Europe’s farm policy shake-up pits green ambition against budget reality
15 Sep EU Institutions

Europe’s farm policy shake-up pits green ambition against budget reality

The Commission’s overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy is billed as climate-proofing Europe’s farms, but critics say it guts green ambition, cuts funding, and risks creating a patchwork of national agendas.
by Natasha Foote
Von der Leyen's fragile alliance put to the test over US trade deal
11 Sep EU Institutions
Von der Leyen's fragile alliance put to the test over US trade deal
Op-ed: Bayrou’s fall exposes France’s need for a new political culture
12 Sep Member States
Op-ed: Bayrou’s fall exposes France’s need for a new political culture
Op-ed: EU pledges ‘drone wall’ as Russian threats grow — now it must deliver
10 Sep EU Institutions
Op-ed: EU pledges ‘drone wall’ as Russian threats grow — now it must deliver
20 Jun 19
Aviation strategy is flying high
The Aviation Strategy may not yet have resolved all the issues for the sector, but it has laid the essential groundwork for future success, writes Violeta Bulc 
20 Jun 19
EU top jobs and climate action in focus as leaders convene in Brussels
European Union leaders face decisions on two major issues - the appointment of the EU institutions’ top posts and climate action targets - at a summit starting in Brussels on Thursday.
20 Jun 19
Sustainable Energy Week: Cause and effect
The EU must take into account the impact of climate change and adapt its energy policy accordingly, says Eva Jensen
20 Jun 19
Sustainable Energy Week: Local heroes
Local renewable energy ownership can help generate regional economic development, writes Pierre Jean Coulon.
19 Jun 19
Sustainable Energy Week: The Water-Energy Nexus
Managing the relationship between the water used for energy production and the energy used to deliver that water is key to increasing water sector energy e­fficiency, explains Charlina Vitcheva.
19 Jun 19
Tajani urges ‘real Marshall Plan for Africa’ bolstered by ‘massive’ private sector investment
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani has repeated his call for a "real Marshall Plan for Africa" backed by “massive” private sector investment.
19 Jun 19
Sustainable Energy Week: The shape of things to come
Romania’s Minister for Energy, Anton Anton, believes Europe’s capacity for economic growth is inseparable from its energy reform programme
19 Jun 19
‘Toxic politics’ hampering efforts to tackle refugee crisis, says former UK foreign minister
Former UK foreign minister David Miliband says that “toxic politics” in some Member States is hindering efforts to tackle the ongoing refugee crisis.
18 Jun 19
Russia did not interfere in EU elections, says ambassador
Russia’s ambassador to the EU has categorically denied claims that Moscow used disinformation to sway voters in the recent European elections.
18 Jun 19
MEPs investigate UK #DeniedMyVote elections scandal
Evidence alleging that the UK government prevented over one million eligible voters from taking part in the recent European Parliamentary elections due to a catalogue of blunders is now being examined by MEPs.
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18 Jun 19
The right EU budget for the next seven years
Europe must boost its investment in research and innovation, argue the European University Association’s Rolf Tarrach and Michael Murphy
18 Jun 19
Sustainable Energy Week: The path to a carbon neutral Europe
As European Sustainable Energy Week 2019 kicks off, we begin with Dominique Ristori who explains how clean green hydrogen can help the EU reach its long-term decarbonisation goals
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17 Jun 19
Why doesn’t the EU want to lead on photonics?
When countries around the world are sinking billions into deep technologies like photonics, why does it always feel like the EU is consistently applying the brake, asks Carlos Lee.
14 Jun 19
Issue 497 | 17 June 2019
Featuring an exclusive interview with Margrethe Vestager
14 Jun 19
New 73-strong far right grouping formed in European Parliament
Alliance of extreme-right, populist and nationalist parties say they will become a “thorn in the flesh” for EU policymakers.
14 Jun 19
Commission ‘failing' to monitor its sustainable development activities, says EU auditors
The European Court of Auditors has said the EU is failing to providing citizens with reliable information on it contributes to sustainable development in areas such as climate change
14 Jun 19
Margrethe Vestager: A woman of substance
With a proven track record in delivering for citizens, Margrethe Vestager has earned the right to be the next European Commission President. She tells Lorna Hutchinson that prioritising gender equality and female empowerment is her number one goal.
12 Jun 19
North Macedonia facing "unprecedented exodus" if accession talks postponed, warns president
Stevo Pendarovski has said his country is suffering from "enlargement fatigue".
12 Jun 19
British MPs demand urgent probe into #DeniedMyVote scandal
Leading campaign group presses for inquiry into allegations that up to 2 million EU citizens were left unable to vote in the European elections.
12 Jun 19
Nigel Farage says chances of UK leaving the EU on 31 October “pretty low”
Brexit Party leader argues that his party’s recent election success gives it “legitimate” right to be included in any further Brexit talks between the UK and EU.
11 Jun 19
Increased prospect of no-deal Brexit or no Brexit at all amid Westminster ‘chaos’, says Nicola Sturgeon
Scotland’s First Minister believes that there is all to play for in the Brexit “horror show” as blinkered Britain careers towards a no-deal Brexit while the possibility of no Brexit at all gathers momentum.
07 Jun 19
Scotland votes Remain… again
Newly re-elected SNP MEP Alyn Smith celebrates the triumphs for the SNP and Scotland’s pro-Remain parties in the European elections, which highlight, once again, that Scotland wants to remain a part of the European Union.
07 Jun 19
Catalan MEPs "barred" from accessing the European Parliament
Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín claim they have been refused access and official MEP accreditation.
07 Jun 19
EU urged to up its game on tackling racism
The EU has been urged to “show a true commitment” to tackling racism after a new report revealed that only 5 percent of the new European Parliament intake are from racial and ethnic minorities.