Vous êtes ici

European Union

[Ticker] EU ponders 'pragmatic' solution to Brexit ratification

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:26
If the EU and UK clinched a last-minute Brexit deal, there would not be enough time to ratify it by 1 January, when a transition period expires, because the EU had 35 legislatures, including regional ones, which needed to sign off on it, an EU diplomat said Wednesday. But a "pragmatic" solution could be to designate the new agreement an EU-level treaty, to sign off by ministers at one stroke.
Catégories: European Union

[Ticker] In 2020, 42 journalists killed for doing their job

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:26
Forty two journalists and media workers have been killed while doing their jobs this year, according to the International Federation of Journalists' annual tally, the Guardian reports. A further 235 are in prison in cases related to their work, the report showed. Mexico topped the 2020 list of countries where the most journalists were killed for the fourth time in five years, with 13 killings, followed by Pakistan with five.
Catégories: European Union

Beef, banks and the Brazilian Amazon: the EU’s complicity in driving deforestation

Euractiv.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:22
EU-based banks and EU consumption is helping to fuel the rapacious destruction of the climate-critical Amazon rainforest, writes Giulia Bondi.
Catégories: European Union

[Ticker] France tightens laws against religious extremism

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:19
France is to tighten restrictions on clandestine home-schooling and online hate speech under a new bill approved by the French cabinet Wednesday, in reaction to recent jihadist killings. It will also extend bans on wearing religious symbols by state employees and restate a ban on polygamy. The "law of protection" was "not aimed against religions or against the Muslim religion in particular", French prime minister Jean Castex said.
Catégories: European Union

Post-Brexit talks in last push until Sunday

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:18
The probability of no deal has increased as a last-ditch effort by British prime minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen did not bridge gaps.
Catégories: European Union

‘From grass to glass’: how dairy can go green

Euractiv.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:17
Polluting emissions have long been a concern in the dairy industry, with methane released from cow belches and flatulence fueling global warming, causing floods and droughts, which in turn impacts on production.
Catégories: European Union

EU to blacklist more Turkish officials

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:15
EU leaders will agree to blacklist more Turkish officials at Thursday's summit, but an arms embargo or economic sanctions are "off the table" until at least March.
Catégories: European Union

Biden to name lawyer Katherine Tai to top trade post

Euractiv.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:10
President-elect Joe Biden plans to name China expert Katherine Tai to serve as the nation's top trade negotiator, US media reported Wednesday (9 December).
Catégories: European Union

EU needs to be prepared for rapid developments in the Arctic

Euractiv.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:10
The Arctic is a unique region and is becoming more important in international politics. The region is under high attention as the Arctic itself is changing, mostly due to climate change. However, with the attention, also must come the responsibility,...
Catégories: European Union

Orbán: Summit will be 'D-Day' on rule-of-law blockade

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:06
The possible compromise would delay triggering the new mechanism originally designed to police the rule of law in member states. Legal experts in capitals are "digesting" the draft, one EU diplomat said.
Catégories: European Union

[Ticker] Switzerland invited Chinese spies to question expats

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:05
Switzerland has been letting Chinese agents from Beijing's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) secretly travel to the country to interrogate Chinese nationals that the Swiss wanted to deport, under the terms of a "readmission pact" covering the past five years, first published on Wednesday by Spanish NGO Safeguard Defenders. The MPS agents stayed on two-week missions paid for by Swiss taxpayers and produced classified reports for the Swiss government.
Catégories: European Union

[Ticker] Cyberattack hits European Medicines Agency

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:05
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Wednesday it had been the subject of a cyberattack. The EMA is currently concluding a scientific assessment for the approval of two Covid-19 vaccines, developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. A conclusive opinion is expected within weeks. "The agency has swiftly launched a full investigation, in close cooperation with law enforcement and other relevant entities," EMA said in a statement.
Catégories: European Union

[Ticker] EU Commission backs embattled Frontex chief

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:05
The European Commission on Wednesday defended Fabrice Leggeri, the executive director of the EU's border and coast agency Frontex. Leggeri has been under scrutiny following allegations of pushbacks - with some MEPs demanding his resignation. Asked if they still had confidence in Leggeri, the EU's home affair commissioner Ylva Johansson responded "yes".
Catégories: European Union

[Green Deal] EU commission wants 30 million electric cars by 2030

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:04
The EU's new mobility strategy aims to reduce transport's carbon footprint by 90 percent by 2050 - with the electrification of road transport, the use of biofuels and more high-speed rail traffic. But no ban on short-haul flights.
Catégories: European Union

EU Commission mulls police access to encrypted apps

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:04
The European Commission has not ruled out allowing police access to encrypted services. Instead, it says a balance needs to be found to protect rights while at the same time offering some leeway to law enforcement.
Catégories: European Union

Playing with fire - Poland's PiS reach for the 'Polexit' matches

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:04
Playing on euroscepticism has proven effective numerous times so far - but PiS is well aware that this strategy has its limits: Poles themselves are still very pro-EU.
Catégories: European Union

[Opinion] What a No Deal Brexit is going to look like

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:04
Research by the London School of Economics forecasts that a no-deal Brexit could be three times as bad as the pandemic for the UK economy, writes mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the president of the Committee of the Regions.
Catégories: European Union

[Opinion] Mediterranean security lies in Europe's hands

Euobserver.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 07:04
Here is the unhappy truth: Europe's Southern neighbourhood is a security mess, and no-one is going to come to the rescue. The neighbourhood is Europe's geopolitical Achilles' heel.
Catégories: European Union

EMA director: Europeans are better protected with ‘EU licensed’ COVID vaccine

Euractiv.com - jeu, 10/12/2020 - 06:59
In an exclusive interview in Amsterdam with EURACTIV’s partner EFE, Emer Cooke, the executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), stressed that Europeans are much “better protected" if the COVID-19 vaccine is authorised by the EU agency.
Catégories: European Union

Pages