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Energy poverty in the EU

By: EBR | Friday, September 14, 2018

It is estimated that more than 50 million households in the European Union are experiencing energy poverty. This can have far-reaching adverse consequences for people’s health and wellbeing

EPP unsure about retaining or expelling Orban’s party

By: EBR | Friday, September 14, 2018

The European Parliament’s vote to censure Hungary presents the assembly’s dominant centre-right bloc with a dilemma over whether to retain its populist Hungarian allies or expel them months before elections

Time to ask the Eurosceptics what they would suggest

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Never mind Brexit or Trump's re-election chances, 2019 is shaping to be the year Europe's populists shake the EU to its foundations. Giles Merritt calls for a Brussels-led counter-attack that invites critics to say how the EU and its institutions should be re-engineered for the 21st century

Papadimoulis: A broad pro-EU alliance can block the EPP right wing-far right entente

By: EBR | Monday, September 10, 2018

The increasing cooperation between the conservative right-wing and the far-right could be a wake-up-call for democrats, who should create a wide pro-EU alliance, from leftist Alexis Tsipras to centrist Emmanuel Macron, Syriza MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis told EURACTIV.com

Europe's internal divides are more dangerous than damage done by Trump

By: EBR | Friday, September 7, 2018

Be prepared for even tougher times. Europe faces a long list of challenges as it prepares for Britain’s withdrawal from the EU club, elections to the European Parliament and the installation of a new European Commission

Macron takes election dig at Merkel and EPP over Hungary

By: EBR | Friday, September 7, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron took a rare public dig at German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday (6 September) by questioning her party’s ties with Hungary’s right-wing leader as the EU prepares for an election next year

We are ready to welcome you, NATO chief tells Macedonia

By: EBR | Friday, September 7, 2018

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Macedonians on Thursday (6 September) to vote in a referendum to embrace a deal on its name with neighbouring Greece and join the defence alliance

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25 May and represents the biggest change to European data privacy and data protection laws in more than 20 years. This new framework aims to gives individuals more control over their personal data and simplify the regulatory environment, so they can more fully benefit from an inclusive and trustworthy digital economy.

8 reasons to care about the EU’s new data-protection rules

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 5, 2018

In recent weeks, you may have noticed pop-ups appearing in your browser or emails asking you to agree to a company’s new privacy policy or terms of service

Germany finally fit for the Euro

By: EBR | Thursday, August 30, 2018

German fiscal bliss: Debt to GDP ratio can fall to 60% this year

EU Commission encourages border ‘corrections’ to settle Kosovo-Serbia relations

By: EBR | Monday, August 27, 2018

Brussels should accept an agreement between Serbs and ethnic Albanians to settle their long-standing dispute over Kosovo, a top EU official said on Sunday (26 August), seeking to dispel fears that any redrawing of Balkan borders might reignite feuds in the volatile region

High time for Europe to wake up

By: EBR | Monday, August 27, 2018

Why it is in Germany’s own self-interest to take Donald Trump’s policy impulses on trade and defense seriously

The Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, was in Spain on Friday to meet Spanish government vice-president Carmen Calvo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, Minister of Home Affairs Fernando Grande-Marlaska and minister for Labour, Magdalena Valerio.

Avramopoulos in Spain to announce further EU support to tackle migration

By: EBR | Monday, August 6, 2018

As Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos headed to Madrid, the European Commission announced Friday (3 August) a further €3 million in emergency aid to support Spanish border guards in curbing irregular migration

Albania, like the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, is working on agreements to resolve open border issues and is generally seeking good neighbourly relations. Due to the substantial progress made by both countries, the European Commission has recommended accession negotiations to be opened with Albania and Macedonia.

Hahn on Western Balkans: Exporting stability instead of importing instability

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The Commission is satisfied with its Western Balkans strategy, as it has triggered a new dynamic in the region. In an interview with EURACTIV Germany, Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Hahn, however, pleads for realism

A source in Macron’s office hailed Sanchez’s desire to “be more involved in European matters,” at a time when Paris faces resistance to its EU reform blueprint from other countries, not least Germany.

Energy, EU reform on the agenda as Macron heads to Spain and Portugal

By: EBR | Thursday, July 26, 2018

France’s Emmanuel Macron makes his first visit as president to Spain and Portugal, starting Thursday (26 July), in his push to overhaul the EU, with the two southern allies seeking French help to connect their energy grids to Europe

The reality is that the European Union is at the heart of the matter. It has avowedly defined itself as a value-based community, enumerated as human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law and human rights. And yet, rather than abide by them or debate them, these values have become the core of a most serious conceptual rupture within the EU.

The EU has lost the liberal plot

By: EBR | Thursday, July 26, 2018

The ‘liberal international order’ has become one of those terms that is used reflexively

The chances are rising that Brexit talks between the UK and EU will break down. With time running out, the two sides remain far apart. Theresa May has published her latest compromise plan and sees little space for further concessions. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has equally little room for manoeuver. Maybe some eleventh-hour accord will be agreed by the Council of Ministers later this year; but risks are rising that it won’t.

Four Brexit scenarios

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 24, 2018

An eleventh-hour deal on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU might be hammered out by the end of the year. But the risks are rising that it won’t

There are also problems with deepening. Basic features of the EU are under immense stress. The Schengen Agreement, which is so important for the quality of (borderless) life in Europe, is abolished in important places. There are traffic jams on the border between Austria and Germany again.

Less Europe?

By: EBR | Monday, July 23, 2018

The EU does not always need more members and deeper integration. Less could be more in the end

A blistering row between the German chancellor and her interior minister was diffused late Monday night after Angela Merkel and Horst Seehofer struck a compromise over the country’s asylum policy.

Merkel’s challengers

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 3, 2018

A late-night and last-ditch compromise over Germany’s refugee policy leaves Angela Merkel—and Europe—weaker

For example, manufacturing products and selling them seamlessly across the entire European Union – from Helsinki to Athens and from Dublin to Riga – or allowing European employees to work and gain experience where they are most needed would be severely hindered. It is indeed crucial that the now 25-year-old single market is not only maintained, but that European Governments continue to expand and deepen this key EU achievement.

25 years of a European Single Market

By: EBR | Monday, June 25, 2018

A single mechanism to ensure growth for Europe

The US is undoubtedly in retreat from its global commitments while Asia’s rising powers, with China in the lead, are ratcheting up their worldwide influence and clout.

The EU has to broaden its alliances to shape the new world order

By: EBR | Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Enough tears have been shed, egos and emotions shaken and obituaries written about the transatlantic relationship. It is time to move on. So wipe the tears, stop the whining and turn over a new page. The US has embarked on a new journey, and the EU should do the same, writes Shada Islam

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In his weekly column, N. Peter Kramer writes about the Ukraine buying for 6 billion euros drones in China with EU money. Is it a threat for Taiwan?

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United Nations secretary-general envoy Maria Angela Holguin will be in Brussels on Wednesday for meetings seen as important to European Union preparations for a possible revival of Cyprus reunification talks ahead of an expected visit by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Cyprus next week.

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