The EU's space ambition has a rocket problem
09 Mar EU Institutions

The EU's space ambition has a rocket problem

The continent builds world-class satellites but lacks the launch power to send them into orbit. Now policymakers are looking to private companies to restore the continent’s place in space.
by Peder Schaefer
Europe on the sidelines as Iran war escalates
04 Mar Foreign & Security Policy
Europe on the sidelines as Iran war escalates
Op-ed: Europe is the West's last bulwark against gender discrimination
09 Mar Member States
Op-ed: Europe is the West's last bulwark against gender discrimination
Essay: Trump's new Middle East war underlines Washington's selective memory
05 Mar Foreign & Security Policy
Essay: Trump's new Middle East war underlines Washington's selective memory
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15 Oct 19
New EU life sciences and biotech strategy would help people and the planet
The EU must embrace biotech’s potential to help make Europe the world’s first carbon neutral continent, argues Joanna Dupont Inglis.
15 Oct 19
Brexit Steering Group urged to launch probe into #DeniedMyVote scandal
Campaigners have called on the European Parliament’s Brexit Steering Group to mount a formal investigation into why thousands of people were denied the chance to vote in May’s European elections.
14 Oct 19
Poland’s ruling PiS wins general election; Hungary’s opposition clinches mayoral race
In an election hailed as the ‘most important ballot’ since 1989, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) won 43.6 percent of the vote, according to exit polls.
14 Oct 19
EU healthcare in need of transformative change
Bad Hofgastein, Austria: Showpiece EU health policy conference told that "era of disruption is upon us".
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14 Oct 19
International E-Waste Day 2019: A pension plan for appliances
Watch the latest video from APPLiA, explaining how 'circular culture' works and what is needed from policymakers to make it a reality.
14 Oct 19
Catalan MEP Oriol Junqueras sentenced to 13 years in prison
Although found guilty of sedition and misuse of public funds, Junqueras was cleared of charges of violent rebellion.
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14 Oct 19
Zero Zone - Brewing a better Europe
The new European Commission is planning to turn young peoples’ aspirations into action, making clear that this mandate aims to provide answers to key issues facing all European citizens. HEINEKEN Europe stands firmly behind this vision.
11 Oct 19
Senior MEP calls for EU to “step up the pressure” on China over attempts to bring Taiwan under its control
China “hell-bent” on reunification with Taiwan, says Taiwan's EU and Belgium representative Harry Tseng.
11 Oct 19
European Commission rebuffs criticism of communications strategy
The European Commission has hit back at criticism of its communications strategy by a leading journalists’ association.
11 Oct 19
UK Government under fire from Electoral Commission for democracy failings
The UK Government has come under heavy criticism from the country's Electoral Commission for failing to “ensure adequate levels of democracy”, including the “exclusion” of up to 1.7 million EU citizens from May’s European elections.
11 Oct 19
Taking racism to task
In Europe’s first Anti-Racism and Diversity Week, a cross-party group of MEPs and campaigners has urged the new von der Leyen Commission to prioritise race equality.
10 Oct 19
Moroccan solar power plant hailed as ‘shining example’ for Europe
North African country’s successful renewable energy sector seen as driving force towards ambitious 52 percent renewables target.
10 Oct 19
Time for an EU focus on mental health and suicide
World Mental Health Day provides an important opportunity to reflect on the importance of good mental health and to mobilise efforts to improve support, says Tomáš Zdechovský.
10 Oct 19
UK parliamentarians to hold weekend session on future of Brexit
Special sitting comes as Brexit blame game intensifies.
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10 Oct 19
Global Fertilizer Day: Meeting future food needs
Jacob Hansen explains how the fertilizer industry’s Feeding Life 2030 vision can continue feeding plants, farmers, people and Europe’s economy while responding to fundamental societal challenges.
10 Oct 19
Mental Health – the hidden epidemic
Mental health has been on the margins of the European health debate for too long. It’s time to leverage the awareness created by World Mental Health Day.
09 Oct 19
European Parliament urged to ringfence citizens’ rights in event of no-deal Brexit
A hearing in Parliament on Tuesday heard that this is vital to ensure that the rights of over 5 million people are “saved, not shredded.”
08 Oct 19
EU financial watchdog airs concerns over way some EU funds spent
Klaus-Heiner Lehne, President of the European Court of Auditors, said there had been improvements in the last year but "there continue to be some problems."
08 Oct 19
Dubravka Šuica wants close cooperation with Parliament to give citizens more say
Dubravka Šuica, a former MEP and Commissioner-designate for the democracy and demography portfolio in the new European Commission, has made a strong pitch to work closely with the European Parliament to give citizens a greater say in shaping EU policy.
07 Oct 19
Parliament President to meet EU leaders in bid to break Brexit deadlock
European Parliament President David Sassoli is meeting key EU leaders this week in an attempt to help resolve the Brexit impasse.
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07 Oct 19
Europe’s health systems in need of a disruptive rethink
Bad Hofgastein, Austria: change needed to keep health systems “fit-for-purpose”.
07 Oct 19
A passion project
Petra De Sutter was a world-renowned gynaecologist and fertility expert when she decided to take the leap into politics. Now a newly-elected MEP and Chair of Parliament’s IMCO Committee, she tells Lorna Hutchinson what drives her passion for Green policymaking and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
07 Oct 19
Civil society groups urge changes in new Commission portfolios and nominees
Civil society groups say there is rising “grassroots pressure” for further changes to nominees and portfolios for the new European Commission.
07 Oct 19
Issue 502 | 7 October 2019
In our latest issue, Petra de Sutter, the chair of the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee, tells us what drives her passion for Green policymaking and sexual and reproductive health and rights.