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According to the respected political pollster YouGov, a majority of Britons (55%) say that if the EU referendum were taking place now, they would vote to Remain.

Regretting Brexit: Has the UK Seen the Error of Its Ways?

By: EBR | Monday, July 31, 2023

For the first time, Britain is saying it would vote to rejoin the EU if a new referendum to reverse the decision of the one in 2016 were to be held

Fighting off a historic surge in prices, the ECB has lifted borrowing costs by 4 percentage points since last July and essentially promised another quarter-point increase this month, making Thursday’s decision the easiest all year.

ECB to hike rates again, keep options open for September

By: EBR | Thursday, July 27, 2023

The European Central Bank will raise interest rates for the ninth time in a row and keep the door open to further moves

According to the draft report, on average, one in four children and young people, especially 16–24-year-olds, spend over seven hours a day on the internet. More than two to three hours in front of a screen already counts as excessive screen time.

EU lawmaker points to mental health risks for online services’ addictive design

By: EBR | Thursday, July 27, 2023

A European Parliament draft report about online services’ addictive design paints a damning picture of the mental health consequences of excessive screen time and calls for new EU rules to address the problem

While wildfires are common in the Mediterranean, but the climate crisis is increasing their intensity and frequency, meaning larger, hotter fires more often.

Sleepwalking into climate catastrophe

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Europe is on fire again, and pictures from this year’s wildfires in Greece, Spain, and Italy look more like scenes from a dystopian film than real life, but this is likely just the start

At a meeting of EU agriculture ministers on Tuesday (25 July), Romania submitted an ‘any other business’ point requesting that the Commission consider allowing the derogations in 2024, echoing calls from seven other member states that had pushed for further flexibility on environmental measures in June.

Commission clueless on impact of environmental farming exemptions amid further requests

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 26, 2023

The European Commission is in the process of considering whether to grant further farming exemptions from environmental measures following requests from member states

The latest Fostering Effective Energy Transition Report says that the actions we take in the next few years are critical to the success of our long-term energy goals.

Is Europe’s gas market ready for winter?

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 26, 2023

The invasion of Ukraine created ripples through the global energy market, particularly in the European Union (EU), which had to pivot quickly to secure enough gas for winter 2022/23

Participants from more than 20 countries agreed to make funding available to support development projects in what Meloni said would be a “Rome Process” that would last for several years.

Meloni builds alliance to tackle illegal migration

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Nations from the Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa agreed steps to try to slow unauthorised migration and to tackle some of the pressures driving people to leave their homes and attempt to reach Europe

“Constructive steps by Ankara on the Cyprus problem will allow us to consider several openings towards Turkey in response, in the form of a gradual and mutually beneficial package, in parallel with the resumption and progress in the UN-led negotiations, creating thus a win–win situation,” the Cypriot official said.

Cyprus ready to trade Turkey’s EU accession process in favour of settlement talks

By: EBR | Thursday, July 20, 2023

Nicosia is lobbying to appoint a special envoy for Cyprus in the hope of restarting talks with Turkey and moving toward a settlement on the divided island, using the EU accession process as an incentive

“This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”: the words Orban himself posted on his Facebook page, along with a picture with Ciolacu.

Romania’s Ciolacu and Hungary’s Orban: the start of a beautiful friendship

By: EBR | Thursday, July 20, 2023

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met in Romania on Wednesday, although it was not on the Romanian PM’s agenda, and there was no official announcement

“I know that it is not at all popular. I think that a European Federation or a United States of Europe would only put Europe in a position where we would be a truly equal partner in the game between China, America, or Russia and India,” he added.

Czech EU minister: making Europe a Federation will make it an equal global player

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Europe will become an equal player in the global format only when it becomes a federation, Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvorak

With an approach defined as “prudent and realistic”, EU ambassadors agreed on a common position on the European Commission’s proposal for the 2024 EU budget reducing budget lines in most headings, except for humanitarian aid and public administration expenditure.

EU Council reviews proposed 2024 budget downwards

By: EBR | Monday, July 17, 2023

Ambassadors of EU member states reached a common position on the proposed EU budget for 2024, suggesting downward adjustments in several areas while increasing spending for humanitarian aid

“It’s time to end the ‘take, make, dispose’ model which is so harmful to our planet, our health and our economy,” said Alessandra Moretti, Italian centre-left MEP who is the Parliament’s speaker on the proposal.

Parliament vote boosts EU green product rules, leaves out online sales

By: EBR | Friday, July 14, 2023

The European Parliament voted to strengthen the EU’s draft Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), but left out online sales from the scope of the regulation

The strategy lists telecommunication infrastructures as critical infrastructure for national security and states that “public 5G mobile telephone networks” have already been protected by specific laws.

Technological independence key focus in Germany’s China strategy

By: EBR | Friday, July 14, 2023

Germany’s first-ever China strategy puts technology at the heart of its efforts to lessen dependence on Beijing in areas from raw materials supplies, critical infrastructure protection, and cybersecurity, to counter-espionage and fighting disinformation

HERA Invest, a flagship initiative of the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), will provide an additional €100 million to the InvestEU programme to support research and development (R&D) related to the top priority health threats, financed through the EU4Health programme.

Commission announces additional funding to boost preparedness for health threats

By: EBR | Thursday, July 13, 2023

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank announced the creation of the HERA Invest initiative, offering €100 million for innovative solutions to future health threats

Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra, who said he was also stepping down as head of the CDA, one of the parties in the fallen coalition, said he had an “incredible amount of respect” for Rutte.

Rutte to quit politics after record 13-year term as Dutch PM

By: EBR | Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was leaving politics after nearly 13 years in charge, in a shock end to his time as the longest-serving leader in the history of the Netherlands

‘Nuclear alliance’ to meet again at France’s initiative

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 11, 2023

The group of ‘nuclear alliance’ states will meet with the European Commission on the fringes of the informal EU energy ministers’ meeting to seek guarantees on the inclusion of nuclear power in the EU’s energy transition

EU investment into New Zealand has a potential to grow by up to 80%. This landmark agreement also includes unprecedented sustainability commitments, including respect of the Paris Climate Agreement and core labour rights.

EU and New Zealand sign ambitious free trade agreement

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 11, 2023

The EU and New Zealand have today signed their free trade agreement (FTA), which will deliver significant gains for the EU

Transfer of personal data from the EU to the US was deemed illegal by the Court of Justice of the European Union in two landmark cases. In the last verdict, Schrems II, the EU judges pointed to disproportionate access and inadequate protection of European bulk data held by US security services, as first revealed by Edward Snowden in 2013.

EU Commission adopts new EU-US data transfer framework

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 11, 2023

The European Commission formalised its new adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework providing a new legal framework for transatlantic data flows

The stimulus of backing Ukraine against Russia’s invasion has seen an unprecedented new commitment to defence spending. It won’t, however, be nearly enough if European armaments makers continue to trail behind in AI.

Without an AI boost, Europe’s defence face obsolescence

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 11, 2023

European defence autonomy may still be a long way off, but at least it’s coming into sight

“Every time, there is a very high level of violence” in France, European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said reacting to the behaviour of the French police in the context of their response to the riots.

Riots: Paris slams EU commissioner’s criticism of policing

By: EBR | Monday, July 10, 2023

The French government said that EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders had no competence to comment on policing in France in the wake of recent riots