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"Mature renewable energy markets tend to have a strong pipeline of projects under development. This is usually not the case in emerging renewable energy markets."

Emerging renewable energy markets require well-designed auctions

Auctions are an essential part of the policy toolkit for promoting cost-efficient renewable energy development. Still, policymakers must be prepared to tailor their design to local conditions and adjust for market-specific challenges

“The EU has the power of attraction, but its transformative powers are more limited,” said Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev in Belgrade in 2014.

Has the EU Lost the Western Balkans?

By: EBR | Friday, October 15, 2021

The EU remains the Western Balkans’ primary trading partner and investor. But failing to step up engagement and deliver on enlargement promises will come at a high cost and benefit the likes of Russia and China

"Policymakers must walk a fine line between patient support for the recovery and being ready to act quickly."

IMF: Will inflation remain high?

By: EBR | Friday, October 15, 2021

The economic recovery has fueled a rapid acceleration in inflation this year for advanced and emerging market economies, driven by firming demand, supply shortages, and rapidly rising commodity prices

The 2011 Fukushima disaster was a catastrophe for the nuclear sector. Less than three months after the accident, Germany decided to phase out nuclear power entirely by 2022.

Stars align for nuclear

By: EBR | Friday, October 15, 2021

The current energy price spike is something of a storm. But it is also wind in the sails of nuclear energy in Europe, after many years of being given the cold shoulder

“It is, therefore, absolutely necessary that nuclear power is included in the European taxonomy framework by the end of 2021.”

10 EU countries back nuclear power in EU green finance taxonomy

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 13, 2021

“Nuclear power must be part of the solution” to the climate crisis and the rise in energy prices, according to a group of 10 EU countries led by France and Poland who signed a joint opinion article published across major European newspapers

“We learned last week that […] throughout that period of time, throughout those negotiations, this study was put in somebody’s drawer in an office. But it’s really going to have an impact on farmers and on consumers.”

MEPs slam Commission for delaying release of Farm to Fork report

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 13, 2021

European lawmakers have criticised the European Commission’s decision to sit on the controversial study on the impacts of the Farm to Fork for half a year, calling it a “sneaky” move designed to conceal its contents

"Updated legislation needed to tackle innovative tax schemes".

EU must step up its game against harmful tax practices, says Parliament

By: EBR | Friday, October 8, 2021

Parliament outlined on Thursday its priorities for reforming EU policy on harmful tax practices as well as a blueprint for a new system to assess national tax policies

55 small, four-wheeled autonomous mobile robots have been introduced to sort through mail in Greece’s postal service.

Greece has introduced a fleet of postal robots to speed up its service

By: EBR | Friday, October 8, 2021

Fifty-five small, four-wheeled autonomous mobile robots -- or AMR’s -- powered by artificial intelligence, glide around Hellenic Post’s sorting centre in Athens, speeding up an often arduous process

"With around 70% of the global economy now committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, the urgency of exiting coal and completely phasing out fossil fuel subsidies is crystal clear."

Countries are wasting money on energy sources they already know are history

By: EBR | Thursday, October 7, 2021

With many countries facing an emerging fuel price crisis, the world has received a stark reminder of how important energy is to our everyday lives, and also how important government decisions are in keeping us well served

"People with disabilities should have access to barrier-free travel, education and the digital realm, as well as non-institutionalised housing."

Disability rights: A European Disability Card to harmonise status across the EU

By: EBR | Thursday, October 7, 2021

Mobility, education, housing and active inclusion in public life are key areas where Europeans living with disabilities would benefit from reform, say MEPs

"French defense contractor Naval Group may have lost a $66 billion deal to the United States, but it is a fact that France has no intention of withdrawing from a region it has long considered one of its priorities."

France’s Indo-Pacific “Third Way”

By: EBR | Thursday, October 7, 2021

Despite the fallout over AUKUS, France does not intend to withdraw from the Indo-Pacific. The diplomatic crisis has given President Macron a chance to make his country’s voice heard on a major geostrategic issue

"The directive, adopted in 2009, aims to reduce the risks and the impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment but has been criticised for its poor implementation in the majority of member states."

On EU Commission’s menu for agri in 2022: pesticides, carbon removal, packaging

By: EBR | Thursday, October 7, 2021

The sustainable use of pesticides and a carbon removal certification scheme will be placed front and centre of the European Commission’s agricultural priorities next year