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Zelenskyy understands Slovakia unable to cut Russian oil and gas supplies

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 06:20
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he understands that Slovakia cannot afford to immediately cut its Russian oil and gas supplies but warned of the country’s dependence in a speech before the Slovak National Council on Tuesday. Slovakia is one of...
Categories: European Union

EU commissioner says Russia-friendly countries should not be punished

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 06:19
Countries siding with Russia or abstaining from voting against the country in the UN should not be “punished”, European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen told a Europe Day seminar in Helsinki on Monday. The Finnish commissioner also said that...
Categories: European Union

NRW regional election: Germany ahead of its ‘small federal election’

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 06:19
North Rhine-Westphalia – or NRW, as many of its 18 million inhabitants call it – is Germany’s most populous region, and it will elect a new regional parliament this Sunday (15 May 2022). Due to its size, the results come...
Categories: European Union

Ahead of defence opt-out referendum, Denmark opposes EU Treaty change

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 06:18
Denmark has voiced its opposition to changing EU Treaties, just weeks ahead of a crucial referendum on its defence opt-out after Brussels hinted it could change treaties, so unanimity on issues like common defence policy is no longer needed. The...
Categories: European Union

Hungary digs heels in over EU embargo on Russian oil

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 06:08
The European Union's executive is looking to support Hungary in beefing up the eastern European state's oil pipelines, storage and refining capacity, a spokesman said on Tuesday (10 May), as Budapest dug its heels in over a Russian oil embargo.
Categories: European Union

Ukraine to halt key Russian gas transit to Europe, use alternative

Wed, 05/11/2022 - 05:26
Ukraine said on 10 May it would suspend the flow of gas through a transit point which delivers almost a third of the fuel piped from Russia to Europe through Ukraine, blaming Moscow for the development.
Categories: European Union

EU urges ‘not to give up on Syria’ amid Russia’s war on Ukraine

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 19:36
The Syrian humanitarian crisis remains among the EU’s top priorities, the bloc's chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, said at the sixth pledging conference for the war-torn Middle-Eastern country in Brussels on Tuesday (10 May).
Categories: European Union

EU lawmakers may push 70% emission cut on carmakers by 2030

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 17:38
The European Parliament's environment committee (ENVI) is due to vote on mandatory CO2 standards for car manufacturers on Wednesday (11 May), with the possibility of calling for a 70% reduction target by the year 2030. EURACTIV France reports.
Categories: European Union

LEAK: Commission to force scanning of communications to combat child pornography

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 17:28
The European Commission is to put forward a generalised scanning obligation for messaging services, according to a draft proposal obtained by EURACTIV.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Why Eurovision matters

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 16:48
This year it will be remarkably tough to keep politics separate from the running of the world’s most-followed singing contest – and that is also why EURACTIV is stepping in with dedicated coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC).
Categories: European Union

Germany embraces Macron’s proposal for a ‘European Political Community’

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 16:40
While Germany does not support a fast-tracked accession of Ukraine, foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said that she supports the idea of a reform of the EU to allow Ukraine and other countries to integrate more deeply with the bloc.
Categories: European Union

Thirty-one years after communism, Albanians demand democratic reform

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 16:03
A new report by the Albanian Insitute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) says the electorate wants more democratic progress in the EU candidate country, considered a hybrid, or only partly democratic, regime according to Freedom House.
Categories: European Union

Heat Pumps to REPowerEU: The need for a European industrial heat pump policy [Promoted content]

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 16:00
REPowerEU must be a win for energy security, the climate and European competitiveness. With the right focus, the May package can propel a wave of sustainable heat pumps “made in Europe”.
Categories: European Union

French left-wing bloc divided over legislative nominees

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 15:59
France's new left-wing union has reached a compromise on sharing constituencies ahead of the legislative elections in June despite not everyone agreeing on the choice of nominees. EURACTIV France reports.
Categories: European Union

New cybersecurity law could encounter insufficient capacities, Czech stakeholders warn

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 15:43
The forthcoming set of broader EU cybersecurity requirements could hit obstacles in the form of insufficient financial and staff capacities, prompting fears in the Czech Republic that they could create new headaches, particularly for private companies.
Categories: European Union

Russian troops ill-prepared for Ukraine war, says ex-Wagner mercenary

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 15:36
The Russian military's failure to seize the Ukrainian capital was inevitable because in the preceding years they had never directly faced a powerful enemy, according to a former mercenary with the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group who fought alongside the Russian army.
Categories: European Union

UK to reform data protection, throwing EU adequacy ruling into doubt

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 15:30
The UK’s legislative agenda for the next year includes a data reform bill that could cast doubts on the future of the EU’s data adequacy ruling, the decision that continued to facilitate data transfers across the Channel after the UK left the bloc in January 2020.
Categories: European Union

Why the EU must see through Spain’s claim to be an energy island

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 15:24
Spain's claim to be an 'energy island' is misleading and the EU should reject calls for an Iberian exemption, say Oscar Arnedillo and Jorge Sanz.
Categories: European Union

UK jettisons legislation to empower digital regulator

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 15:06
A bill that would have legally empowered the UK’s new tech regulator was notably absent from today’s presentation of the government’s annual legislative agenda.
Categories: European Union

Russia and the Great Plane Robbery

Tue, 05/10/2022 - 14:48
Since the imposition of sanctions, Russia has effectively stolen some 400 planes which were leased from abroad, a move considered the greatest theft of airplanes ever committed. The value of the stolen aircraft is valued at around $10 billion.
Categories: European Union

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