Europe proves that putting a price on carbon can dramatically transform fossil fuel–based economies.
A man demonstrates in front of the school where a dialogue event with citizens is taking place about the future of lignite mining in Erkelenz, a midsize town in the state of North Rhine–Westphalia in Germany on March 11, 2023. He holds the number 1.5, signifying a global goal to limit Earth’s warming.
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The EU’s defence programmes and funds have multiplied after Russia launched its war in Ukraine to boost collaboration in different steps of an equipment’s life cycle: research, development, production, acquisition, and transfer to third countries.
The past two European Commissions have entirely changed the way the EU saw its role in defence industrial policy, with the bloc starting investment into research and development – a big step for the EU at the time – followed by schemes set up to
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“The effect of these large, European digital laws is going to be felt well beyond the borders of Europe.”
EU Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager during a press conference on the Digital Services Act.
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Laut einer Studie des polnischen Think Tanks Forum Energii wird Frankreich seine Importe russischer industrieller Nuklearprodukte zwischen 2021 und 2022 mehr als verdreifacht haben und ist damit der führende Importeur der EU. Dies wirft Fragen über die Fähigkeit der EU auf, sich von russischen Ressourcen zu entwöhnen.
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Im Jahr 2022 importierten EU-Länder Produkte der russischen Nuklearindustrie wie Kernbrennstoff, Verbindungen und Teile für Reaktoren im Wert von 720 Millionen Euro – 22 % mehr als
The film paints a deeply disturbing picture. A dark-skinned man stares menacingly and licks a huge knife. Flames explode out of burning cars on an urban street. Shrieking young rioters, their heads covered by hoodies, kick in a shop window.
An alarming soundtrack thunders as a solemn male voice asks: ‘Do you want this to happen in Poland . . . to stop being masters of your own country?’
The short clip championing stronger border controls could easily have been
With the 2024 European elections and the reorganisation of European Commission jobs looming, Brussels must hurry to conclude crucial negotiations on sustainable and diversified EU trade by the end of 2023.
On the table are two draft laws to ensure no harm to human rights or the environment occurs along EU value chains and several trade agreements, but negotiations are proving to be lengthy and tough – and might not make the deadline.
After some comparatively easy wins
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For months, European lawmakers, NGOs and scientists have been calling on Brussels to set out a long-awaited revamp of the bloc’s chemicals rules before the summer break.
But as the corridors of the EU institutions empty out and policymakers head off on vacation, those hopes are being dashed.
With next year’s European election looming, many now worry the proposal will come too late to be scrutinized and signed off
LONDON — British businesses will be allowed to continue to use the European Union’s safety mark indefinitely, the U.K. government announced Tuesday — in a climbdown from previous post-Brexit plans.
Ministers pledged to introduce a competitor assurance mark to the EU’s “CE” (Conformité Européenne) when Britain left the bloc in 2020, but the planned introduction of the “UKCA” mark has been delayed on three separate occasions.
After those postponements, the new U.K. safety mark was intended to mandatorily replace the
With less than one year to go until next June’s European elections, EU institutions and member states are facing a race against time to conclude negotiations on a raft of key laws before legislators down tools and the campaign starts next spring.
At the same time, Europe’s political leaders are already starting to position themselves for the campaign. Some political parties will pick a Spitzenkandidat, and all will agree on a common election platform in the coming months.
Meanwhile, Russia’s
