Europe News Europe's rubber demand poses big threat to African forests, NGO says The "EU demand for rubber is the most important contributor to Europe’s deforestation footprint across West and Central Africa," Global Witness says. 17/06/2022
Europe News Chaos erupts at EU Parliament as three key climate laws postponed A vote on the Emissions Trading System caused an unexpected domino effect of rejections and delays. 08/06/2022
Europe News Emmanuel Macron's second term priorities for Europe Support for the European Union has been Emmanuel Macron’s trademark policy ever since he first came to power in 2017. The French president believes in the EU. Freshly re-elected, he now has five more years to pursue his goal of close cooperation between member states. 26/04/2022
Europe News Greenpeace activists scale EU building in protest at deforestation The bloc's environment ministers were meeting in Brussels to discuss deforestation-free imports. 17/03/2022
Europe Decoded Explained: How the EU plans to ban products linked to deforestation The European Commission has published an initial list of targeted products, covering soy, beef, palm oil, cocoa and coffee, as well as wood. 17/11/2021
state of the union Europe's week: Belarus, Facebook whistleblower and Google loses appeal These are the stories occupying minds in Brussels this week. 12/11/2021
Europe News Brussels to install 11,000 electric charging stations by 2035 The European Commission recently announced it wants to ban the sale of all petrol and diesel cars by 2035. 26/07/2021
Europe News Cost of green energy transition must be distributed fairly, says MEP Spanish MEP Javi López says there will be an "eco-reaction" from people if the costs of the transition are not shared evenly. 23/07/2021
world news Flood survivors tell of ‘tsunami’ that leaves their future uncertain More than 180 people in Belgium and Germany have died in the massive flooding that crashed through parts of Western Europe on Wednesday and Thursday. Those who survived found their homes destroyed or badly battered. 19/07/2021
Europe News EU wants to tax aviation fuel and phase out polluting cars by 2035 Brussels has announced a range of new laws to help reduce carbon emissions. 14/07/2021
