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Since the spring of this year, solar panels on the roof have been powering the sites’ washing machines and dryers in a partnership with local energy cooperative Brupower.

Local energy communities pinning hopes on new Commission

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 4, 2024

An energy community project in south-west Brussels is cutting energy bills for a homeless shower facility

The EU needs to show how listening to others advances its strategic interests in the current global context.

“Listening to Others” as European Foreign Policy?

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 3, 2024

A bold and prominent commitment to “listen to others” has embedded itself at the heart of European foreign policy

The Draghi and Letta reports have been widely reported as being about industrial policy and the need for EU member states to abandon economic nationalism.

The Draghi & Letta reports: Surgeons without a scalpel

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 3, 2024

It’s either too soon or too late to speculate on the fates of the Letta and Draghi reports

The European Commission said in a statement that the payment has been suspended for six months because Bulgaria has not met its commitments on energy, anti-corruption, and public procurement reforms.

Brussels halts EU recovery plan payment for Bulgaria

By: EBR | Monday, December 2, 2024

Bulgaria will not receive the second €653 million disbursement under the recovery and sustainability plan due to the country’s unfinished reforms

"A vote against (the government) is not inevitable. All Barnier has to do is accept to negotiate," Le Pen said in an interview with La Tribune newspaper.

Le Pen tells France’s Barnier to negotiate or be felled

By: EBR | Monday, December 2, 2024

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier must make further budget concessions to avoid a no confidence motion that could topple his government, National Rally lawmaker Marine Le Pen said

However, the internal document, which dates from July, says that the paper would be a “broad policy reflection" to "inform a possible European reform towards a fully integrated internal market for electricity."

Commission mulling 2025 white paper on electricity market reform

By: EBR | Friday, November 29, 2024

The European Commission’s energy department may issue a White Paper in 2025 which would lay the ground for further electricity market reforms

Output of all cars dropped by more than 15% from a year earlier, mainly due to a fall in exports following weak demand, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.

UK electric car production drops with firms ’under pressure’

By: EBR | Friday, November 29, 2024

UK car production fell sharply in October amid industry concerns about "intense pressure" on investment in electric vehicle-making

“Poland’s upcoming presidency comes at a time when Europe is facing many challenges, but also many opportunities. We look forward to supporting the Polish presidency’s work, for example through the requested exploratory opinions, in order to advance our shared European goals,” he added.

Poland makes security a key priority of its EU presidency

By: EBR | Thursday, November 28, 2024

Poland has outlined the political direction of the rotating presidency the country will hold from January to June 2025

According to Tass, the FSB says that the diplomat was a replacement for one of six UK diplomats expelled in August, also on espionage charges.

No 10 dismisses Russia spy claims as ’baseless’

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Downing Street has denied allegations that a British diplomat expelled from Russia was a spy

“I do not think that any leader alone - whoever it is - can be an as effective interlocutor as the EU. Our strength lies in speaking with one voice, not twenty-seven individual ones. And I think that the language of power is one that the US speaks and understands quite well”, Metsola said.

Roberta Metsola: The US ‘understands the language of power’

By: EBR | Monday, November 25, 2024

The European Union should remain united and speak with one voice because the US understands the language of power, Roberta Metsola said in an interview

The job posting says the role will lead the government’s relationship with the European Union and negotiations with the EU "on key UK interests", with mentions of trade, security and border policy.

UK wants to hire EU negotiator to ’reset’ relations

By: EBR | Monday, November 25, 2024

The UK government is hiring a new negotiator to help deliver a “reset” of relations with Europe

The Italian Greens decided not to vote for the new Commission.

Italy divided over Fitto securing a European Commission spot

By: EBR | Friday, November 22, 2024

EU lawmakers’ approval of Raffaele Fitto as one of the European Commission’s new executive vice presidents has provoked mixed reactions in Italy

He also noted the issues he said were “extremely important for Poland”—including efforts to obtain German reparations for World War II, an issue Mularczyk said “has required a just solution for years.”

Polish MEP urges Trump to back World War II reparations demands from Germany

By: EBR | Friday, November 22, 2024

Polish conservative PiS MEP Arkadiusz Mularczyk (ECR) has sent a letter to US President-elect Donald Trump, urging him to back Poland’s demands for Germany to fork out World War Two reparations

Truth be told, European nations and leaders have had enough time to get their act together. For that act of omission, we Europeans can’t expect any sympathy.

With Trump Elected, Quo Vadis Europe?

By: EBR | Thursday, November 21, 2024

The just concluded U.S. presidential election was at least the most important election for Europe and the world this century

The activities of the closed consulate are supported by Russian citizens who actively spread pro-Kremlin propaganda through their Facebook accounts, according to news website Dnevnik, a Euractiv partner.

Russian consulate in Bulgaria closed for spying operates from socialists’ office

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 19, 2024

The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city, Varna, was closed by government decision in October 2022 but continues to operate undercover

Scholz rejected criticism, including from Tusk, saying that Ukraine can count on its Western allies and that no decision will be made without Kyiv.

Tusk praises then criticises Scholz for calling Putin

By: EBR | Monday, November 18, 2024

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed satisfaction before the weekend that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had conveyed Poland’s position on the war in Ukraine in his phone call to Putin

Andrew Bailey’s Mansion House speech to investors marked some of his strongest comments yet on Brexit, saying one of its consequences has been weaker trade.

UK must rebuild post-Brexit relations with EU, says Bank boss

By: EBR | Monday, November 18, 2024

The UK must "rebuild relations" with the EU "while respecting the decision of the British people" who voted to leave in 2016, the Bank of England’s governor has said

Over 4,000 people and a thousand homes have been evacuated in the Malaga area, according to a Thursday update from Antonio Sanz, the director of the Emergency Plan for the Risk of Flooding in Andalucia.

Thousands evacuated as parts of Spain hit with nearly a month’s rainfall in one hour

By: EBR | Thursday, November 14, 2024

Severe thunderstorms and torrential rain have again battered coastal Spain, causing thousands of people to be evacuated

Orban’s recent interview, given on the morning of the November 7 informal European Council meeting may provide some insights into his true ambitions and future behavior.

Orban’s Rebellion Against Europe Gains Momentum

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 13, 2024

From the very outset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has systematically disrupted European decisionmaking

A streamlined EU executive would be much better placed to confront an American loosening of transatlantic bonds.

Trump’s win must hasten a European Commission rebranding

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Ursula von der Leyen’s incoming European Commission will face a host of unwelcome challenges once Donald Trump is back in the White House

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The digital euro is coming and that’s bad news

By: N. Peter Kramer

ECB President Christine Lagarde announced that EU legislation must be finalised in October to make sure nothing is standing in the way of the digital euro

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