
French unemployment levels reach 11-year low
The number of job-seekers in France dropped by 3.6% in the last quarter of 2022 to 3.05 million, the lowest figure since 2011

German economic policy at a crossroads
By: EBR | Thursday, January 26, 2023
German economic thinking has gone through a shift. Once a fierce advocate of restraint regarding subsidies and industrial policy, Berlin is looking at how to adapt to new market realities following the US Inflation Reduction Act

Sweden launches global campaign against migration
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Sweden, which currently holds the rotating EU Presidency, will launch an awareness campaign to discourage migrants from coming to the country, Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard and far-right Sweden Democrat leader in parliament Henrik Vinge said

EU failure to protect oceans exposed in projections on Commission building
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Vast projections of ocean life lit up the European Commission building Berlaymont in Brussels

Vucic: France, Germany use investments to pressure Serbia’s EU path
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Serbian President Aleksander Vucic said during a speech on Monday evening that there is no progress for Serbia on its EU path

ECB rate hikes could derail climate investments, MEP warns
By: EBR | Monday, January 23, 2023
The European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to increase interest rates to fight inflation could impede investments in green energy, EU lawmaker Rasmus Andresen warned, calling on the bank to differentiate its interest rates
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Exposed: How EU countries use firewood to bloat their renewable energy stats
By: EBR | Monday, January 23, 2023
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has acknowledged “weaknesses” in how biomass energy is counted in national statistics after several EU countries reported a sudden increase in residential wood burning to meet their 2020 renewable energy goal

Pensions reform: We’re not going without a fight, the streets tell Macron
By: EBR | Friday, January 20, 2023
Some 1.12 million people, according to official statistics, took to the streets of France on Thursday to express anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform, while unions claim the number was over two million

45% renewables target ‘is ambitious but feasible’, says EU climate chief
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 17, 2023
The European Commission defended its proposal to source 45% of the EU’s energy from renewable sources by 2030 as EU countries look to lower ambition

Germany under fire for push to revamp EU-subsidy rules
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 17, 2023
The German push to allow EU countries to subsidise their industries more extensively has been met with opposition from experts and member states, who fear that the move could give Germany a competitive advantage

Greek PM warns his deputies of ‘turmoil’ ahead of elections
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned his deputies to be ready to face “turmoil” ahead of the national elections, a statement interpreted by the opposition as “fear”

EU Parliament head sets out transparency plan in response to ‘Qatargate’ scandal
By: EBR | Thursday, January 12, 2023
The head of the European Parliament will set out a 14-point plan to tighten within weeks rules for lawmakers on financial declarations and contacts with lobbyists, in a bid to restore trust after a criminal corruption scandal

Europe has not used potential of COVID tools to ease travel, EU auditors say
By: EBR | Thursday, January 12, 2023
Of all the tools the European Commission has proposed to facilitate travel during the pandemic, only the EU Digital COVID Certificate was effective, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found

Functional equivalence for switching cloud services back on EU Parliament’s text
By: EBR | Thursday, January 12, 2023
The obligation for cloud providers to maintain an equivalent level of functionality when a customer changes service has resurfaced in the European Parliament’s leading committee discussion

Chief prosecutor puts Greece’s rule of law to the test
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Particularly, Renew Europe MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld has called on the Commission to break its silence and speak out while her colleague Giorgios Kyrtsos accused the EPP of trying to “white-wash” the Greek PM over the wiretapping scandal

EU-Africa relations: Counting the spillover costs from Russia’s war
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Last February’s EU-African Union summit in Brussels was supposed to herald the start of a renewed push towards a ‘partnership of equals’ between the two blocs

French government wants to maintain hunting on weekends
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Hunting will continue to be allowed on weekends in France, according to a government plan presented that has left environmentalists disappointed but still needs parliament approval

UK, EU agree ‘way forward’ on data sharing in step to ending N.Ireland trade row
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Britain and the European Union agreed a way forward on data-sharing, in a step towards resolving issues stemming from post-Brexit rules governing trade with Northern Ireland, the two sides said in a joint statement

Europe’s biggest port Rotterdam ‘drowning in cocaine’
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 27, 2022
The millions of containers unloaded by Rotterdam’s giant cranes make it Europe’s largest port, but the Dutch city is also dealing with ever larger amounts of a less welcome cargo: cocaine

Austria still wary of newly agreed EU gas price cap
By: EBR | Wednesday, December 21, 2022
The recent agreement to cap gas prices in the EU at €180 per megawatt-hour (MWh) poses a risk to the security of supply in Austria, Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler said in Brussels