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For the European Union to win the race to net zero, we have to solve the energy trilemma faced by all hard-to-abate industries: we must establish secure supplies of energy that are both commercially competitive and carbon neutral. 

The European Parliament’s spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on the 13-16 March plenary session today at 16.30.

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The European Parliament’s spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on the 13-16 March plenary session today at 16.30.

Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

AMENDMENTS 1 - 86 - Draft report Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Thailand, of the other part
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Andrey Kovatchev

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As the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive enters the home stretch, it faces a first crucial test in the European Parliament this week, where opposition is lying in wait.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Russia's embassy to Slovakia being very active on Facebook, Austria joining Germany in opposing the de facto combustion engine ban for 2035, and so much more.

The leader of leftist DiEM25 and controversial former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis was hospitalised over the weekend after he was physically attacked by a group of young people. People with covered faces and COVID masks approached the table where Varoufakis...

The general secretary of the international union ITUC has been dismissed from his post, the confederation said, over his links to a European Parliament graft scandal implicating Qatar.

This week, EURACTIV discusses a leaked draft of EU member states’ compromise text on the industrial emissions directive, and we hear from EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski for his take on the controversies surrounding the directive. We also speak with...

The EU and Greece have been trying to put in place modern safety systems and improve Greek railways’ cross-border interoperability to connect with the rest of Europe for more than twenty years. But a series of delays, grey contracts and...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will spend an extra 5 billion pounds (€5,64 billion) to replenish ammunition stocks and fund the next phase of a submarine pact with the United States and Australia in an update to Britain's foreign policy framework.

After thwarting a proposed EU ban on new fossil fuel cars, Germany's liberal FDP party is now launching an attack on the EU's buildings directive, which envisages a Europe-wide renovation obligation to reduce the sector's emissions.

South Korea should build nuclear weapons to bolster its defences against North Korea, even at the risk of international repercussions, the mayor of its capital city said, arguing that the country cannot be bound by the goal of denuclearisation.

Economic ministers set to talk about the reform of the economic governance and even agree on conclusions. The EU Commission is also expected to come with several proposals on supporting the greening of the economy.

Ahead of a key EU-backed meeting between Kosovo and Serbia on 18 March in Ohrid, North Macedonia, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti spoke of Serbian President Aleksander Vucic’s reluctance to sign an agreement but expressed hope for the upcoming talks....

The government has found ways to address the milestones needed for Romania to get the second payment of the national recovery and resilience plan – funds that the Commission has blocked since January. Romanian officials and Commission representatives have discussed...

The government has put forward legislative changes expected to be rushed through parliament to facilitate the recruitment of foreign workers as the country grapples with staff shortages. To simplify procedures and cut the red tape in procedures to obtain residence...

The Serbian Municipalities Association (SMA) must be established if the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is to continue, President Aleksandar Vucic said ahead of the upcoming round of negotiations in Ohrid. Vucic is to meet Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti for the next...