We’ve got problems – but talks on Europe’s future must not be a Big Moan
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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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
Adapting labour markets to Europe’s green economy
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Climate change has provoked an unprecedented response from the international community in recent years. However, as industry becomes greener, the working lives of Europeans will change
Croatian Presidency priorities discussed in the European Parliament
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic presented the priorities of the Croatian presidency to the European Parliament and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Global banks urge EU to ‘improve’ market access as Brexit looms
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 14, 2020
International banks have called on the European Union to make its system for financial market access more transparent and predictable to avoid hurting markets and consumers
Financing fossil fuels risks a repeat of the 2008 crash
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 8, 2020
To continue financing fossil fuel expansion is today’s equivalent of betting the bank - and the global economy - on subprime mortgage-backed securities over a decade ago; it is fuelling a crisis
Massive rise in EV charging points needed to reach EU climate goals, analysis finds
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Europe needs a fifteen-fold increase in electric vehicle public charging points by 2030 to support the EU’s goal of becoming “climate neutral” by mid-century, according to new research published
New Deal for Consumers: consumer protection enter into force
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Τhe Commission welcomes the entry into force of new EU rules for consumer protection, as part of the New Deal for Consumers
EU expert in North Macedonia: Negotiations have to lead to EU membership
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 7, 2020
The European Commission is expected to propose the new methodology in January, and ideally, EU member countries would adopt it by March
2020: Critical year for EU-China relations
By: EBR | Friday, December 27, 2019
2020 will be a decisive year for the EU’s relations with China and its success will largely depend on the fate of the long-running bilateral investment treaty negotiations, writes Fraser Cameron
A Post-Brexit Europe in a New Decade
By: EBR | Thursday, December 19, 2019
Boris Johnson’s sweeping election victory brings clarity for Britain but not for Europe as it enters a decade of major geostrategic shifts
Climate change: new rules agreed to determine which investments are green
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Parliament negotiators reached an agreement with Council on Monday on new criteria to determine whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable
High geopolitics in the High North: A call for a deeper EU engagement
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The Von der Leyen Commission begins its mandate at a time when Arctic geopolitics are at their most important since the Cold War. The EU needs to deepen its engagement in its own Arctic backyard, argue Andre Gattolin and Damien Degeorges
A ‘startup mindset’ is behind battery strategy, says EU official
By: EBR | Monday, December 16, 2019
The European Commission is thinking like a startup as part of its efforts to develop a value chain for batteries, according to one of the EU officials that has been heavily involved with the sector over the past two years
Consumers and businesses to save money thanks to new EU cross-border payments rules
By: EBR | Monday, December 16, 2019
As of today, consumers and businesses in non-eurozone Member States will enjoy cheaper cross-border payments in euro
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