‘Half-dead’ Schengen limps on amid increased migration anxiety
13 Aug Member States

‘Half-dead’ Schengen limps on amid increased migration anxiety

Europe’s open borders are being replaced by ‘temporary’ checkpoints that are often anything but. With anti-migration politics on the rise and a broken asylum system, the loss of trust will be hard to restore.
by Eloise Hardy
How alpha men and tradwives are winning over young Europeans
11 Aug Member States
How alpha men and tradwives are winning over young Europeans
Op-ed: Mercosur deal of deceit must not be signed
14 Aug EU Institutions
Op-ed: Mercosur deal of deceit must not be signed
Is the EU ready to face its mounting plastic waste problem?
07 Aug EU Institutions
Is the EU ready to face its mounting plastic waste problem?
24 Oct 18
EU urged to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia in wake of Khashoggi murder
The European Union is under increasing pressure to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia after the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
23 Oct 18
Erdogan calls Khashoggi pre-meditated murder “gruesome” but releases no evidence
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speech delivering the so-called “naked truth” about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi proved something of a damp squib.
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23 Oct 18
Europe must continue to invest in the bioplastic revolution
It is imperative to seize the momentum of recent policy developments at both European and international level, argues Philippe Mengal.
23 Oct 18
Keeping our seas plastic-free
Fish or plastic, that’s the key question surrounding a new awareness-raising initiative, explains Maria Spyraki.
22 Oct 18
EU needs to take a stand on improving black and ethnic minority representation
With the number of black and ethnic minority MEPs likely to fall post-Brexit, the fight against Islamophobia will become more important than ever, warns Sajjad Karim.
22 Oct 18
EU Parliament week ahead: Khashoggi murder, single-use plastics top agenda
The European Parliament is gearing up for a busy week in Plenary, with the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi under the spotlight and a vote on banning single-use plastics a legislative highlight.
22 Oct 18
Swedish Greens deputy Linnéa Engström calls for EU arms embargo against Saudi Arabia
MEPs add to growing condemnation of Saudi regime over Jamal Khashoggi death
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19 Oct 18
Embracing Merchant Transmission Investment
Regulatory policy for efficient electricity markets should establish merchant transmission investments as the ‘default’ option, argues Professor William W. Hogan.
19 Oct 18
No Brexit without backstop, says EU Parliament President
Antonio Tajani says that without a backstop agreement, the European Parliament cannot allow the UK’s divorce from the EU to go ahead.
19 Oct 18
Bill Gates donates €54m to EU’s African health services programme
Bill Gates has joined forces with the European Union in a €100m clean energy investment fund.
19 Oct 18
Issue 483 | 22 October 2018
Bas Eickhout interview, Climate Change & COP24, Migration and Asylum, Eastern Ukraine, Digitalisation & Work, Marine Litter, ePrivacy, Third Mobility Package, Digital Innovation, Regional Cooperation, and more...
17 Oct 18
The EPP Spitzenkandidaten candidates
Dods has prepared short biographies of the candidates who have put their name forward to be the EPP Spitzenkandidat. The EPP is now expected to elect its Spitzenkandidat for the next European elections at the EPP Congress in Helsinki, Finland on 7-8 November 2018.
17 Oct 18
Next recession to usher in wave of artificial intelligence
Major corporations are gearing up for a surge in robotics-based technology over the next decade and Europe needs to do the same.
17 Oct 18
Pervasive stench of pessimism hangs over Brexit summit
While both sides hope to break the stalemate keeping Brexit talks in limbo at this week’s key summit, hopes of a breakthrough are fading fast.
17 Oct 18
EU businesses urge resolution to Brexit stalemate
Businesses in Europe are pushing for an end to the current Brexit deadlock as pressure mounts on companies to take decisions
17 Oct 18
EU braces for no-deal Brexit but hopes for the best as summit kicks off
The prospect of a no-deal Brexit is looking increasingly more likely as the two sides gear up for a crunch two-day summit which begins today in Brussels.
15 Oct 18
MEPs at odds with member states over Spitzenkandidaten process
The European Parliament will veto candidates to replace Jean-Claude Juncker if they do not adhere to the so-called Spitzenkandidat system, says senior MEP, Jo Leinen.
15 Oct 18
Civil society and tobacco industry give cautious welcome to new plans designed to reduce plastic pollution in Europe.
Draft rules, single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery or cotton buds, which make up over 70 percent of marine litter, will be banned.
15 Oct 18
Endless Brexit hurdles should prompt talks rethink, say MEPs
The current impasse blighting Brexit negotiations has left the UK stuck between a rock and a hard place.
15 Oct 18
5 questions with... Alojz Peterle
Alojz Peterle (EPP, SL) ispresident of the European Parliament's all-party MEPs Against Cancer group.
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15 Oct 18
European Regulatory Science on Tobacco: Policy implementation to reduce lung diseases (EUREST-PLUS)
Outcomes of the H2020 EUREST-PLUS project will be presented on October 18, 2018 at the European Parliament in Brussels
15 Oct 18
Women working night shifts have 30 percent higher risk of developing breast cancer
Female night shift workers should be given more rest periods to stave off the risk of breast cancer.
12 Oct 18
The former Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb has called for the EU “to stand on the barricades and defend European values”
Speaking in Brussels, Stubb, also a former MEP, sounded a warning about the risks of “more Brexits”
12 Oct 18
Will the Bavaria election spare the German Government fresh blushes?
Ever since the current federal coalition in Germany was forged earlier this year, it has been plagued by scandals, explains Yuriy Sheyko.