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“The direct impact on the EU seems to be limited,” McGuiness said, adding that EU markets’ reaction was “initially negative, but has since calmed down”.

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”

The Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF), published by the Commission on Thursday (9 March), details exactly how member states will be able to subsidise sustainable technologies through state aid in the coming years.

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

Four new polls confirmed New Democracy’s dip in popularity. Before the accident, the difference between the two was, on average, 6-7% and New Democracy was eyeing a single-party government.

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

With the Green Deal launched in 2020 and the energy crisis hitting Europeans directly at the wallet, political momentum appeared to build up in favour of an ambitious revision of the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).

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

From 2019 to 2022, the European Union’s Taiwan-related activity increased from 23 recorded interactions – instances of engagement across governmental, parliamentary, cyber security, economic, human rights and aid domains, as well as mutual visits – to 167, according to the data collected by the CEIAS EU-Taiwan Tracker.

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

On her trip to Ukraine, Marin said that Finland could discuss donating some of its 62 F/A-18 Hornet fighters, as these will soon be replaced by 64 F-35A soldiers. ”The discussions are in the very early stages,” Marin added.

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

The Commission proposed the mandatory retrofitting of the the 15% worst performing buildings in Europe, which would be rated “G” on the EU’s energy performance scale.

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

The most noticeable feature of the protests in France against Macron’s plan to increase the statutory retirement age by two years to 64 is that it’s not ‘political’ in the accepted sense.

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

But for Metsola, remaining silent over this blunt sabotage against the most democratic EU institution goes too far. We contacted her for a comment on this “sabotage” but got no reply.

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 assess as an “emergency” Frontex’s communication about a boat which later sank, killing more than 60 people, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.).

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

The United States and its allies are also training Ukrainian forces outside of Ukraine, including combined arms training in Germany.

US hosts war games for Ukraine ahead of next phase of Russia conflict

By: EBR | Friday, March 3, 2023

The United States is hosting war planning exercises in Germany for Ukrainian military officers to help them think through upcoming battlefield decisions

At a joint press conference in Windsor, close to Windsor Palace, a residence of King Charles, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the deal was a “decisive breakthrough” that “safeguards sovereignty for Northern Ireland” and had removed “any sense of a border in the Irish sea”.

Northern Ireland protocol deal heralds ‘new chapter’ in UK-EU ties

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 1, 2023

EU and UK leaders have hailed a “decisive breakthrough” that will overhaul the controversial Northern Ireland protocol and herald a “new chapter” of relations between London and Brussels

The AI Act prohibits specific AI uses that pose too great a risk. This politically sensitive category includes social scoring, a pervasive population control system employed in parts of China. The ban on social scoring has been extended to include private entities.

AI Act: MEPs extend ban on social scoring, reduce AI Office role

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 28, 2023

The ban on social scoring has been extended to private companies, regulatory sandboxes could be used to demonstrate compliance, and the AI Office’s role has been downsized in a whopping new set of compromise amendments to the upcoming AI Act

According to a recent survey by the tabloid Heute, 65% of Austrians wish Ukraine would cede its territory to Russia for the fighting to stop, while 86% of self-professed FPO voters polled held this opinion.

Austria split over Russia sanctions

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Austria’s far-right FPO continues to uphold its stance against sanctions on Russia, as surveys demonstrate that while Austrians, by and large support punitive actions, the far-right voters do not

Industry experts say the amount already in storage – which is currently around 64% full – will help ease Europe’s gas crisis, as will an increase in French nuclear generation.

Europe faces costly race to refill gas storage. Here’s what you need to know about the global energy transition

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 28, 2023

As Europe emerges from a mild winter with gas storage close to record levels, governments must prepare for another costly exercise to replenish reserves on the international market, experts say

The push for joint EU debt to match the US Inflation Reduction Act comes from countries like France and Italy and is even backed by the European Commission.

Austria, Finland united in opposing new EU joint debt

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Austria and Finland locked shoulders in opposing new EU joint debt ahead of the Munich Security Conference amid growing calls to up EU spending to face competitors like the US

The upset is the latest development in a dispute between France and other countries who want more EU policies to promote nuclear energy’s contribution to cutting CO2 emissions, and those like Germany and Spain who warn this risks distracting from efforts to massively expand renewable energy.

EU climate diplomacy deal on hold as nuclear dispute deepens

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 21, 2023

European Union countries failed to adopt conclusions on climate diplomacy that had been planned, owing to a deepening spat over the role of nuclear energy in the green transition, EU officials said

To smooth opposition, the European Commission wants to create a new ‘European Sovereignty Fund’, meaning European citizens would not only suffer from less competition but would also need to burden higher taxes to pay for this new fund.

Instead of undermining the single market, the EU must now complete it

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The EU’s four freedoms – goods, capital, services and people – have never been fully implemented; with economic globalisation under threat, the one thing the EU must avoid is undermining its crown jewel – the single market

Couldn’t we, as Europeans, develop an energy independence strategy that would resemble the post-World War II ‘Marshall’ investment plan and would openly include nuclear power, at least to a certain extent? The Brussels’ European quarter is hardly a natural ally to such a plan, as they already dubbed nuclear the “energy of the past”.

For EU’s sake, invest in nuclear

By: EBR | Friday, February 17, 2023

In the face of the ongoing energy and climate crisis, the EU is getting its act together and getting ready for a true ecological revolution

This new obligation has been proposed by the Commission and is confirmed in the positions of the European Parliament and Council. I4CE has supported the discussions on climate transition plans for banks through dedicated research for more than a year now.

Climate transition plans for banks: EU legislators on a razor’s edge

By: EBR | Thursday, February 16, 2023

EU legislators are currently discussing the introduction of mandatory climate transition plans for banks

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