Over A Coffee with Danuta Hübner, Polish MEP
Danuta Hübner meets Brian Maguire over a coffee to talk about the complexities and risks of Brexit, Poland’s delicate relationship with Brussels, and next year's European Parliament elections.
View ArticleLeaked EU overhaul gives tech companies 10 days to share ‘e-evidence’ data...
EXCLUSIVE / Messaging apps and other digital services will be forced to give their users’ data to law enforcement authorities within ten days of receiving requests, or six hours in emergencies,...
View ArticleBreaking the silence on North Africa: A new EU-Africa partnership after 2020
The EU will soon open negotiations with the 78 countries of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific group on the future of their partnership with the EU in September 2018. This could breathe new life in...
View ArticleOffshore oil facing countdown to comply with new EU safety rules
Oil companies operating in European waters are racing to comply with a 19 July deadline to implement new EU safety rules on offshore drilling adopted in the aftermath of the disastrous BP oil slick in...
View ArticleTweets of the Week: Puidgemont is arrested, Oettinger is tested, Zuckerberg...
This week in Germany, Puigdemont is arrested, defending Martin Selmayr, Oettinger is tested, and Facebook tampering with Brexit? Zuckerberg won’t attest it!
View ArticleCommission official: ‘We want to improve CAP’s agro-environment architecture’
The European Commission is "aiming high" in the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), aware of the need to improve its architecture and links with climate and environment policies. But the level...
View ArticleEurope En Marche says “not compatible” with Italian 5 Star Movement
The Italian press reported that France's Europe En Marche was reaching out to the 5 Star Movement. This was then clearly refuted by En Marche.
View ArticleGreek court says e-cigarettes do not differ from traditional smoking
A top Greek court has decided that electronic cigarettes should have the same legal restrictions as traditional smoking does when it comes to bans in public places and advertising.
View ArticleFaria MEP: Offshore Safety Directive is ripe for reform
The Portuguese lawmaker behind the most recent European Parliament resolution on the safety of offshore drilling, told EURACTIV why he opposes moves to open up oil and gas fields in European waters,...
View Article2019 European elections: Is the ‘Italian situation’ a harbinger for next May?
The 2019 European elections are already casting a shadow. In the political circles of Brussels and Strasbourg, there are fears that the 'Italian situation' could spread. EURACTIV Germany reports.
View ArticleMacron eyes AI at European level
Emmanuel Macron unveiled the French strategy for artificial intelligence, stressing the need for Europe to get on board.
View ArticleWith one year to go, UK and EU have much to prove to the young generation
Policymakers on both sides of Brexit negotiations owe a duty of care to the young Britons who overwhelmingly voted “Remain” by delivering a fair deal and putting the future above political intentions,...
View ArticleHunger is no longer someone else’s problem, says WFP’s Husain
Food insecurity is on the rise globally and is unlikely to subside soon. Arif Husain, the chief economist of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), says hunger and migration "are no longer somebody...
View ArticleUK’s tortured approach to EU defence takes new twist
The UK has always had a tortured relationship with the EU’s defence policy ambitions. In 2010, David Cameron’s Conservative party promised to withdraw the UK from the European Defence Agency (EDA),...
View ArticleWashington, Beijing flexing muscles in trade dispute
The temperature is rising between the United States and China but the simmering confrontation has not yet boiled over into a trade war, since the tit-for-tat countermeasures so far have been confined...
View ArticleState of play in tit-for-tat expulsions in spy poisoning row
Russia on Saturday (31 March) demanded that Britain further reduce its diplomatic staff in Moscow, the latest move in an escalating tit-for-tat dispute following the poisoning of a former Russian spy...
View ArticleBaltic states to ask Trump for greater protection from Russia
Baltic state leaders will ask the United States to send more troops and bolster air defences on NATO’s eastern flank to deter Russia when they meet President Donald Trump on Tuesday (3 April),...
View ArticleNo more excuses: The EIB needs a responsible policy against tax abuses
The EIB is a public institution and supports projects in the name of EU policies. Therefore it is high time for the EU bank to ask for more than what commercial banks do for the sake of justice and...
View ArticlePoland makes headway on new EU recycling targets
The European Union must become a global leader in promoting circular economy but needs to make the best of the ambitious new EU legislation, said participants at a stakeholders’ debate on recycling,...
View ArticleAmbitious agreement on CO2 emission of heavy-duty vehicles
Coaches, buses and lorries are responsible for a quarter of CO2 emissions from transport. Soon, manufacturers will have to provide data on CO2 emissions and fuel consumption performance of their new...
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