Tag: EUs
War against Ukraine: The EU’s procurement needs
As of: February 22, 2024 5:01 a.m The war in Ukraine brutally reveals how far the EU is from a common security policy. This is particularly clear in armaments projects.…
Doctors and companies criticize the EU’s medical device regulation
background As of: February 20, 2024 8:45 a.m It is actually intended to ensure more safety in the healthcare system. In practice, a new EU medical device regulation means that…
Frontex: More unauthorized border crossings at the EU’s external borders than last year – politics
In the first ten months of this year, people tried to enter the EU irregularly 331,600 times. This was the highest value for this period since 2015, as the EU…
Moldova’s important role in protecting the EU’s external border
As of: November 3rd, 2023 5:40 p.m For the first time, Frontex is carrying out border controls outside the EU: in Moldova on the border with Ukraine. The EU wants…
In kyiv, Josep Borrell tries to reassure the country of the EU’s long-term support
Josep Borrell, during a press conference, in kyiv, October 1, 2023. VIACHESLAV RATYNSKYI / REUTERS Will this be enough to reassure Volodymyr Zelensky after a weekend of bad news for…
Berlin probably doesn’t want to block the EU’s tightening of asylum rules
As of: September 27, 2023 5:32 p.m The EU wants to use an asylum crisis regulation to help states where particularly large numbers of migrants arrive. Because the Greens are…
The EU’s gas emergency plan: Saving more than specified
Status: 09.08.2023 04:32 A year ago, the EU reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and an impending gas shortage – with an austerity plan that should become mandatory in…
Is the EU’s renaturation law in danger of failing? – Knowledge
From Benjamin von Brackel Nature is not doing well in Europe. 80 percent of habitats are considered degraded. Arable deserts, forests and plantations characterize the landscape in large parts, more…
Russian power is on the verge of ‘cracks’ according to the EU’s chief diplomat
A delicate situation which weakens the Kremlin: this is the observation drawn up by Josep Borrell. Wagner’s abortive mutiny shows that the war in Ukraine is “splitting” Russian power, the…
Migration: Baerbock open to preliminary asylum checks at the EU’s external borders
migration Baerbock open to preliminary asylum checks at the EU’s external borders Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen): “Border procedures are highly problematic because they interfere with civil…