Athens to unpause screening programmes, health ministry sources say
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 24, 2024
The implementation of the “Spyros Doxiadis” Action Plan of public health screening is expected to get back on track within the first semester of 2024
Could Macron’s conservative turn drag EU elections into a national-only campaign?
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 23, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to defend a “sovereign Europe” ahead of European elections in June
Germany’s last solar panel producer prepares to close shop
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Meyer Burger, the biggest producer of solar modules in Germany, has announced plans to close down and relocate to the US
Serbia’s Authoritarian (Re)turn
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 17, 2024
There is a certain back-to-the-future quality to Serbia
Why VDL must justify her 2nd term with an EU call to arms
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Should Ursula von der Leyen get a second term?
EU Parliamentary Projection: Le Pen’s Right-Wing ID Rises to Third Place
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 10, 2024
December 2023 sees the top three groups in the European Parliament re-ordered for the first time in four years
Europe’s Foreign Policy Ambitions in 2024 Should Be Regional
By: EBR | Wednesday, January 10, 2024
In an election-filled year, the EU cannot afford to look inward
Germany faces ‘unprecedented’ political fragmentation
By: EBR | Tuesday, January 9, 2024
As voter dissatisfaction is on the rise in Europe’s largest economy, Germany’s political landscape is increasingly fractured
Michel’s surprise: Is EU starting 2024 on wrong foot?
By: EBR | Monday, January 8, 2024
2024 started in Brussels with a surprise: European Council President Charles Michel unexpectedly stated that he would leave his post by July
2023 in EU economic policy: The year Germany went French – and back
By: EBR | Thursday, December 28, 2023
Faced with the fear of deindustrialisation, Germany sought to adopt a French-style industrial policy in 2023, including massive subsidies and protectionist ‘Buy European’ clauses – but was caught up by its constraints sooner than expected
Europe pays tribute to ‘visionary’ ex-EU chief Delors who died at 98
By: EBR | Thursday, December 28, 2023
Tributes from across Europe poured in for Jacques Delors, a former EU Commission chief who played an instrumental role in European integration, following his death on Wednesday (27 December) at 98
Europe’s Dangerous Comfort Zone
By: EBR | Thursday, December 28, 2023
Europe is on autopilot
Romania, Bulgaria in partial Schengen deal with Austria, says Bucharest
By: EBR | Thursday, December 28, 2023
Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join the European Schengen area of free movement by sea and air in March 2024, the Romanian government
Venues of COP are not top
By: EBR | Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Holding the presidency of a UN climate summit gives the host country huge influence on its agenda and outcomes
EU gets bad grades on meeting environmental targets
By: EBR | Monday, December 18, 2023
The EU may be on track to meeting its 2030 climate goal of cutting emissions by 55% compared to 1990 levels but is lagging when it comes to other green targets
NGOs cry foul after Commission proposes new law for interest groups
By: EBR | Thursday, December 14, 2023
The European Commission has unveiled a new law designed to force interest and lobbying groups working for non-EU actors to register on a transparency register
EU foreign ministers to consider options for next steps in Gaza response
By: EBR | Wednesday, December 13, 2023
As fighting continues in Gaza, EU foreign ministers discussed possible next steps in response to the Israel-Hamas war
2024 will decide whether the EU thrives or falls apart
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 12, 2023
How durable is the European Union? It’s not as solid as we like to think
French MPs deal heavy blow to government with surprise rejection of immigration bill
By: EBR | Tuesday, December 12, 2023
French lawmakers rejected the government’s immigration bill on Monday by 270 votes to 265, with the far-right, conservatives and left-wing coalition joining forces
Turkey re-approaches EU through Athens
By: EBR | Friday, December 8, 2023
Greece and Turkey signed a series of documents on Thursday confirming their mutual will to turn the page in their troubled relations and focus on the positive agenda