Is the Paris Climate Agreement legally binding? Experts explain
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 23, 2021
One question has long dogged the Paris Agreement, the 27-page accord that set the terms for this month’s climate negotiations at COP26: Is it legally binding?
LEAK: EU strategy seeks to remove carbon from atmosphere
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 23, 2021
The European Commission will reward green farming practices like afforestation and soil conservation while putting rules to identify activities that “unambiguously remove carbon from the atmosphere”
Energy crisis could worsen poverty for millions of Europeans
By: EBR | Monday, November 22, 2021
Energy prices have skyrocketed in the past months, increasing the concern that millions of Europeans will have to choose between paying their bills and putting food on the table this winter
The review of the general pharmaceutical legislation: an opportunity that should not be missed?
By: EBR | Monday, November 22, 2021
This year, the end of December will not only mark the Holiday rush, preparation of family gatherings and last attempts to buy presents – at least for the healthcare policy specialists
3 ways to expand EU taxonomy and accelerate green transition
By: EBR | Friday, November 19, 2021
The EU taxonomy is set to be a game changer for the deployment of the Green Deal in Europe
EU Budget 2022 deal: investing more for a strong recovery
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
MEPs have fought for and obtained better support for health, research, climate action, SMEs and the young in next year’s EU budget, after talks with Council on Monday
EU invests over €1 billion in innovative projects to decarbonise the economy
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
The European Union is investing over €1.1 billion into seven large-scale innovative projects under the Innovation Fund
How Europe Can Build Upon COP26
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
If climate action fails, the EU will succumb to economic breakdown of supply chains and migratory pressures. To avoid this, the bloc must advance climate justice and restore trust between developed and developing economies
EU’s solidarity with Poland has its limits
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Poland can count on EU solidarity over the escalating Belarus border crisis. But this solidarity has its limits while people are dying at the EU external border, trapped in freezing conditions
The EU must open its ’next pandemic’ plans to public debate
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Giles Merritt welcomes the creation of a new body to fashion the EU’s defences against future pandemics, but urges wider discussion of its authority and financial muscle.
‘A step in the right direction’: EU reacts to COP26 deal
By: EBR | Monday, November 15, 2021
The United Nations target of containing global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius “remains within reach, but the work is far from done,” said Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission
Autumn 2021 Economic Forecast: From recovery to expansion, amid headwinds
By: EBR | Friday, November 12, 2021
The EU economy is rebounding from the pandemic recession faster than expected
Five EU countries form anti-nuclear alliance at COP26
By: EBR | Friday, November 12, 2021
In face of a French-led push to revive nuclear power in Europe, a group of five EU countries led by Germany have banded together to urge the European Commission to keep nuclear out of the EU’s green finance taxonomy
Greek media landscape raises eyebrows in Brussels
By: EBR | Friday, November 12, 2021
Member states’ legislation that aims to fight fake news during the pandemic, should not hinder the practice of journalism, nor should it act as a deterrent for “sources” to speak to journalists
New rules for fair minimum wages in the EU
By: EBR | Friday, November 12, 2021
A new draft EU law will ensure a minimum level of wage protection in all member states, in order to guarantee decent living standards for workers and their families
Commission to invest nearly €2 billion from the Digital Europe Programme to advance on the digital transition
By: EBR | Thursday, November 11, 2021
The Commission has adopted three work programmes for the Digital Europe Programme, outlining the objectives and specific topic areas that will receive a total of €1.98 billion in funding
Community renovation projects are key to supporting the green transition
By: EBR | Thursday, November 11, 2021
Both tenants and homeowners need to be involved in renovation programmes to bring Europe’s ageing building stock in line with its climate goals. Energy cooperatives could be one way to encourage citizens’ support
Artificial intelligence: huge potential if ethical risks are addressed
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Artificial Intelligence regulation should focus on the level of risk associated with specific uses, a draft report presented in the AIDA committee
How the EU’s future military strategy could look like
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 10, 2021
The blueprint of the so-called Strategic Compass, the EU’s upcoming military strategy document, seen by EURACTIV, will be formally submitted to EU foreign ministers next week
Weapons of mass destruction: concern over the state of global disarmament
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Withdrawing from, or abandoning altogether, major arms control treaties would seriously damage the stability provided by international arms control regimes, warn MEPs
By: N. Peter Kramer
