
German minister: E-fuels row ‘did Europe a great service’
Germany and the European Commission have moved closer to a deal on the future of the internal combustion engine, the German transport minister said

Paris plots response to von der Leyen’s ‘unfortunate’ comments on nuclear
By: EBR | Wednesday, March 29, 2023
The office of French Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher slammed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s recent comments about nuclear not being “strategic” for EU decarbonisation

Top meeting postponed as Berlin government shows cracks
By: EBR | Wednesday, March 29, 2023
A meeting between Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, government members and the leadership of the coalition parties to resolve differences including climate, transport and budgetary issues that went into the night Sunday was paused and postponed

European Green Deal: ambitious new law agreed to deploy sufficient alternative fuels infrastructure
By: EBR | Tuesday, March 28, 2023
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council to boost the number of publicly accessible electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling stations

EU institutions, member states in competition over cyber intelligence
By: EBR | Thursday, March 23, 2023
The European Commission and the EU’s diplomatic service are setting up two competing initiatives to collaborate with private companies on cybersecurity threats

EU lawmaker: Mental health plan must address those ‘who suffer in silence’
By: EBR | Thursday, March 23, 2023
Pain management should be included in the forthcoming Commission’s mental health strategy to relieve those “who are suffering in silence”, according to a socialist MEP, Alex Agius Saliba
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EU strikes ‘ground-breaking’ deal to cut maritime emissions
By: EBR | Thursday, March 23, 2023
The European Parliament and EU ministers struck a deal on the bloc’s flagship law to cut emissions in the maritime sector, marking a major step forward for the bloc’s plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2050

France requisitions refinery workers as energy strikes continue
By: EBR | Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Several French refineries were still blocked from delivering products after two weeks of strikes, disrupting production and power supply, while attempts to requisition workers at the Fos depot sparked scuffles with police

Where to now? Ukraine’s war is eclipsing the EU’s internal woes
By: EBR | Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Although Ukrainians face a second year of misery, an uncomfortable truth is that the European Union has been having, as they say, ‘a good war’

Austria’s conservatives team up with far-right, again
By: EBR | Monday, March 20, 2023
The Austrian centre-right OVP of Lower Austria looks to govern with the far-right FPO, forming a right-wing government in the country’s largest state and setting the scene for the upcoming 2024 elections

SVB collapse has ‘limited’ impact on EU banks, Commission says
By: EBR | Thursday, March 16, 2023
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the US only has a “limited impact” on EU markets, and the EU banking sector remains “in good shape”

EU state aid: The good and the bad of opening the floodgates
By: EBR | Wednesday, March 15, 2023
The EU’s Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF), which allows member states to subsidise sustainable technologies, is welcomed by advocates for green industrial policy

Greek polls: Mitsotakis, Tsipras in neck-and-neck race before elections
By: EBR | Wednesday, March 15, 2023
The recent train tragedy, which cost the lives of 57 people, has had several political repercussions for the ruling conservative New Democracy party

Who wants to kill the EU’s green buildings law?
By: EBR | Wednesday, March 15, 2023
“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett’s mantra sounds like a perfect fit for the European Union’s latest attempt to revamp its green buildings law

Central Europe drives EU-Taiwan relations
By: EBR | Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Central European countries are key drivers in developing EU-Taiwan relations as they make up 60% of all interactions between EU and Taiwan actors

Finnish PM under fire for offering to donate fighter jets to Ukraine
By: EBR | Monday, March 13, 2023
Prime Minister Sanna Marin suggesting Finland should discuss the possibility of donating fighter jets to Ukraine has caused a stir following her surprise Kyiv visit ahead of the April elections

Germany’s FDP sets sights on EU buildings directive
By: EBR | Monday, March 13, 2023
After thwarting a proposed EU ban on new fossil fuel cars, Germany’s liberal FDP party is now launching an attack on the EU’s buildings directive, which envisages a Europe-wide renovation obligation to reduce the sector’s emissions

France’s pensions fight is set to become a Europe-wide battle
By: EBR | Wednesday, March 8, 2023
President Emmanuel Macron’s stand-off with France’s trade unions over his pension reform plans are widely reported as a peculiarly French issue

Metsola dangerously silent over LIBE committee’s Greek sabotage
By: EBR | Wednesday, March 8, 2023
The Greek government and other state stakeholders have sabotaged a mission of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to Athens to examine the state of the rule of law and wiretapping scandal

Italy did not classify Frontex’s communication as ‘emergency’ before shipwreck
By: EBR | Monday, March 6, 2023
The 20 metre-long boat contained approximately 200 people. Roughly 80 survived while more that 68 died