Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Exclusive: Due diligence thresholds tripled in bid for last-ditch deal Member states are running out of time to agree a sustainable supply chains law before June elections, but prospects have been thrown into doubt by a parallel fight on packaging waste. 14/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. European finance ministers back Georgieva for second IMF term The international organisation’s Managing Director had faced competition from the likes of Ireland’s Paschal Donohoe after a scandal involving Chinese business rankings. 12/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Euro finance ministers call for relaunch of bank securitisation The complex lending instruments that caused the 2008 crisis top a wishlist of financial reforms. 12/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Exclusive: Governments mull stripped-down sustainability law A new draft circulated to Member States seeks to rescue landmark sustainability legislation as elections loom. 06/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News The voice of EU citizens 100 days before elections The European elections will take place from 6 to 9 June, when EU citizens will vote for the members of the European Parliament. 29/02/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Corporate sustainability rules in doubt after failing secretive national vote A new law requiring companies to check supply chains for slavery and pollution failed to overcome qualms from Rome and Berlin. 28/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. German vacillation puts corporate sustainability law in doubt The bloc’s largest member has said it won’t support the green supply-chains law, causing jitters in Brussels and Berlin. 08/02/2024
Now playing Next Europe Decoded The EU law on platform workers is hanging by a thread. Here's why. Two years ago, Brussels unveiled ambitious legislation to improve the conditions of those who work for digital platforms such as Uber, Deliveroo and Glovo. Today, the law is scrambling to survive. 18/01/2024
Now playing Next Economy Euroviews. CSDDD is the make-or-break moment for the EU's sustainability pledges How can we justify requiring companies to consider and mitigate sustainability-related risks and harms, but allow financial institutions to neglect them entirely? The question now lies in the hands of the EU negotiators, Isabella Ritter and Uku Lilleväli write. 12/12/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. Ukraine's EU path matters for the credibility of European integration What the European Summit says about Ukraine is not only vital for the credibility of the enlargement process but also for the future of the entire European integration project and its ability to secure the freedom, security and prosperity of us all, nine Trustees of Friends of Europe write. 12/12/2023
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Now playing Next Europe News Germany, France pitch EU reform as bloc prepares for new members France and Germany on Tuesday will present their joint pitch on how the EU could adapt to new members during a meeting of European affairs ministers in Brussels. 19/09/2023
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Is Europe's commitment to uphold media freedom a false promise? EU member states claim a balance must be struck between the need to protect SLAPP targets and the need to ensure access to justice. We agree. SLAPP targets are no less deserving of access to justice than those who persecute them, Emma Bergmans and Corinne Vella write. 31/07/2023
