EU women promised new dawn under anti-violence pact
Updated: 2023-09-29 15:42:50
The EU is meant to become a safer place for women from Sunday (1 October), as the Istanbul Convention enters into force.- The EU is meant to become a safer place for women from Sunday (1 October), as the Istanbul Convention enters into force.
[Analysis] Three steps EU can take to halt Azerbaijan's mafia-style bullying
Updated: 2023-09-29 15:02:10
Life in Nagorno-Karabakh has become a hellscape. For the time being, Azerbaijan's calculation is that it is best off waging war to get what it wants, then signing a ceasefire deal that codifies its gains.Added-value for Russia diamond ban, as G7 and EU prepare sanctions
Updated: 2023-09-29 05:25:02
Russia's use of diamonds in corruption schemes in Europe and Africa gives upcoming G7 ban a strategic value beyond any moral or financial one, Ukraine says.EU states to agree on asylum crisis bill, say EU officials
Updated: 2023-09-29 05:20:02
Senior EU officials insist a majority of EU states support tougher asylum reforms after Germany decided to drop its veto despite a last minute reported backlash from Italy.Poland's culture of fear after three years of abortion 'ban'
Updated: 2023-09-28 16:14:46
Poland in 2020 imposed a near-total ban on abortion, triggering mass protests — and today the demands for access to safe abortion continue. On International Safe Abortion Day, dozens gathered in Brussels calling for solidarity among member states.[Opinion] Time for a reset: EU regional funding needs overhauling
Updated: 2023-09-27 22:23:55
Vasco Alves Cordeiro, president of the European Committee of the Regions, is advocating a revamp of the EU's regional policy so that it better supports all regions in addressing major challenges such as the green and digital transitions.Germany tightens police checks on Czech and Polish border
Updated: 2023-09-27 16:09:12
Germany has announced an increase in police checks on its border with Poland and the Czech Republic — in a bid to respond to irregular migration along smuggling routes.EU Ombudsman warns of 'new normal' of crisis decision-making
Updated: 2023-09-27 15:13:47
Emily O'Reilly cited the post-pandemic recovery funds, the windfall taxes on energy companies, and the joint purchase of vaccines, as procedures which received limited scrutiny from the national parliaments — as a result of emergency decision-making powers that bypassed parliament.[Opinion] How do you make embarrassing EU documents 'disappear'?
Updated: 2023-09-27 11:07:33
The EU Commission's new magic formula for avoiding scrutiny is simple. You declare the documents in question to be "short-lived correspondence for a preliminary exchange of views" and thus exempt them from being logged in the official inventory.EU and US urge Azerbijan to allow aid access to Armenians
Updated: 2023-09-26 15:49:14
The EU and US have urged Azerbaijan to give aid groups more access to ethnic Armenians, as tens of thousands flee the conflict zone.Blocking minority of EU states risks derailing asylum overhaul
Updated: 2023-09-26 15:03:31
A blocking minority of member states is posing tricky questions on whether the EU can reach a deal on an overhaul of the bloc's asylum and migration laws.IEA says: Go green now, save €11 trillion later
Updated: 2023-09-26 13:35:12
The International Energy Agency finds that the clean energy investment needed to stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius warming saves $12 trillion [€11.3 trillion] in fuel expenditure — and creates double the amount of jobs lost in fossil fuel-related industries.EU and G7 tankers facilitating Russian oil exports, report finds
Updated: 2023-09-26 05:00:03
A new report has found that EU countries are facilitating Russia in circumventing oil sanctions on a grand scale.EU trade chief in Beijing warns China of only 'two paths' forward
Updated: 2023-09-25 15:55:07
The EU's trade chief travelled to China to send a clear message: the EU does not want to cut off ties, but fair competition is needed and more action is necessary to rebalance the current Brussels-Beijing €400bn trade deficit.[Analysis] Women at risk from shoddy EU laws on domestic workers
Updated: 2023-09-25 05:25:02
Gaps in EU law mean 9.5 million domestic workers, many of whom are women and undocumented migrants, face exclusion from minimum labour rights.EU poised to agree on weakened emission rules
Updated: 2023-09-25 05:06:02
EU member states will most likely back watered-down #euro-7 emissions standards for cars and trucks.[Agenda] China trade tension and migration deal This WEEK
Updated: 2023-09-25 05:00:02
An EU-China high-level economic is scheduled on Monday amid renewed tensions. Later this week, EU home affairs ministers will discuss the EU-Tunisia deal and the state of play of the EU pact on asylum and migration.[Opinion] Europe's energy strategy: A tale of competing priorities
Updated: 2023-09-22 14:54:42
Enhancing energy security empowers nations to heavily invest in renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric power. But with a stable supply of LNG, Europe can also speed up its shift away from fossil fuels.Why Greek state workers are protesting new labour law
Updated: 2023-09-22 14:51:02
Thousands of Greek state workers are protesting against changes to the labour law proposed by the conservative Mitsotakis government. These include a six-day week, working hours of up to 13 hours and 'on-call' contracts.Report: Tax richest 0.5%, raise €213bn for EU coffers
Updated: 2023-09-21 16:21:02
A small tax on the richest 0.5 percent would increase EU tax revenues by €213.2 billion, says a new report by the Greens.EU aid for Africa risks violating spending rules, Oxfam says
Updated: 2023-09-21 16:10:04
EU money spent on migration in Tunisia, Libya, and Niger is likely breaching its own and international aid rules, according to a new report by Oxfam.Activists push €40bn fossil subsidies into Dutch-election spotlight
Updated: 2023-09-21 16:09:29
Following years of pressure and activism, the Dutch government published a report estimating that fossil fuel subsidies in the country amount to an annual sum ranging from €39.7bn to €46.4bn.[Opinion] Europe must Trump-proof its Ukraine arms supplies
Updated: 2023-09-21 14:33:52
Europe should speed up military supplies so that it can help Ukraine alone if isolationist US politician Donald Trump re-entrs the White House.[Opinion] Antifascism and fascism are opposites, whatever elites say
Updated: 2023-09-20 16:16:33
The false narrative that little difference exists between the radical left and the far right provides a distraction for mainstream failure to address popular concerns, especially on the economy.MEPs back Germany's Buch to lead ECB supervisory arm
Updated: 2023-09-20 16:06:55
MEPs have ultimately backed ECB candidate Claudia Buch to head the institution's supervisory arm, rather than the initial favourite, Spain's Margarita DelgadoRussia to blame for Azerbaijan attack, EU says
Updated: 2023-09-20 15:48:47
Russia is to blame for Azerbaijan's blitzkrieg against Armenians, a senior EU official has said. And Moscow is hoping to topple Armenia's Western-leaning leader.Fresh dispute may delay EU-wide migration reforms
Updated: 2023-09-20 15:42:58
Negotiations on EU-wide asylum and migration reforms hit a snag, following a long simmering dispute between the European Parliament and the council, representing member states.MEPs call for extra €10bn to boost EU's long-term budget
Updated: 2023-09-20 15:32:25
MEPs are seeking an extra €10bn between 2024-2027, compared to the proposal of the European Commission. EU countries are expected to oppose the top-up request.No changes to Turkey deal on Nato, Sweden says
Updated: 2023-09-20 05:25:02
Sweden is not going to change its deal with Turkey on Nato ratification, which Finland and Nato still expect in October, despite Turkey's new rhetoric.Socialist MEP defends own side jobs after voting to ban others
Updated: 2023-09-20 05:00:03
Socialists in the EU Parliament have pushed for a ban on lobbying by MEPs, but their own vice-chair says his consultancy side jobs are just fine.Raw emotion over Spain's sexual consent law at EU meeting
Updated: 2023-09-20 04:45:02
Spain's sexual consent law sparked raw emotions in the European Parliament on Tuesday, with mike-cuts, screams, and cries of "shame!".EU rejects fast-tracking Spain's Catalan language bid
Updated: 2023-09-19 13:43:53
Spain's request to make Catalan, Galician, and Basque official EU languages has been put on hold by EU affairs ministers, making it harder for PM Sánchez to stay in power.Tensions flare on EU states' bans of grain from Ukraine
Updated: 2023-09-19 08:07:53
Ukraine has filed a WTO complaint against Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, accusing them of violating trade obligations due to grain import bans.Fresh stink around former EU chief in tobacco affair
Updated: 2023-09-18 16:26:55
Knives are back out for Barroso, the former EU Commission chief, after a Belgian court found his top sleuth guilty of gross misconduct in the biggest EU scandal before Qatargate.EU 'exploring' anti-migrant naval blockade
Updated: 2023-09-18 16:16:05
The European Commission won't rule out discussing a naval blockade to stop migrants and refugees from fleeing North African countries like Tunisia.[Opinion] The gaping green-hydrogen gap in EU policy
Updated: 2023-09-18 16:13:36
The challenge of decarbonising shipping and aviation has come out of the shadows and into the spotlight this year — but current EU legislation doesn't get either sector to where it needs to go.EU auditors: Offshore wind farms pose 'green dilemma'
Updated: 2023-09-18 15:00:03
The development of offshore renewable energy in Europe may fall short of renewable objectives, the European Court of Auditors warns in a report published on Monday.Spain calls for new EU spending rules on fiscal 'pilgrimage'
Updated: 2023-09-18 08:39:46
At a two-day "pilgrimage" of finance ministers to Santiago de Compostela, Spanish economy minister Nadia Calviño called for agreement on new spending rules by the end of the year.[Agenda] Spain's EU-language bid and UN summit This WEEK
Updated: 2023-09-18 05:00:03
While the heads of EU institutions are in New York for the UN high level meeting, Spain's EU presidency will try to convince ministers to make Catalan, Basque, and Galician official EU languages.[Opinion] MEPs look to Spain for EU breakthrough on seasonal workers
Updated: 2023-09-15 14:05:56
As summer ends, thousands of people doing back-breaking work on Europe's farms remain in limbo due to endless EU talks on seasonal workers' rights.EU watchdog launches rights probe into Tunisia agreement
Updated: 2023-09-15 13:41:28
Questions are mounting on how the EU intends to safeguard rights in a migrant busting agreement signed over the summer with Tunisia's autocrat government.