
Brussels planning digital push to green the EU’s construction sector
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The European Commission has outlined possible “transition pathways” to address the environmental impact of the construction sector, with plans to set up a “European Construction Data Space” to pull together industry-generated information

Germany and France seek to match US green industry subsidies
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The German and French economy ministers said Europe must match US subsidies for green industry and called for the EU to implement state aid rules to prevent distortions in the single market

EU’s car industry must look to the future, not the past
By: EBR | Monday, December 19, 2022
Most European car makers have already declared that they will go full electric by 2035, some of them sooner. The EU’s task is to get ready for this transformation

Qatar ‘ghost’ vote exposes MEP Eva Kaili
By: EBR | Friday, December 16, 2022
A vote at the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on Qatar’s visa liberalisation exposes Greek MEP Eva Kaili as she was not a member of the committee

Leftist MEP: S&D and EPP had ‘clear alliance’ to protect Qatar
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 13, 2022
The groups of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) had a “clear alliance” in the EU House to protect Qatar, French MEP Manon Aubry told

Schengen blockade fuels pro-Russian narratives in Bulgaria
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 13, 2022
The Netherland’s and Austria’s decision to block Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen has bolstered the rhetoric of pro-Russian circles

ECB mulls rate hike slowdown on ‘peak inflation’ hopes
By: EBR | Monday, December 12, 2022
Growing hopes that the eurozone’s red-hot inflation is nearing its peak could prompt European Central Bank policymakers to opt for a smaller rate hike on Thursday

EU to discuss Russia, Iran drone sanctions, start debate on arms fund top up
By: EBR | Monday, December 12, 2022
EU foreign ministers will meet to try to agree on further sanctions on Iran for military aid provided to Russia and to top up the bloc’s European Peace Facility (EPF) with an additional €2 billion for arms deliveries to Ukraine

Lessons from a study of 25,000 ’obfuscatory’ EU press releases
By: EBR | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Europe’s heterogeneity is both its strength and its weakness

Bulgaria fumes at Rutte’s ‘offensive’ Schengen comments
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Bulgaria’s president and caretaker ministers snapped back at Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for his comments about crossing the Bulgarian border with a €50 bribe

From stricter reporting rules to a new cyber threat hub, the EU is upgrading its cybersecurity law
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The European Union is set to make major upgrades to its bloc-wide cybersecurity framework for the first time in years

In Tirana, EU aims to reassure Western Balkans amid enlargement disillusionment
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 6, 2022
EU leaders will meet with their Western Balkans counterparts in Albania’s capital Tirana to reassure the region of a future in the bloc amid fears of rising Russian and Chinese influence

Registered MEP-lobbyist meetings just tip of iceberg, warns transparency group
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 6, 2022
The nearly 30,000 registered meetings between MEPs and lobbyists over the last three years are just the tip of the iceberg

A toothless German response to the US Inflation Reduction Act?
By: EBR | Thursday, December 1, 2022
The speech by German Economy Minister Robert Habeck gave the impression of an almost paradigmatic shift in German economic thinking

Poland to charge Ukrainian refugees for government-provided housing
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Poland plans to charge Ukrainian refugees for food and housing after 4 months of staying in state accommodation

Africa-EU partnership post-COP27
By: EBR | Monday, November 28, 2022
An alignment of positions between Africa and Europe at UN climate conferences would have a very good chance of adoption

EU demands quick fix from US of green subsidy law
By: EBR | Monday, November 28, 2022
European Union ministers warned that time was running out to resolve differences with Washington over US plans to give tax credits to consumers buying electric vehicles and other green products as long as they are made in North America

German top aide: No EU-reform, no enlargement
By: EBR | Monday, November 28, 2022
Germany will only agree to the accession of new member states if this process is accompanied by a reform of the EU in order not to jeopardise the bloc’s ability to act

Europe flags space ambitions with spending hike and new astronauts
By: EBR | Thursday, November 24, 2022
European nations agreed to boost spending on space by 17% to stay on the heels of United States and China in two days of intense bargaining overshadowed by rising energy prices

UK plans to scrap thousands of EU laws ‘unfit for purpose’
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 23, 2022
The UK government’s plans to give ministers the ability to tear up around 2400 pieces of EU law on the UK statute have been dismissed as ‘unfit for purpose’ by the government’s own regulation watchdog