Insight EU Environment Monitoring 29 November 2023
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION: EU Commission welcomes provisional agreement on modernising management of industrial emissions +++ S&D Group: We made it! Revised Industrial…
Insight EU Energy Monitoring 29 November 2023
RENEWABLE ENERGY: Eurostat: Agriculture & forestry energy consumption stable in 2021 +++ SOLAR ENERGY: SolarPower Europe: Over 420 European organisations…
Insight EU Climate Monitoring 29 November 2023
COP28: A Decade of REDD+: Notable Achievements by Forest Nations +++ Closing Adaptation Knowledge Gaps in Asia-Pacific +++ IEA: Strong…
Finland: Government proposal on accession to NATO SOFA submitted to Parliament
The Finnish Government submitted a proposal on Finland’s accession to NATO SOFA and the Paris Protocol to Parliament on 30…
Norway donates NOK250m to food security in Ukraine through the Nansen programme
NOK 50 million will be allocated to the World Bank's Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Trust Fund (URTF). The…
Europol: 566 arrests in week of coordinated actions in Southern Europe
Between 13 and 18 November 2023, law enforcement authorities across Europe joined forces to target firearms trafficking, drug trafficking, migrant…
Keynote speech by Ursula von der Leyen at the EDA Annual Conference 2023
We all you know that the strategic environment around us has fundamentally changed. This creates a new kind of responsibility…
EU gears up for extreme weather in 2024 amid climate change
These extreme weather events are more recurrent due to a result of climate change. On 6 August, the EU Civil…
EU Commission updates EU Air Safety List and bans Fly Baghdad from flying in the EU
The Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that are subject to an operating ban or operational…
EU Commission approves €500m French State aid scheme to support investments in agriculture
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €500 million French scheme to support investments in holding…
EU Commission objects to automotive battery cartel
The European Commission has informed automotive starter batteries manufacturers Banner, Clarios (former JC Autobatterie), Exide, FET (and its predecessor Elettra), and Rombat as well as trade…
S&Ds lead fight against abusive lawsuits on journalists
Thanks to the work of our political Group, the upcoming law will allow the participation in the proceedings of NGOs,…
Mental health: Member states to take action across multiple levels
Almost one in two Europeans has experienced an emotional or psychosocial problem in the last year. The recent context of compounded crises…
EU HRVP: Starting to work for the “day after”
In Barcelona, the Spanish Foreign Minister Albares and the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Nasser Kamel, hosted…
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 28 November 2023
Industrial emissions: EU Council and Parliament agree on new rules to reduce harmful emissions from industry and improve public access…
Insight EU Climate Monitoring 28 November 2023
UN Explainer: What’s COP28 and why is it important? +++ Remarks by EU Commissioner Simson at the European Parliament's ITRE…
Insight EU Energy Monitoring 28 November 2023
ENERGY EMERGENCY: EU Commission prolongs energy emergency measures by 12 months +++ EU Commission endorses positive preliminary assessment of Italy's…
Deep Dive Recap: The Sahel and the Gender Perspective
On 13 November 2023, the NATO International Military Staff (IMS) Office of the Gender Advisor convened its third regional Deep…
NATO SG wraps up meeting of Foreign Ministers
Turning to the situation on the ground, Mr Stoltenberg underlined the substantial progress made by Ukraine this year, both on…
UN Security Council: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on Gaza
As we look towards the Middle East, a tragedy is unfolding in front of our very eyes. Israel has suffered…
Continued strong Norwegian support for Ukraine’s war of self-defence
Norway will continue its strong support for Ukraine's war of self-defence. This was Foreign Minister Eide’s main message when he…
EU Commission approves €833m Danish and Swedish State aid measure to recapitalise SAS
The European Commission has approved a recapitalisation of SAS amounting to approximately €833 million (SEK 9.5 billion) granted in October…
Mergers: EU Commission clears acquisition of Schoeller Allibert by Brookfield
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control of Schoeller Packaging Holding B.V.…
EU Approves €1.1bn Spanish aid for net-zero transition
The European Commission has approved a €1.1 billion Spanish scheme to support investments for the production of equipment necessary to foster the…
EU Commission approves new Geographical Indication from Türkiye
‘Ayaş Domatesi' is a thin-skinned and very juicy tomato grown from seeds and seedlings of the local ecotype in the…
EU Commission approves ‘Irish Grass Fed Beef’ as new island-of-Ireland PGI
The European Commission has today added ‘Irish Grass Fed Beef' to the register of Protected Geographical Indications (PGI), signifying the fourth EU…
European Solidarity Corps to support people in need with €145m in 2024
Volunteering activities will get a major boost in 2024 thanks to a new funding opportunity that the Commission launched today. A…
EU Commission cheers deal on industrial emissions management
The updated law will help guide industrial investments necessary for Europe's transformation towards a cleaner, carbon neutral, more circular and…
EU allocates emergency humanitarian aid for floods in Horn of Africa
In Somalia, €2 million will support the provision of emergency aid to the people most affected by the current floods, especially along…
EU Solidarity Fund grants €100m of advance payment to Slovenia following the summer floods
The floods were described by Slovenian authorities as the worst flooding disaster in Slovenia's recent history, affecting almost two-thirds of…
EU Commission and the HR present a strategic and forward-looking report on EU-Türkiye relations
The Joint Communication builds on and updates the Joint Communication submitted by the Commission and the High Representative to the European Council…
EU Council agrees position on safer firearms trading
The Council today agreed on a mandate for the presidency to start negotiations with the European Parliament on updated EU…
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 27 November 2023
UKRAINE: EU and Ukraine outline plans for sustainable reconstruction in a high-level conference +++ PACKAGING: European Parliament discriminates plastics packaging…
Insight EU Climate Monitoring 27 November 2023
CCUS: New policy and business approaches are needed to support scaling up of CCUS to help reach net zero goals…
Insight EU Energy Monitoring 27 November 2023
GAS MARKETS: Internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen: EU Council and Parliament reach deal+++Press conference on…
MEPs: Europe should expand ties with Central Asia as Russia’s influence weakens
In a report adopted on Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs urge the EU to promote a strategic partnership with the…
MEPs on Personal health data: better portability and safe sharing
The European Health Data Space shall give citizens the right to access prescriptions, imagery and lab tests across borders. Aggregated…
MEPs warn of Chinese influence over vital European infrastructure
In a new report, MEPs warn of the risks of growing Chinese influence over European critical infrastructure and calls on…
86m fake items worth more than 2bn Euro detained in the EU in 2022
Approximately 86 million fake items were detained in the European Union in 2022 (at the EU external border and in the internal…
Greece: EU Commission approves re-introduction of asset protection scheme for banks
The scheme aims at assisting banks in securitising and moving non-performing loans off their balance sheets. Under the scheme, a…
MEPs back road safety standards for mobile machinery
Cars, lorries and buses are not the only machines that circulate on public roads. Occasionally, working equipment such as construction…
Virtual worlds: The next digital transition must align with EU values
MEPs want the EU to assume a leading role in shaping virtual worlds that respect and promote EU values and…
Statement of the Conference of Presidents on support for Ukraine
The leaders of the Political Groups of the European Parliament, meeting in the Conference of Presidents, today reiterate their unwavering…
Eurojust/Europol: Ransomware group dismantled in Ukraine in a major international operation
Judicial and law enforcement authorities from seven different countries have joined forces in an action against a criminal network responsible…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case C-148/22 – Commune d’Ans
An employee of the municipality of Ans (Belgium), who performs her duties as head of office primarily without being in…
Energy emergency: EU Commission proposes to extend measures by one year
The European Commission has today proposed a 12-month prolongation of the emergency measures introduced last year in response to the…
ECHA warns against risks from PVC additives and microparticle releases
The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) investigation found that some substances added to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, like plasticisers, may pose…
Bolivia: France participates in the fight against forest fires
France expresses its full solidarity with the Bolivian people and authorities in the face of the ongoing forest fires that…
Finland and Sweden hold historic joint security meeting in Helsinki
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson met in Helsinki on Monday 27 November. Items on…
Main results of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Trade, 27 November 2023
Ministers discussed the state of play of the preparations for the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (MC13),…