Fact Checking Science: Shaping the governance of scientific advice in the EU...
What can EU institutions do to reinvigorate trust in EU government? Members of the European Parliament, in particular, play a key role in this process.
View ArticleOver A Coffee with Marisa Matias, Portuguese MEP
Marisa Matias meets Brian Maguire over a coffee to talk about the return of Silvio Berlusconi, the Israel-Palestine issue, and the 2016 presidential election in Portugal.
View ArticleCommission and Council offer little clarity on EU-Turkey summit
The Commission and the Council offered on Friday (2 February) different positions on whether conditions would be attached to holding an EU-Turkey summit in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna in March.
View ArticleEurope ponders the US Iran nuclear deal threats over its companies
Europe has to decide what to do in case the US makes good on its threat to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and re-impose sanctions on Iran. The alternative is to agree to tighter terms proposed by...
View ArticleEU takes over in fight against blood diamonds
The fight against conflict diamonds has slowed down since the creation of the Kimberley process in 2002. However, with the EU at its head in 2018, the subject of corporate responsibility could come up...
View ArticleEU lobbying rules must apply at the ECB
The European Central Bank should meet the same demands as the Commission when it comes to lobbyists in its advisory structure, insists the Corporate Europe Observatory.
View ArticleThe Brief – Draghi’s herculean fight for transparency
If central bankers were the ‘heroes’ of the post-financial crisis recovery, Mario Draghi shined among them. But the heel of Europe’s Achilles has been exposed so much that it could jeopardise what he...
View ArticleMay unwavering in China
Even though the UK is currently weakened because of Brexit, May still stood her ground during her visit in China and did not bow down to their demands, showing true British stubbornness, writes...
View ArticleDavis to host Barnier for Brexit talks on Monday
David Davis will host the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in London on Monday (5 February) just before the official talks on the UK's exit from the EU and their future trade relations are...
View ArticleSummit to set rules in race to succeed Juncker
The race to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as head of the first post-Brexit European Commission begins later this month – and in typical EU style it is starting with a row about how the race should be run.
View ArticleHundreds of thousands rally in Athens over Macedonia name row
Hundreds of thousands of Greeks rallied outside parliament in Athens on Sunday (4 February) to protest against the use of the term Macedonia in any settlement the government pursues with the...
View ArticleAnastasiades re-elected with eyes on new Cyprus reunification push
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday (4 February) won re-election for a second term, seeing off a leftist challenger with vows to restart talks to unify the island and cement an economic...
View ArticlePackaging and the environment
European countries are preparing to implement a brand new set of waste and recycling laws, following the conclusion of negotiations on the circular economy package in December. But there is more ahead,...
View ArticleLife in plastic: Is it fantastic?
Plastic has become increasingly unpopular with the public. But life without it might look very different.
View ArticleLet’s end our pygmy politics so we can have a proper EU foreign policy
The next "foreign minister" at the head of the EEAS, must be a heavy-hitter with the authority and courage to rally EU governments behind a recognisable foreign policy on global challenges, writes...
View ArticleGermany’s car industry monkey business
The revelation that German carmakers have tested diesel exhaust fumes on monkeys is just the most recent in an appalling catalogue of scandals in which the German auto industry has been embroiled,...
View ArticleGerman parties to tackle labour, healthcare in extra round of coalition talks
Negotiators for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) will try on Monday (5 February) to hammer out compromises on healthcare and labour policy -...
View ArticleFishing in troubled waters between Croatia and Slovenia
For decades, fishermen made a trouble-free living fishing in Piran Bay. But the current crop now faces a flurry of Croatian and Slovenian patrol boats as the two countries continue to fight over the...
View ArticleSolar growth ‘threatened’ by new EU power market rules
EXCLUSIVE / Households, schools and hospitals that decide to place solar panels on their rooftop could be exposed to the same responsibilities as big energy utilities under new EU electricity market...
View ArticleErdogan in Rome: Let Turkey be full EU member
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rejected proposals of a partnership with the EU, insisting full membership to the bloc is the only option, in an interview published Sunday (4 February).
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