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The Road To Green

Are concerns about the EU's new regulation on deforestation justified?

In partnership with The European Commission

While many view the new EU law on deforestation as a milestone, others have raised questions. In this explainer, we take a look at what's in the law and what the biggest concerns are.

Europe News

Euroviews. The new €700-million plan for the Western Balkans still needs fixing

EU money shouldn't simply continue to flow, for its own sake or on the force of its own inertia, without the ability to guarantee that that money is making the positive difference intended and indeed required, MEP David Lega writes.

Europe Decoded

Can Europe help pro-democracy Belarusians as Lukashenko cements rule?

Alexander Lukashenko has said he will run for re-election as Belarus’s president in 2025, delivering a further blow to the country’s stifled pro-democracy movement.

World News

US and EU hit Russia with more sanctions over Alexei Navalny's death

The opposition activist died last week in an Arctic penal colony and it's also the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukraine

Ukraine: Two years of war in figures

Eighteen per cent of Ukrainian territory is currently occupied by Russia. More than 6.4 million Ukrainians are refugees.

Climate

Euroviews. Agroecology is the only way forward

We agree that Europe needs to keep farmers and their needs at the forefront. The only way to do that is to move towards a food system transformation based on sustainable agriculture that is rooted in agroecological principles, Sandra Uwera Murasa writes.

Health news

MEPs greenlight health budget cuts, with deferral

Lawmakers were only able to exercise damage limitation on EU leaders' proposal to sacrifice one-fifth of the bloc’s health funds in support of Ukraine, pushing back attempts to overturn cuts to the next term.

Europe News

Commission touts subsidy simplification measures to soothe farmers’ ire

A range of short and medium-term actions have been identified by the EU executive to ease the administrative burden on farmers – a major cause of discontent.

Europe News

Zelenskyy asks Brussels to defuse Polish farmer dispute

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the European Commission to step in to avoid what he calls "political manipulation" of a dispute between Ukraine and Poland over agricultural imports.

World News

Gender-based violence tops W20 agenda ahead of G20 summit in Brazil

Representatives from the Women 20 engagement group were invited to Rome this week to participate in talks on violence against women.

Europe News

WTO sides with bloc against US tariffs on Spanish olives

A final report from the World Trade Organization (WTO) marked a significant win for the EU in its ongoing dispute with the US on Spanish black olives.

Health news

Bloc mulls ‘pooled sovereignty’ to exploit bioscience's untapped potential

A common European approach to attract capital and reduce regulatory red tape is envisaged by key policymakers to boost the bloc’s market for biotechnologies.

Greece

Greek protests: farmers say reducing electricity costs not enough

Like many of their European counterparts, farmers in Greece are demanding their government do more to improve their working conditions.

Europe News

EU goes after Chinese companies in new sanctions on Russia

The European Union agreed on Wednesday to slap Russia with a new round of sanctions, which for the first time target companies in mainland China suspected of helping the Kremlin get hold of forbidden items.

Ukraine

Only 10% of Europeans believe Ukraine can defeat Russia - poll

Support for Ukraine remains high across the European Union, but authors of the study say politicians should focus on defining an acceptable peace.

World News

Polish farmers block Ukraine's border protesting non-EU imports

Polish farmers blocked border crossings with Ukraine and traffic in Warsaw on Tuesday in protest against the so-called European "Green Deal".

Europe News

Poland pitches exit of Article 7 as Brussels hails 'positive dynamic'

Poland pitched on Tuesday a way out of Article 7, the European Union's special procedure to correct rule-of-law violations.

Green News

Euroviews. Corporate capture won’t solve environmental crises

We implore EU and member state leaders to prioritise the protection of citizens and environments suffering from chemical, pesticide, and fossil fuel pollution, and action to ensure that big polluters can no longer evade responsibility for the climate crisis, seven European activists write.

Tech News

Euroviews. Who is looking after us when our digital safety is undermined?

When tech companies’ surveillance business practices facilitate law enforcement’s push for more access to data, movements are silenced and civic spaces for collective organising shrink, Viktoria Tomova writes.

Europe Decoded

In seeking re-election, von der Leyen has one real rival: herself

Ursula von der Leyen is often hailed as the most transformational president of the European Commission since Jacques Delors. But could her legacy backfire as she seeks re-election?