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UK Conservatives balk at plans for eurozone parliament
British Conservative MEPs have cried foul over a proposal to create a permanent European Parliament sub-committee to deal with the single currency, saying it would have “major implications for the UK...
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FIFA urged to 'rerun the vote' on Qatar's 2022 Football World Cup
“The clock is ticking” for Qatar’s 2022 football world cup, warned a FIFA representative who was attending a European Parliament hearing on Thursday (13 February) that looked into reports of forced...
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EU eyes softer climate policies to fuel ‘industrial renaissance’
SPECIAL REPORT / As Europe starts to emerge from its worst recession since the Second World War, policymakers are reconsidering the EU’s global leadership on climate change for fear that it might...
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EU predicts ‘waste tsunami’ if world fails to cut down trash
SPECIAL REPORT / The European Commission is preparing new policy proposals to reduce waste and reach greater recycling rates, in order to move towards a zero-refuse economy.1
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France EU hopeful urges new Commission to be ‘more political’
In an exclusive interview with EurActiv, Elisabeth Guigou confirms her interest in succeeding Michel Barnier as France’s commissioner in Brussels, calling for a root-and-branch reorganisation of the...
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EU accused of ‘fiddling’ with Greek deficit figures ahead of election
The Ifo Institute, one of Germany’s most influential economic think tanks, has accused the EU institutions of “fiddling the figures” on Greece’s public deficit figures in order to “embellish” the...
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EU twisting facts to fit political agenda, chief scientist says
A big challenge for the next European Commission will be to disconnect its evidence gathering processes from the “political imperative” that’s driving policy proposals, according to Anne Glover, the...
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When science meets politics: the EU’s impact assessment review
The European Commission is reviewing its impact assessment guidelines amid accusations that science is becoming increasingly politicised and scientists manipulated by policymakers and powerful interest...
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France urges ‘quick action’ on endocrine disruptors
Paris has placed the EU’s endocrine disruptor strategy on the agenda of a meeting of environment ministers on Thursday (12 June), saying the effects of some chemicals on the human body are now...
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Glover: EU chief scientist should stay in the shadows
Anne Glover, the EU’s Chief Scientific Advisor, has said that her opinions to the European Commission should remain independent from politics and therefore “not transparent” and immune from public...
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Cyber threat now ‘real and growing’, EU official warns
National leaders have turned down European Commission calls for a coordinated EU cyber-security strategy, leading to a “regulatory gap” and a “clear and present danger” of cyber attacks, a high EU...
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Unilever eyes EU research to halve its water, CO2 footprint
INTERVIEW / The Dutch multinational Unilever wants to boost its participation in EU research programmes to develop the breakthrough technologies it needs to cut the water use and CO 2 emissions of its...
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Barnier urges France to reopen EU debate in 2013
Michel Barnier, the EU's Internal Market Commissioner, has called on French President François Hollande to open a debate on what the country wants from the EU, warning that mainstream political parties...
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In Mali, EU sees pressing need for long-term aid
While France is engaged in a war with jihadists in Mali, EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today (17 January) are expected to insist on the bloc's longer-term role, saying they will unfreeze...
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France draws red lines for EU-US free trade negotiations
Food safety, GMO cultivation and France’s cherished “cultural exception” for audiovisual services are non-negotiable areas in view of upcoming EU-US free trade talks, the French stressed. The message...
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Eight EU countries hit 2020 education goals early: Eurostat
Denmark, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden have already met or even exceeded their 2020 national targets on boosting university education, defined three years...
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Corsican MEP battles for Europe to protect endangered languages
INTERVIEW / Just as the EU legislates to protect migrating birds and wildlife habitats, it should also protect its 120 or so endangered languages, argues François Alfonsi, a Corsican MEP who has...
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Economist: ‘Being pro-European is not a vote-winner in Germany’
The EU’s transformation into a more integrated bloc centred on the eurozone will be a key part of the German election campaign, according to Karl Aiginger, director of the Austrian Institute for...
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Hollande calls for EU ‘harmonisation’ on renewable energy
European Union countries should consider dropping their national support schemes for renewable energies in favour of a harmonised EU approach that would send a clearer signal to investors, French...
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EU leaders to agree faster spending on youth jobless fight
French President François Hollande will travel to Brussels for a European summit today with an appeal for an EU-wide “action plan” on youth unemployment that includes frontloading the bloc’s €6-billion...
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