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SURE is a crucial element of the EU’s comprehensive strategy to protect citizens and mitigate the severely negative socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Report confirms SURE’s success in protecting jobs and incomes

By: EBR | Monday, March 22, 2021

Τhe Commission has published its first preliminary assessment of the impact of SURE, the €100 billion instrument designed to protect jobs and incomes affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

"We say ‘yes’ to a Social Europe with support for member states to improve social and economic conditions – but ‘no’ to a Social Union with harmonised social policies which would endanger well-functioning systems in the member states."

‘Yes’ to a Social Europe – ‘no’ to a Social Union

By: EBR | Friday, March 19, 2021

The European Commission’s plan to implement the legally non-binding principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights leads us towards a Social Union rather than a Social Europe. This must be avoided, write a group of EU industry and employer groups

“Nearly half of European founders found it harder to raise funding in 2020, which was compounded for many by the challenge of declining sales due to the COVID crisis.”

EU states to commit to ‘digital declarations’ to foster green, startup-friendly future

By: EBR | Thursday, March 18, 2021

EU nations will on Friday (19 March) sign off on a series of declarations designed to ensure the bloc can build a sustainable, sovereign, and competitive future in its digital transition

“For some people, artificial intelligence is a real excitement, it offers plenty of new opportunities […] on the other hand, for other people, artificial intelligence is a nightmare, it threatens freedom”.

More funding and research: how can the EU advance in AI?

By: EBR | Thursday, March 18, 2021

As AI technologies develop and their uses in everyday life become more and more relevant, EU countries need a framework to regulate this transition. To talk about AI advances in Europe

The Greek capital has started creating “pocket parks”, transforming small plots once ridden with garbage and weeds, in a bid to tackle its chronic pollution.

’Pocket parks’ are helping Athens tackle pollution

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Tucked between rows of apartment blocks on an Athens street, a strip of green with a few trees, some plants and a bench offers a breathing space in the surrounding crush of concrete

AI technology must be trained using unbiased data sets to prevent discrimination.

AI technologies must prevent discrimination and protect diversity

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Reducing gender, social or cultural bias in AI technologies is key, said the Culture and Education Committee in a resolution adopted on Tuesday

"Angela Merkel could do no wrong. As other leaders on both sides of the Atlantic fumbled a year ago in their responses to the coronavirus, the German chancellor epitomized leadership and steady nerves."

How the Coronavirus Unveiled Merkel’s Germany

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Germany is struggling to contain a pandemic that has laid bare intrinsic weaknesses of Europe’s largest economy and its once indomitable leader. The next German chancellor won’t have much time to repair the damage

"Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union prohibits the abuse of a dominant market position, which may affect trade between Member States."

Antitrust: Commission opens investigation into PPC’s behaviour in the Greek wholesale electricity market

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 16, 2021

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess possible abusive behaviour by Public Power Corporation (‘PPC’) in the wholesale Greek electricity sector

"Small countries should be heard, and they should be heard before things escalate. Sometimes they can see things that big ones, blinded by their prestigious know-how, tend to ignore."

Being proactive in a slow-moving Europe

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 16, 2021

When Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis first proposed to have a European vaccination certificate a few months ago, the first EU reactions – especially from Germany and France – were dismissive and even ironic

"The EU has an opportunity to be a pathfinder in reinvigorating participatory democracy. Perhaps its strength in these volatile times will be to take a lead on issues that cannot be easily executed or resolved at the member state level – though the current vaccine debacle certainly raises some doubts."

Is Europe a feeling, an idea, an experience, a value, a commitment?

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 16, 2021

How long have we been brooding endlessly over the meaning of the EU? What meaning does the EU project have for its citizens and how does the EU take this into consideration?

"Municipalities and Regions in Greece need to close the funding gap and address structural inefficiencies in the post COVID-19 recovery period, with inclusive measures, especially for local business support and employment, affordable housing construction and renovation, and support to vulnerable households."

The Crucial Role of the Region of Attica to enhance the Greek Economy in the aftermath of COVID-19

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 16, 2021

The global financial crisis, the pandemic crisis and its repercussions in the euro area have uncovered vulnerabilities of banks and enterprises

"If Sputnik V were to join the EU’s vaccine arsenal, it would be a diplomatic triumph for Russia, whose trade with the bloc has been hamstrung for years by sanctions over its annexation of Crimea and its intervention in eastern Ukraine."

Unthinkable? EU considers getting a vaccine boost from Russia’s Sputnik

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Publicly, the European Union has dismissed Russia’s global coronavirus vaccine supply campaign as a propaganda stunt by an undesirable regime

In the digital sector, CEF will support the development of projects of common interest on safe and secure very high capacity digital networks and 5G systems, as well as the digitalisation of transport and energy networks.

Connecting Europe Facility: provisional deal on next generation programme

By: EBR | Friday, March 12, 2021

EP and Council negotiators reached a deal to upgrade the Connecting Europe Facility and release new funds for transport, digital and energy projects for 2021-2027

In a debate in the European Parliament about national recovery plans, the Commission’s Executive Vice-President, Valdis Dombrovskis, also underlined that “the implementation of the plans will only be a success with the support of social partners and civil society at all stages of the process”.

Seven EU countries have not yet submitted recovery plans

By: EBR | Friday, March 12, 2021

The European Commission reiterated on Thursday (11 March) that the remaining seven EU member states have to submit their national recovery plans by the end of April in order to access the funds

The European Commission originally proposed a Climate Law with a built-in independent review and ratcheting mechanism, every 5 years, so targets could be made more ambitious but not less ambitious over time.

The EU Climate Law: is it all just a losing game?

By: EBR | Friday, March 12, 2021

The European Union needs to adopt separate targets for carbon emissions and removals. Otherwise, other countries like Brazil and Indonesia will do the same, which risks undermining talks at the UN’s COP26 conference this year

The EU is similarly addicted to labor imported from the Western Balkans but is engaged in a half-hearted effort that focuses solely on factors emanating from the region itself.

The EU Is a Dishonest Broker on Western Balkan Demographics

By: EBR | Friday, March 12, 2021

The Western Balkans’ brain drain and EU accession are mutually exclusive. If accession is a serious goal, the EU must take responsibility as the key beneficiary of that brain drain and share the burden of finding a solution

“The CBAM is a great opportunity to reconcile climate, industry, employment, resilience, sovereignty and relocation issues. We must stop being naive and impose the same carbon price on products, whether they are produced in or outside the EU.”

European Parliament backs plan to price carbon at EU’s border

By: EBR | Thursday, March 11, 2021

The European Parliament on Wednesday (10 March) overwhelmingly endorsed the creation of a carbon border charge that would shield EU companies against cheaper imports from countries with weaker climate policies

Several EU countries want to use pandemic money to invest in the climate change sector and Romania, Italy, Hungary and Greece want to invest in the improvement of their agricultural water management systems with their budget.

Minister threatens to resign if agriculture not included in recovery plan

By: EBR | Thursday, March 11, 2021

Since Slovakia’s recovery plan, which was presented Monday, failed to set anything aside for the agriculture sector or landscaping reforms, Agriculture Minister Jan Micovsky has announced that he will be forced to resign unless this is addressed

"The EU has more than enough information and evidence to know that Poland’s rule of law is being systematically stripped of its independence."

How the Legacy of Poland’s Dissidents Is Being Challenged

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Jan Litynski, a leading dissident under Poland’s communist regime and later a passionate defender of the rule of law, will be buried on March 10 in Warsaw. The values and principles he fought for are now under threat more than ever before

“Some part of the work should continue to take place in this way after the crisis.”

Remote work needs to be regulated ‘quickly’, EU presidency says

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Portugal’s deputy secretary of state for labour, Miguel Cabrita, urged EU countries on Tuesday (9 March) to move fast with plans to regulate remote working, saying quick action will maximise opportunities and minimise risks

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