum in Brussels last week after he declared, “I see a pivotal role for hydrogen” in Europe’s efforts to achieve its climate goals

Polarized and despondent, the Czech Republic is not a happy place. Despite rising living standards and its membership of NATO and the EU, Czechs are stuck in a national malaise.

Central Europe: Democracy Intact, But Under Pressure

By: EBR | Thursday, November 21, 2019

Polarized and despondent, the Czech Republic is not a happy place. Despite rising living standards, Czechs are stuck in a national malaise

France, Spain, and Belgium have a debt-to-GDP ratio at almost 100%, while Italy’s goes up to 136%. The countries are not only failing to meet the debt rule but have not “sufficiently used favourable times to put their finances in order”.

EU concerned over France, Italy and Spain debts

By: EBR | Thursday, November 21, 2019

Reduction of public debt should be the main priority for France, Italy, and Spain, which have “failed to put their finances in order” during the economic upswing of recent years, the European Commission warned on Wednesday (20 November) at the presentation of the autumn fiscal package

The new proposal – presented at the ‘EU Eastern Neighbourhood Forum’ on 12 November – echoes calls made by the Ukrainian foreign minister to apply a “differentiation principle” to the three EaP frontrunners who have concluded Association Agreements with the EU (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova) at a recent ministerial dialogue in Stockholm.

Future of Eastern Partnership: EPP backs trio plan, Commission cautious

By: EBR | Thursday, November 21, 2019

The European People’s Party (EPP) has presented a proposal to enable faster and deeper sector-by-sector integration with the EU for the three countries within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) – Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova – that are looking for a more ambitious integration with the bloc

The EU has always punched below its weight when it comes to defense; a former Belgian foreign minister once (in)famously said that “Europe is an economic giant, a political dwarf, and a military worm.”

The Democratic Challenge of EU Defense Policy

By: EBR | Thursday, November 21, 2019

The EU must improve democratic accountability and transparency on defense policy—otherwise its new-found ambitions to forge a defense and strategic culture will backfire

“We certainly will come out on January the 31st, because we have a deal … that is oven ready,” Johnson said, reinforcing a message he has used throughout the election campaign that his Conservative government would end the Brexit crisis quickly.

In testy leadership debate, UK PM Johnson promises quick Brexit

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson doubled down on his Brexit promises on Tuesday (19 November), saying only he could take Britain out of the European Union quickly in a testy leadership debate with opposition Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn

This is a portfolio that does not exist in any other national government. We have an organisation that gives Frans Timmermans the means of its ambitions. So all that is very positive.

Pascal Canfin MEP: Time to declare climate emergency in Europe

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Pascal Canfin is a French MEP for the centrist Renew Europe group in the European Parliament, where he chairs the assembly’s environment committee (ENVI)

Europe still matters in many African countries. France is expected to convene a meeting with African leaders in June and several German-Africa gatherings will be held during the German Presidency in the second half of 2020, including one summit in Brussels.

Europe needs new stories and an end to mind-numbing ‘group think’

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has jazzed up her team’s job titles, promising also to give a ‘geopolitical’ tinge to future policies

The CDU’s youth wing has already shattered a taboo by demanding a membership vote on who the party’s chancellor candidate should be in the next general election, in a blow to Merkel’s succession plan.

Merkel’s conservatives brace for stormy party congress

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 19, 2019

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right CDU braces for a tumultuous two-day party congress in Leipzig from Friday (22 November), with members smarting from recent local election drubbings and bickering over her successor

“It’s not a luxury, it should be an obligation,” said Metz, who spoke last month at the annual conference of the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) in Brussels.

Green MEP calls for EU action plan on alternatives to animal testing

By: EBR | Friday, November 15, 2019

All initiatives to promote alternatives to animal testing are welcome, but lawmakers should be bolder and impose some mandatory measures as well, Luxembourgish MEP Tilly Metz has said

PiS’s ideology is muscular Roman Catholicism. It is a nationalist, authoritarian party. The party may pride itself on its anti-Communism and has indeed a different ideology.

Poland’s Catholic Neo-Communists

By: EBR | Thursday, November 14, 2019

PiS aims to create a repressive, homogeneous society not much different from the late unlamented Polish People’s Republic — albeit in the name of Jesus Christ, not Karl Marx

Caroline Freund, in her book “Rich People, Poor Countries,” shows that in 2014 63% of Russian billionaires’ wealth came from dubious sources such as privatization schemes, mineral resource wealth (which is almost always connected with state-given privileges) and outright political connections.

Putin’s Oligarchs and Yeltsin’s Oligarchs: All the Same?

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 13, 2019

The Putin oligarchs are billionaires which serve at the discretion of the state. The original Yeltsin-type oligarchs owned the state

‘’The maritime technology sector provides more than 1 million jobs in Europe. These are high-quality jobs and are crucial for many communities and regions across Europe. We cannot lose these jobs due to unfair trading practices in other countries,” Luis Colunga, Deputy General Secretary for industriAll Europe, said.

European Shipyards, Manufacturers Urge EU to Safeguard Industry

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 12, 2019

European social partners for the maritime technology sector have once again called upon EU policy-makers to adopt a dedicated European industrial strategy for the sector

“New Commission President Von der Leyen is a strong proponent of evidence based policy making; so, here is the evidence: now we need the right policies!”, said Eurochambres President Leitl.

The 27th edition of the EUROCHAMBRES Economic Survey

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, November 8, 2019

The 27th edition of the EUROCHAMBRES Economic Survey (EES2020), based on feedback from 53.000 businesses, reveals that ongoing concerns about domestic sales and exports, as well as labour related challenges are constraining private sector investment and growth

The three Baltic states have done very well since communism ended, although Latvia experienced a deep recession in 2008.

Thirty Years After the Wall Fell: The Baltics and Kaliningrad

By: EBR | Friday, November 8, 2019

How the market economy changed lives: East Europeans assess 30 years of freedom

Welcoming incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s pledge to cut regulation as “nice to hear”, Babis was quick to express his views about the “need to change Europe”, exasperatedly mentioning the €10 billion spent each year on sustaining the operations of the European institutions.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis speaks of "need to change Europe"

By: EBR | Monday, November 4, 2019

More than 150 representatives of industry, business and the third-sector gathered in Prague on Thursday (31 October) at the Financial Times Business Regulation Forum in Prague

Since 2014, Ukraine has embarked on an ambitious reform programme with the main objectives of stabilising its economy and improving its citizens’ livelihood.

If Ukraine wants more Europe, corruption must end

By: EBR | Friday, November 1, 2019

When the recent phone call between US President Trump and Ukraine’s President Zelensky went viral, it made headlines for several reasons, none of them good

Capital is no longer allocated to the highest return projects or the projects that create the most value. In such an environment, the financial system’s basic operating principle becomes relative value destruction.

The “Eurozone Soviet”

By: EBR | Friday, November 1, 2019

Negative interest rates have a pernicious effect on human beings. They corrode the structures of society, culture and people’s mindsets, triggering widespread resignation and even nihilism

Berlin and Paris appeared to be on the same page on China, but, since then, they have ploughed their own separate paths.

Macron Goes to China: For Europe or for France?

By: EBR | Thursday, October 31, 2019

France and Germany must stand united if Europe is to exert any meaningful political and economic influence in its relations with Beijing. But for now, national interests prevail

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