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The future of the European Green Deal: ‘Competitive Sustainability’

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 16:00
The approach of 'competitive sustainability' is key to understanding how a measure of competitiveness is needed in the new global context marked by massive US green subsidies and an aggressive industrial strategy from China, writes Martin Porter.
Categories: European Union

Winning strategy: Why the time is right to invest in Ukrainian FinTech

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 15:30
With IT innovations and financial technologies expected to be an important part of Ukraine's reconstruction, foreign investors should grab the opportunity early on, writes Maksym Koretskiy.
Categories: European Union

EU kicks off debate on 2040 climate goal on way to net-zero emissions

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 15:00
The European Commission presented its recommendations for the EU’s 2040 climate target on Tuesday (6 February), arguing for a 90% cut in emissions compared to 1990, and paving the way for carbon capture technology to abate remaining emissions from industry.
Categories: European Union

EXCLUSIVE: Germany poised to repeat blockade on combustion engine ban for trucks

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 14:36
Germany will abstain from another EU transport law, despite initially signalling agreement, an industry source told Euractiv, as the liberal FDP party is blocking the agreement to the proposed new CO2 standards for trucks which would see the number of diesel trucks drastically reduced.
Categories: European Union

EU broadband law: Agreement reached on intra-EU call abolition in 2029, voluntary tacit approval

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 12:53
Representatives of the EU Council, Commission, and Parliament agreed on a compromise text of the Gigabit Infrastructure Act: the tacit approval remains a voluntary principle while the abolition of intra-EU communication 'surcharges' is set for 2029-2032. 
Categories: European Union

One year on, Turkish quake survivors face uncertainty as government struggles with reconstruction

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 12:48
Turkey's government is scrambling to prove it has fulfilled promises to re-home victims of a devastating earthquake from February 2023. But a year on, survivors are still in temporary housing, facing the prospect of having to buy their potential new homes.
Categories: European Union

EU Commission chief to withdraw the contested pesticide regulation

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 12:27
In a major blow to the EU's Green Deal and Farm to Fork framework, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday (6 February) that she will withdraw the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR), which sought to halve pesticide use by 2030.
Categories: European Union

Transport Brief: The final stretch of legislative work in Brussels

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 10:48
As we move closer to the European elections in June, work on legislation in Brussels is slowly coming to an end. This week, the European Parliament and EU countries are holding multiple negotiations, known as 'trilogues', to close deals before the EU-wide ballot.
Categories: European Union

EU to unveil 2040 climate targets in political tightrope act

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 09:06
The EU on Tuesday unveils its climate targets for 2040 and a roadmap for the next stage of its energy transition, four months before European elections and with the bloc reeling from a farmer revolt against green reforms.
Categories: European Union

Scholz brings to Washington EU’s Ukraine aid example

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 08:14
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will try to build on the momentum from Europe's success in agreeing new aid for war-torn Ukraine when he heads to Washington this week, where President Joe Biden is struggling to overcome opposition to a US package.
Categories: European Union

France and Germany ‘agree to disagree’ on EU-Mercosur deal

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 07:47
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Fidesz party boycotting a parliamentary session called by the opposition to vote on Sweden’s accession to NATO, the Czech media landscape shifting as Babiš’s sells his media house, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Political gridlock endangers children’s rights to protection from online sexual abuse

Tue, 02/06/2024 - 07:44
Privacy has dominated the discussion over the regulation curbing child sexual abuse online - at the expense of children's rights, writes Liora Lazarus.
Categories: European Union

France calls for stronger farmer protections in supply chain negotiations

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 19:07
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for greater protections for food producers through a 'European Egalim' law, a reference to French legislation that regulates trade negotiations with supermarkets and manufacturers.
Categories: European Union

Sweden’s NATO bid: Orbán’s Fidesz boycots extraordinary parliamentary session

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 17:38
Viktor Orbán's ruling Fidesz party boycotted an extraordinary parliamentary session called by the opposition to vote on Sweden's accession to NATO, as the Hungarian prime minister made clear he prefers to impose his own tempo.
Categories: European Union

Greens call for tax on windfall food profits to support farmers

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 16:51
The Greens in the European Parliament have urged the Commission to take action on agriculture, becoming the latest party seeking to woo farmers ahead of June's EU elections, as a new study confirms the growing grip of Eurosceptic parties on rural areas.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Groundhog Mercosur

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 16:20
It’s been 25 years since the four Mercosur nations and the EU vowed to sign a free-trade agreement. Twenty-five years of political to-ing and fro-ing, now compounded with pro-environmental imperatives pushing negotiations to the brink of collapse.
Categories: European Union

European farmers’ protest change speed but discontent continues smouldering

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 16:01
After weeks of blockades and demonstrations, part of the farmers’ front take a pause, others continue rallying, while several organisations across Europe are calling for further mobilisation in the next weeks.
Categories: European Union

EU lawmakers to Amazon lobbyists: ‘We want you out of Parliament’

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 15:12
Lobbyists from US tech giant Amazon should have their access badges to the European Parliament revoked “until the company’s management is willing to engage in genuine dialogue with the Parliament,” members of the Parliament's employment committee have written in a letter to the institution's president, Roberta Metsola.
Categories: European Union

EU’s chief diplomat Borrell expected to visit Ukraine

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 15:00
EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell confirmed on Monday (5 February) he was heading for Ukraine as he reiterated calls for more aid for the war-torn country.
Categories: European Union

Berlin agrees diminished plan for hydrogen back-up power plants

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 13:34
A German government agreement will create state support mechanisms for up to 10 GW of newly-built gas power plants, opening the way for carbon capture in the energy sector and may delay the country’s 2035 plan for a fossil-free power system. 
Categories: European Union

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