European Union

Commission HQ revealed today how the EU can stick to the Paris Agreement and curb global warming. But the Clean Planet for All plan omitted one important factor that should be crucial to reining in climate change: human behaviour.

A no-deal Brexit would slash 9.3% off the British economy over the next 15 years, while the current Brexit deal would cost 4.9% according to a UK government study published Wednesday. The House of Commons is set to vote on the Brexit deal on 11 December. An EU court jurist plans to give a non-binding opinion on 4 December if the UK could unilaterally revoke Brexit if it wanted to.

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The application for interim measures of Mr Andriy Klyuyev, former Head of Administration of the President of Ukraine, to suspend the operation of restrictive measures, is dismissed

Committing to net zero emissions by 2050 is a unique opportunity for the EU to show its leadership in securing a sustainable future: a future that is good for the planet, people and business, writes Eliot Whittington.

No EU agency can replace the role of member states, said Czech MEP Jan Zahradil, putting a ‘Great Review’ of EU powers at the heart of the manifesto for his European Conservative and Reformist (ECR) party, launched on Wednesday (28 November)

Russia said on Wednesday (29 November) it planned to deploy more of its advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Crimea as tensions rose with Ukraine over Moscow's seizure of three Ukrainian navy ships and their crews.

On 27 November, the Council agreed on proposals setting out a harmonised EU framework for covered bonds.

European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker addressed a letter to the EU Heads of State or government on the EU priorities at the upcoming G20 summit in Buenos Aires

Plastic plays a significant role in food packaging as: it serves to meet product safety and quality requirements. However, some types of packaging remain difficult to recycle for a number of technological and practical reasons and are prone to littering.

The past decades have seen substantial improvements in the performance of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology. The satellite signals have been modernised, and by the end of 2018, multi-band GNSS will become affordable.

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Wednesday (29 November) proposed that France give up its permanent seat on the UN Security Council and turn it into an EU seat to allow the bloc to speak with one voice on the global stage.

Continuous depopulation of the EU's rural regions and interregional disparities remain a serious threat for the economic and demographic base of the EU regions in the future, stakeholders highlighted during a conference on territorial divergencies in the EU held in Brussels on Tuesday (27 November).

After the military confrontation on the Sea of Azov France and Germany have declined to introduce new sanctions against Moscow for the time being. Diplomats from both countries want to appeal to the OSCE to defuse the conflict. Europe's journalists express their views on how the international community should react to the incident.

In a speech on the energy transformation on Tuesday Emmanuel Macron reacted to the demands put forward by yellow vest protesters. He proposed to base fuel tax hikes on the price of oil and launch a nationwide three-month consultation on the social aspects of the energy transformation. Will the French president be able to appease the yellow vests with this approach?