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EU institutions, stakeholders and experts agree that the EU’s carbon market should serve as the centerpiece of Europe’s decarbonisation efforts. To reach enhanced climate ambition for 2030, the EU needs a well-functioning carbon market fostering cost-efficient emission reductions. However, this role has just been cast into doubt.

While the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) remains uncertain, local and regional authorities are calling on the EU to grant them a bigger role in the implementation of the citizens’ recommendations.

A candidate status with a strong European perspective will serve as a powerful booster for the entire Moldovan society amid severe regional crises, write Iulian Groza and Stefan Meister. Iulian Groza is the Executive Director of the Institute for European...

Welcome to EURACTIV’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.    “It’s really tricky, if you find an agreement with the shadows you need to be sure that it is...

EURACTIV caught up with the Czech Deputy Prime Minister for Digitisation, Ivan Bartoš, directly from Luxembourg during the Telecoms Council. We discussed the approach of the upcoming Czech Presidency to the open questions of the AI Act and Data Act,...

Online video sharing platforms such as YouTube could be liable for content uploads that infringe copyrights if they fail to act immediately, according to a ruling from Germany’s top court on Thursday (2 June).

On 5 June a package of constitutional amendments is expected to be approved by referendum in Kazakhstan. The proposed constitutional changes, following five months after the greatest unrest in the country’s modern history, accelerate the efforts by the country’s president...

As of Friday (3 June), 500 patients have been transferred from Ukraine, Moldova, and bordering EU member states to hospitals around Europe so they can receive continued treatment or urgent medical help, the European Commission has announced.

Bulgaria's four-party ruling coalition is not united on the issue of the country's accession to the eurozone in early 2024, splitting along the same lines as with the unrelated issue of vetoing the start of neighbouring North Macedonia's EU accession talks.

The Commission’s new draft proposal of the European Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), while commendable for its ambition, lacks the necessary tools to truly decarbonise buildings by 2050, writes Brice Lalonde, president of EdEn (Equilibre des Energies).

Lawmakers are gearing up for a cliff-hanger vote on the EU’s proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) next week after the European Parliament’s main political groups failed to agree a common stance on when the new scheme should start to apply.

For Europe to safeguard its climate targets and ensure its place in the global automotive sector, more ambitious CO2 standards for cars and vans are needed. Lawmakers should not be distracted by negative arguments coming from some in the industry, writes Julia Poliscanova.

The EU budget’s contribution to climate action in agriculture has been overstated by a whopping €60 billion, according to a damning new auditors report which also sheds light on the neglected implementation phase of policy-making. Auditors found the European Commission’s...

While the EU and US are preoccupied with the Ukraine war, they should pay attention to events in Central Asia as well, where on Sunday (5 June) a package of constitutional amendments will be approved by referendum in Kazakhstan, write Svante E. Cornell and Albert Barro.

Negotiators struck a provisional deal on the EU’s agricultural statistics review on Thursday (2 June) after more than a year of discussion on the controversial file, although for environmental campaigners, the agreement leaves a lot to be desired. 

This week it’s Hungary’s Oil ban rout, Poland gets its EU payout, AND Denmark ends the opt-out.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about how almost half of Slovaks believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is not responsible for the war in Ukraine, Portugal restricting indoor smoking from 2023, and so much more.

The Austrian government has now joined the club of countries that have presented a hydrogen strategy. Vienna will aim for significant electrolysis capacity, replacing fossil hydrogen by 2030 and stringent usage prioritisation.

Close to half of respondents in Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia still do not place primary responsibility on Russia as the party responsible for the war in Ukraine, a new survey from Bratislava-based think tank GLOBSEC found. GLOBSEC institute regularly conducts...

Albanian farmers receive 18 times less financial support from the state than other countries in the region, according to an analysis published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, leading to concerns about the distribution of EU funds. Farming...