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Agrifood Podcast: Food security, EU organics plan, panicky markets

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 14:17
Welcome back to the EURACTIV agrifood podcast! After a short break, EURACTIV’s agrifood team are back and this week discussing all things food security, including the deepening cracks in the Commission over its response to the Ukraine war and the...
Categories: European Union

Medvedev hails Orbán’s opposition to EU oil, religious figures sanctions

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 14:06
Former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's opposition to the proposed EU embargo of oil and sanctions targeting the leader of the Russian church.
Categories: European Union

Tech Brief: connectivity’s contribution, Apple Pay probe, AI fines

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 13:34
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.    “The rules in place for twenty years are running out of steam and operators no longer have...
Categories: European Union

French politicians silent on EU’s oil embargo plans, fear Yellow Vests

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 13:23
French politicians are keeping quiet about the EU's proposed embargo on Russian oil, most likely to avoid new tensions with the Yellow Vests movement, whose protests shook the country in 2018-2019.
Categories: European Union

GAFAM tax or fair contribution?

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 12:55
This week, Commissioner Breton announced a new initiative to make online platforms contribute to the cost of digital infrastructure. We discuss the reasoning behind this proposal, possible precedents and main practical issues that it will need to address with Gerard...
Categories: European Union

How demand-side measures can ensure energy security in the EU

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 11:50
The EU can coordinate the efforts of member states in order to prepare for a ban on Russian gas and oil imports, write Jonathan Barth and Christoph Gran.
Categories: European Union

EU electrolyser industry commits to boost manufacturing capacity tenfold by 2025

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 10:53
Electrolyser manufacturers in Europe committed on Thursday (5 May) to increase their manufacturing capacity tenfold – to 17.5 GW per year by 2025 – as part of a joint declaration with the European Commission in Brussels.
Categories: European Union

Europe needs more, not less, nature to overcome the looming food crisis

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 10:23
As the world scrambles to fend off the impact of yet another food crisis, opportunistic efforts by lobby groups to delay nature restoration laws are likely to make things worse, writes former Commissioner Janez Potočnik.
Categories: European Union

Tweets of the Week: Transnationa lists, Oil and Lavrov

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 08:45
  Transnational lists idea finally engages, EU struggles to agree oil ban in stages, and Russian disinfo goes full Middle Ages.
Categories: European Union

Minister: Those who bombed Serbia cannot ask it to join Russia sanctions

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 07:38
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Slovenian government’s COVID-19 decree being declared unconstitutional, Portugal contributing millions in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Greek MP: Reporters without Borders are insignificant, ‘leftist’ NGO

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 07:28
Conservative lawmaker Dimitris Markopoulos, a former journalist, has lashed out against the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), describing it as a ‘leftist NGO’ over a recent report showing that Greece is the worst EU country when it comes to press freedom....
Categories: European Union

EU citizens may sue countries for health-damaging dirty air, top court adviser says

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 07:05
Citizens in European Union countries may be able to sue their governments for financial compensation if illegal levels of air pollution damage their health, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday (5 May).
Categories: European Union

Germany ready to help landlocked EU states access LNG, Scholz says

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 07:04
Germany will show solidarity with European Union countries seeking alternatives to Russian gas and oil, for example helping eastern states without ports in the North or Baltic Seas access liquefied natural gas (LNG), Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday (5 May).
Categories: European Union

EU asylum given to 225 Albanians, 2,000 sent home

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 07:03
As Albania struggles with a declining birth rate, ageing population and mass emigration, the issue of asylum-seeking in EU countries continues to prevail as thousands applied for asylum in the EU during 2021, with 225 receiving protection. According to data...
Categories: European Union

Minister: Those who bombed Serbia cannot ask it to join Russia sanctions

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 07:01
The countries that bombed Serbia do not have the “moral right” to ask Belgrade to follow their line and impose sanctions against Moscow, Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandar Vulin told EURACTIV Greece in an exclusive interview.  “The countries that...
Categories: European Union

New materials for European roads – transition to lower-energy road maintenance is more urgent than ever [Promoted content]

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 07:00
The consequences of the ongoing war in Ukraine add to the existing supply chain issues facing road authorities across Europe. Many of the materials used in the essential maintenance of Europe’s key transport arteries are very energy demanding. It is urgent for European road authorities to reduce their reliance on such materials.
Categories: European Union

German defence minister welcomes Serbia’s stance on Bosnia, Russia

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:57
German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht welcomed Serbia’s “clear positioning” on Russia’s war in Ukraine and the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stressing, however, that progress on the normalisation of relations with Pristina was needed for the EU accession process....
Categories: European Union

Slovenian government’s COVID-19 decree declared unconstitutional

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:54
Slovenia’s top court ruled on Thursday that the government decree governing the checking of COVID passes in public places is unconstitutional – delivering yet another blow to the government’s pandemic rule-by-decree policy. In a ruling issued on Thursday (5 May), the...
Categories: European Union

Romanian carrier Tarom gets €1.9 million in state aid

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:52
Romanian flag carrier Tarom has received €1.9 million in financial support to cover losses made due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the second half of 2020 after it was recently approved by the European Commission. The aid comes from the...
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria seeks shelter for 30,000 Ukrainian refugees

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:47
Of the nearly 60,000 Ukrainian refugees that will need to leave hotels on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast by the end of May, only 33,000 can so far be guaranteed accommodation due to hoteliers preparing for the summer season. Ukrainian...
Categories: European Union

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