The EU’s Humiliating Failure in Bosnia
By: EBR | Monday, November 8, 2021
The EU has long been the dominant player in Bosnia and Herzegovina, however its policy toward the country and the Western Balkans more broadly is failing
COP26 leaders vow new drive to save forests
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 2, 2021
World leaders meeting at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow will on Tuesday (2 November) issue a multibillion-dollar pledge to end deforestation by 2030 but that date is too distant for campaigners who want action sooner to save the planet’s lungs
French PM Castex shows his frustrations about Brexit
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, November 2, 2021
The UK-French row about post-Brexit fishing rights were further inflamed last week, when a letter emerged from French Prime-Minister Jean Castex to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Worried about climate change? Here’s another big crisis ahead
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Climate change isn’t our only scary threat. Europe’s ageing has consequences that although less physical will also have a devastating economic and political impact
After Brexit: How Poland Replaces the UK
By: EBR | Monday, November 1, 2021
The EU-related obstinacy of Poland’s governing party is rooted not just in the desire to rewrite their own country’s post-war history, or even Europe’s. It is all a big-time deflection maneuver
The uncomfortable truth about the EU Forest Strategy’s opponents
By: EBR | Monday, November 1, 2021
The outcry against Europe’s new forest strategy is baffling, signalling that EU countries and the private sector, as well as a faction of European Parliament lawmakers are in denial about the serious problems face by Europe’s forests
EU countries ramp up pressure to grant nuclear a ‘green’ investment label
By: EBR | Friday, October 29, 2021
A group of ten European countries have heaped pressure on the European Commission to grant nuclear energy a ‘green’ label under the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy, which acts as a guide to climate-friendly investments
Is Europe’s Energy Crisis Self-Inflicted?
By: EBR | Friday, October 29, 2021
Europe is facing soaring gas prices. To avoid further crises, the EU should speed up its transition to renewables, reduce dependence on Russia, and formulate a coherent energy policy
COP26 and the Foreign Policy Blind Spot in Europe’s Climate Action
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 27, 2021
As a leader in international climate diplomacy, the EU still lacks an ecological foreign policy. The union will need to make some far-reaching changes to its geopolitical strategies if it is to place ecological imperatives above other interests
EU democracy needs all voices in media
By: EBR | Monday, October 25, 2021
When our consumption of news changed from traditional presses to the digital, we lost something more than just a physical newsprint in our hands
Continuity and Change in Belarusian Societal Attitudes
By: EBR | Friday, October 22, 2021
Among Belarusians, trust in the political elite remains low while the perceived effectiveness of EU sanctions is decreasing. The union must keep the latter in mind when assessing its strategy toward the country
Europe’s winter of discontent: The cost of sluggish energy transition
By: EBR | Friday, October 22, 2021
After a summer of heatwaves and wildfires in Europe, it is strange to think this winter could be uncomfortably cold for many
Why Northern Ireland Matters for Europe
By: EBR | Friday, October 22, 2021
Because of Brexit, a peace accord that ended decades of conflict in Northern Ireland is hanging by a thread. The stability of this part of Europe depends on the EU and Britain finding a compromise
‘It will never work!’ Outgoing Eurochambres president criticises EU emission targets
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 20, 2021
In an interview with EURACTIV, the outgoing president of Eurochambres, an association of European chambers of commerce, has criticised the EU’s environmental policy and called for more trade “with all parts of the world”, including China and Russia
Statelessness is a big problem, so let’s revive ’Nansen’ passports
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The European Union should consider championing a special passport for stateless people, who are now conservatively estimated to number at least 10 million
Emerging renewable energy markets require well-designed auctions
By: EBR | Friday, October 15, 2021
Auctions are an essential part of the policy toolkit for promoting cost-efficient renewable energy development. Still, policymakers must be prepared to tailor their design to local conditions and adjust for market-specific challenges
Has the EU Lost the Western Balkans?
By: EBR | Friday, October 15, 2021
The EU remains the Western Balkans’ primary trading partner and investor. But failing to step up engagement and deliver on enlargement promises will come at a high cost and benefit the likes of Russia and China
IMF: Will inflation remain high?
By: EBR | Friday, October 15, 2021
The economic recovery has fueled a rapid acceleration in inflation this year for advanced and emerging market economies, driven by firming demand, supply shortages, and rapidly rising commodity prices
Stars align for nuclear
By: EBR | Friday, October 15, 2021
The current energy price spike is something of a storm. But it is also wind in the sails of nuclear energy in Europe, after many years of being given the cold shoulder
10 EU countries back nuclear power in EU green finance taxonomy
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 13, 2021
“Nuclear power must be part of the solution” to the climate crisis and the rise in energy prices, according to a group of 10 EU countries led by France and Poland who signed a joint opinion article published across major European newspapers
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