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Circular economy vital to EU’s quest to kill emissions: study

Tue, 06/05/2018 - 06:53
Reusing plastic and metal could help keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius and allow the EU to go emission free by 2050, according to new research on the burgeoning circular economy.
Categories: European Union

EU health chief not satisfied with industry’s alcohol labelling proposal

Tue, 06/05/2018 - 06:53
EU Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis is not pleased with the “inconsistent” proposal recently submitted by the alcohol industry on labelling and insisted that European consumers should be presented the full information of the products they purchase.
Categories: European Union

EU ministers to debate compromise plan to break asylum impasse

Tue, 06/05/2018 - 06:53
EU interior ministers meet today (5 June) to try to break a two-year deadlock over reforming asylum rules with a deadline looming and pressure from Italy’s new populist leaders. The ministers will hear Bulgaria’s new compromise proposals on how to...
Categories: European Union

Europe needs better sex ed to tackle violence against women

Tue, 06/05/2018 - 06:03
The #MeToo movement saw the scale of sexual harassment and assault in Europe thrust into the spotlight. Last October, thousands of women spoke out about sexual harassment within the European Institutions, and a petition for change gathering over 120,000 signatures was delivered to European Parliament President Antonio Tajani on International Women’s Day of this year.
Categories: European Union

Building partnerships: international development and sustainable business

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 17:57
The European Development Days has established itself as a key fixture in the world's development calendar. The EU plans to revamp its development tools and financial investment instruments in the next seven-year budget, increasing the role of the private sector.
Categories: European Union

Finance, Cotonou and women set to dominate European Development Days

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 17:51
As far as global development goes, few events can match the reach of European Development Days, whose Brussels edition will gather 8,000 development policy professionals this week.
Categories: European Union

The Brief, powered by Yara – Never a dull moment when Europe goes to vote

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 16:44
Just when we might have sighed with relief (or did we?) that Italy and Spain, the eurozone’s third and fourth biggest economies, have new governments, there is a new wrinkle on the horizon.
Categories: European Union

Thousands of breast cancer patients can avoid chemotherapy, landmark study says

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 16:32
Chemotherapy may be avoided in about 70% of early-stage breast cancer patients, thus limiting chemotherapy to the 30% who can be predicted it will be beneficial for them, a study released on Sunday (3 June) shows.
Categories: European Union

Shakespeare in trouble: Dutch fret about English on campus

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 16:06
The growing popularity of English as a medium of instruction at Dutch universities is ringing alarm bells among local lecturers and students, with some now even calling for government intervention.
Categories: European Union

Plain packaging: ‘Brand-theft’ or better consumer protection?

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 13:25
The rising trend of imposing plain packaging on unhealthy products has raised eyebrows in the industry, which fears that its brands are under threat. The World Health Organisation, on the other hand, insists that the measure provides a long-term benefit for public health.
Categories: European Union

The fine line between brands and health

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 13:24
For the World Health Organisation, plain packaging is considered an effective way to reduce the attractiveness of tobacco products and increase the effectiveness of health warnings. But the industry disagrees and points to a fine line between over-regulation and the need to protect consumers.
Categories: European Union

Bayer to ditch Monsanto name in a bid to protect corporate reputation

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 09:00
German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer will discard the name Monsanto when it takes over the controversial US seeds and pesticides producer this week, the group said on Monday (4 June). “Bayer will remain the name of the firm. Monsanto...
Categories: European Union

Italy cannot be ‘Europe’s refugee camp’, Salvini says

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 08:30
Italy's new hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini said Sunday that "common sense" was needed to stop the country from being "Europe's refugee camp" as he visited a migrant centre in the south.
Categories: European Union

G7 countries pour $100bn a year into oil, gas and coal: study

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 07:49
Each year, at least US$100 billion goes to support the production and consumption of oil, gas and coal, according to a major new study published on Monday (4 June). That is despite a promise from all G7 and G20 members to stop subsidising fossil fuels by 2025.
Categories: European Union

Formula One at risk from new EU insurance rules?

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 07:37
Motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, is concerned that a European Commission update to rules on motor insurance could be “highly detrimental” to sports like Formula One, as it could leave race events dependent on the whims of insurance companies.
Categories: European Union

Merkel offers Macron concessions on eurozone reforms

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 07:33
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a long-awaited answer to French President Emmanuel Macron's call for ambitious European Union reforms on Sunday (3 June), offering olive branches on investment and help for debt-mired eurozone member states.
Categories: European Union

EU, Mercosur trade talks resume with renewed optimism

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 07:25
The European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc begin a fresh round of trade talks this week with renewed optimism that negotiators may be nearing an accord after almost two decades of talks.
Categories: European Union

Denmark, Russia lost in translation in the Baltic

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 07:13
Denmark and Russia had a diplomatic clash earlier this year over a report by the Russian public TV channel, NTV. EURACTIV.com looks into the issue as part of the “Fact or Fake” series, in partnership with France 24.
Categories: European Union

Orbán hails attempts to derail solution to Macedonian name dispute

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 07:13
Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán produced a video message on Saturday (2 June) supporting the efforts of Macedonia’s main opposition party to block a solution to the long-standing name dispute with Greece. He praised its refusal to bend "under pressure from foreign powers".
Categories: European Union

Why Europe needs more electricity interconnectors, public and private

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 07:04
Europe's underdeveloped power grid infrastructure means that a surplus of electricity cannot be traded across borders, wasting renewable energy in countries that produce more than they consume, write Jo Leinen and Werner Langen.
Categories: European Union

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