
EU ministers prepare for all-night fiscal debate
EU finance ministers are set to discuss debt and spending rules over dinner on Thursday evening (7 December), in what officials say may turn into an all-nighter.
Friday
8th Dec 2023
EU finance ministers are set to discuss debt and spending rules over dinner on Thursday evening (7 December), in what officials say may turn into an all-nighter.
With less than a month to go before the start of a new leadership of the European Investment Bank, the world's largest multilateral lender, the path seems finally clear for one of the candidates, Spanish finance minister Nadia Calviño.
While some strengths may have been overlooked recently, leading to a more pessimistic outlook on the EU and the euro area than the truly deserve, are there reasons for optimism?
Researchers at the European Central Bank revealed that commercial banks in the eurozone, touting themselves as 'green,' issue more loans to major polluters than average banks.
Six months ahead of the EU elections, knocking an 'elitist' climate agenda is looking like a vote-winner to some. Saving the Green Deal and the EU's climate ambitions starts with listening to Europeans who are struggling to make ends meet.
Over-relying on carbon capture technologies at this year's COP28 climate summit in Dubai could have a €27 trillion price tag, Oxford researchers find.
The EU Commission reformed procurement directives to make bids more attractive (and competitive), but the reform has failed, say auditors. Procedures now take longer, and the number of direct awards and individual tenders has increased over the past decade.
Closing the gap between what's needed and what's actually distributed is one of the main topics at the COP28 UN climate summit in Dubai on Monday. One problem is that no one knows how much is actually being spent.
Discussion of the biggest existential threat humanity has ever faced is barely mentioned on billboards or signage in Dubai — yet visitors are made aware quite quickly that t world rugby sevens tournament is imminent.
The most critical UN climate conference (COP28) ever will run from Thursday to mid-December — with talks on climate commitments and climate finance expected to determine the success of this year's summit.
The EU Commission presented a list of 166 energy and power projects on Tuesday that will lay the foundation for Europe's future energy system.
Ahead of the COP28 Summit, African leaders challenge CBAM, the EU carbon border tax, which comes into effect in early 2024.
Denmark witnessed this week its first 'greenwashing' litigation, against pork producer Danish Crown A/S, in what seems to be the first lawsuit against a European food producer over climate claims.
Without losing sight of his pervasive Islamophobia, it is essential to note Geert Wilders' far-right extremism extends to other issues that could drastically alter the nature of Dutch politics — and end its often constructive role in advancing EU policies.
MEPs have adopted their position on new rules for packaging and packaging waste, which have been marked by strong interventions from industry and national interests.
A new report by the German think-tank Dezernat Zukunft shows that 50 percent of all inflation in 2022 was caused by higher fossil fuel costs driving up the price of energy.
This week the pesticide reduction law will be voted on in Strasbourg. It has become severely hollowed-out by the centre-right European People's Party, writes Brussels-lobbying watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory.
For a brief moment, former EU climate chief Frans Timmermans looked like being the next prime minister of the Netherlands. But with 48 hours to go to polling, this now seems unlikely.
The richest 10-percent of European citizens are responsible for as much carbon pollution as half of Europe's poorest people, according to a new Oxfam report.
Ahead of the European elections next year, the European People's Party are pitching themselves as the 'farmers' representatives' in Brussels. But they are making misleading claims when they oppose nature-friendly laws in the name of farmers, say critics.
Germany's constitutional court struck down a €60bn off-budget government climate fund on Wednesday (15 November), putting the country's legal commitment to limit climate change at serious risk.
In the wake of emerging litigation and regulation on so-called forever chemicals, there are growing worries among investors that PFAS could be the 'new asbestos.'
While the EU makes efforts to reduce emissions at home, progress is dwarfed by the EU's financial sector's climate-harming, profit-seeking investments outside of its own borders, write the directors of Climate Action Network, Friends of the Earth, and Action Aid.
The European Investment Bank is one of 22 of the world's 50 most important multilateral organisations which have never been led by a woman, writes ex-PM of New Zealand Helen Clark.
What remains baffling, to Ukrainians fighting for their country and environmental NGOs fighting to save the planet, is that terminals in Belgium and France continue to serve as transshipment points for Russian LNG cargoes destined for India and China.
MEPs and EU member states have reached a deal on the Nature Restoration Law — one of the most controversial initiatives of the EU's green agenda. Why does it matter?
The European Court of Justice has dismissed Chemours' appeal challenging the classification of so-called 'GenX' chemicals as a "substance of very high concern" by the EU chemical agency.
According to a new UN-backed report, governments plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than a 1.5 degrees Celsius limit allows
The Spanish presidency has proposed a final compromise for the bloc's debt and spending — in a final bid to come to an agreement before the end of the year.
As negotiations on the hotly-contested EU Nature Restoration Law enter the endgame, one key amendment on making restoration rules work with fisheries policies will determine whether the law can bring biodiversity back to European seas.
The pending trade deal between the EU and Mercosur countries was the 'nail in the coffin' of European plans to improve farm animal welfare legislation — a move deemed as "ridiculous" given that proposals take years to be implemented.
Unemployment rises as interest rates start to bite as interest rates are beginning to drag down the economy.
A recent study convincingly shows that for every one percent cut in regional public spending, the vote share of extreme parties increases by 1.5 percentage points in the first year and three percentage points two years after the cuts.