All is well, Madame la Marquise
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
“Tout va tres bien, Madame la Marquise, tout va tres bien, tout va tres bien,” a popular French song goes
ALMA, the EU’s new programme to help young people find work abroad
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
The pandemic has deepened the unemployment crisis among young people, especially in Europe’s south
EU methane rules must cover the entire gas supply chain, including imports
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
A group of environmental organisations and global energy companies, including Shell, have called for mandatory EU rules on methane encompassing the entire gas value chain, including imports from abroad
Fair and equal social protection for riders, drivers and other platform workers
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
In a vote today, MEPs demand people working for digital labour platforms, such as food delivery services, should have the same rights as traditional employees
Parliament sets out its vision for a new EU strategy on China
By: EBR | Thursday, September 16, 2021
The EU should continue talking to China about global challenges like climate change and health crises, while raising its concerns over systemic human rights violations
Commission yearns for setting the global standard on artificial intelligence
By: EBR | Wednesday, September 15, 2021
The European Commission believes that its proposed Artificial Intelligence Act should become the global standard if it is to be fully effective. The upcoming AI treaty that is being drafted by the Council of Europe might help the EU achieve just that
Europe needs to speed up on climate action
By: EBR | Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Europe’s recent push to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions is desperately needed, but it is happening too slowly, with many key measures laid out in the Fit for 55 climate package not coming into force until the 2030s
Carbon removals must not become an expensive greenwashing tool
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Supporters of carbon removal technologies often confuse carbon capture and storage (CCS) with negative emissions
Germany’s Vote Should Set the Pace for Europe
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 14, 2021
This German federal election is crucial for Europe’s future. Angela Merkel’s successor has the choice of leading Europe toward more integration and strategic relevance or abetting its gradual, inexorable decline
The fate of the Union
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The state of the European Union address must become a real democratic exercise. And that requires an assertive European Parliament prepared to hold the Commission president to account
European cities must adapt to climate change, EU climate chief says
By: EBR | Monday, September 13, 2021
European cities need to adapt as global warming worsens, leading to more floods and fires on the continent, according to the EU’s environment commissioner
German elections as opportunity for a new beginning in Europe
By: EBR | Monday, September 13, 2021
For years, Berlin has at best administered, mostly stonewalled, when it came to European policy
EP survey: EU recovery funds should only go to countries respecting Rule of Law
By: EBR | Friday, September 10, 2021
In the latest public opinion survey, four out of five respondents (81%) say the EU should only provide funds to Member States that respect the rule of law and democratic values
EU budget battle looms, as economy lifts out of crisis
By: EBR | Friday, September 10, 2021
European governments have spent hand over fist, despite ballooning public debt, to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from triggering economic calamity
Far-right parties lead Italian polls
By: EBR | Friday, September 10, 2021
The far-right Brothers of Italy party led by Giorgia Meloni and the far-right party Northern League led by Matteo Salvini are currently leading the most recent polls, with 21% and 20.6% respectively
Merkel enters the ring
By: EBR | Thursday, September 9, 2021
Angela Merkel, the eternal chancellor. Calm, collected, and generally unwilling to debase herself in the political arena
EU reinforces its leading position in global agri-food trade
By: EBR | Wednesday, September 8, 2021
2020 marked another improvement in the EU’s leading position among the world’s biggest exporters of agri-food products
It’s high time to make the EU’s buildings directive fit for 2030 and beyond
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The make-or-break decade for deep cuts in energy consumption and carbon emissions has already begun, writes Oliver Rapf. Now it’s time to radically revise our legislation, in particular the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
To stop deforestation, banks too must be reined in
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 7, 2021
A tough EU law on forest commodities must include both trade and the financial sector
Coal mine methane: a missed opportunity for EU’s CBAM
By: EBR | Monday, September 6, 2021
The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism had an opportunity to include methane in its scope and act against sources of the potent greenhouse gas, but this was left out of the final published draft
By: N. Peter Kramer
