LIVE: State of the Union 2018
On Wednesday morning (12 September), Jean-Claude Juncker will deliver his final State of the Union address to this European Parliament. Stay tuned for EURACTIV's coverage before, during and after the...
View ArticleRussia starts biggest manoeuvres ever, seen by NATO as rehearsal for...
Russia launches the largest military manoeuvers in its history on Wednesday (12 September), with the participation of nearly 300,000 military from all kinds of armed forces plus Chinese soldiers,...
View ArticleJudging Juncker: From first speech to last
Before Jean-Claude Juncker's final State of the Union address to this European Parliament on Wednesday (12 September), EURACTIV takes a look at his first speech from 2015 to see how the Commission...
View ArticleCommission: There are legal issues with industry’s proposal on alcohol labelling
The industry’s proposal on alcohol labelling has some legal issues and does not satisfy the need to fully inform EU consumers, a European Commission spokesperson told EURACTIV.com, raising fresh doubt...
View ArticleEFUS Conference: Co-producing Urban Security Policies [Promoted content]
Organised by the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus), the Government of Catalonia and the City of Barcelona, Efus’ international and interdisciplinary conference was dedicated to the coproduction...
View ArticleTsipras urges ‘progressives’ to join forces against neoliberalism and populism
Greek Prime minister Alexis Tsipras told progressive and pro-European parties on Tuesday (11 September) to join forces against “extreme” neoliberalism and far-right populism, whose discourse has become...
View ArticleDomestic employment – 18 million potential jobs
Domestic services now represent eight million jobs in Europe. However, the legal vacuum surrounding these professions threatens “social Europe”, Élisabeth Morin-Chartier and Marie-Béatrice Levaux told...
View ArticleS&D chief sees importance of pro-EU camp, hits at Mélenchon
Europe needs a new vision and new goals, and all true Europeans have to defend EU values in campaigning for next year's elections and forming a new governance system afterwards, said Udo Bullmann, the...
View ArticleMEPs ask EU to keep funding peace in Northern Ireland after Brexit
The European Parliament considers the experience of Northern Ireland as an example of the success of the EU's cohesion policy. As Brexit draws nearer, MEPs are demanding that the EU keep funding...
View ArticleThe Brief, sponsored by the European Parliament – Orbán forever
The year is 2030. Viktor Orbán is re-elected in Hungary for the sixth time. All of the leaders from the times when EU institutions were voting to ostracise him are gone. Many are forgotten.
View ArticleThe copyright bill: Explained in under 2 minutes
The European Parliament will vote on its controversial Copyright bill on Wednesday, September 12. The directive aims to ensure that producers of creative content are remunerated fairly online.
View ArticleSpain’s foreign minister in bid to improve nation’s standing in Catalan conflict
As the first anniversary of the declaration of independence of Catalonia approaches and tensions between Madrid and Barcelona increase, Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Josep Borrell met with senior...
View ArticleEU-Africa Summit to be held in December
When talk turns to Africa, people like to talk about the need for a Marshall Plan. In order to move from talking to taking action, the Austrian presidency of the council is now planning an EU-Africa...
View ArticleOrbán divides EPP ahead of crucial European Parliament vote
The European Parliament held a highly incendiary debate about Hungary on Tuesday (11 September), ahead of a vote on whether to trigger Article 7 against the country, exposing serious internal divisions...
View ArticleJuncker to propose breaking dollar’s dominance in global markets
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is expected to propose today (12 September) a bigger role for the euro in international markets and more efficient decision-making in EU foreign policy...
View ArticleEU-Japan free trade deal threatens the fight for legal timber
While moves towards greater international cooperation are welcome, the EU’s growing number of new free trade deals must be scrutinised. And in the case of the Japan-EU free trade agreement, the deal’s...
View ArticleDoes Europe care about overfishing in the Baltic Sea?
The European Commission’s proposed quota for the very fragile Eastern Baltic cod stock significantly surpasses scientific recommendation, warns Lasse Gustavsson, reminding that overfishing isn’t just...
View ArticleSalvini sees populist-conservative coalition guiding the new EU Commission
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who also leads the far-right League party, said on Tuesday (11 September) he wants the new European Commission to be led by conservatives and populists.
View ArticleCapacity markets: How much ‘flexibility’ for EU countries?
Mostly out of pragmatism, the European Commission has adopted a rather tolerant approach to “capacity mechanisms” – national schemes that remunerate back-up power plants – accepting that EU countries...
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