Now playing Next Europe News Brussels rejects Erdoğan's attempt to link NATO and EU accession bids The European Commission has rejected the surprising demand put forward by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 10/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels tables EU-wide exit from controversial Energy Charter Treaty The European Commission has formally proposed a "coordinated and orderly" withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty. 07/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels wants to relax rules for gene edited crops The changes could see some plants become more resistant to climate change phenomena, such as drought and heatwaves. 05/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News NGOs collect over 260,000 signatures to protect Spain's Doñana park A group of NGOs has handed the European Commission a petition with more than 260,000 signatures to protect Spain's Doñana National Park. 05/07/2023
Now playing Next View EU taxpayers' money still spends the night in climate-unfriendly banks It is imperative that the EU develops a capital allocation strategy that moves its cash towards ethical and sustainable banks, Marilyn Waite writes. 05/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels pitches GDPR reform but without opening 'Pandora's box' The European Commission has proposed to make surgical changes to the bloc's landmark data privacy legislation. 04/07/2023
Now playing Next View Detecting child sexual abuse material shouldn't be done at any cost The proposed EU regulation would set a global precedent for filtering the Internet, controlling who can access it, and taking away some of the few tools available for people to protect their right to private life in the digital space, Carmela Troncoso and Bart Preneel write. 04/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News China restricts exports of two metals the EU considers 'strategic' China has imposed restrictions on the exports of gallium and germanium, ratcheting up trade tensions with Western allies. 04/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Von der Leyen to Orbán: We do migration reform by 'qualified majority' The European Union is in the midst of reforming the common rules that govern the reception and relocation of asylum seekers. 03/07/2023
Now playing Next View What is the EU's Joint Climate-Security Nexus agenda all about? Climate security is key to understanding instability and fragility in and outside Europe, and this agenda should be treated as the lens through which to redefine the continent's economic and political agency, Olivia Lazard writes. 03/07/2023
Now playing Next View Faced with devastating droughts, the EU is in dire need of a Blue Deal It’s time to get serious: we need to label water as one of the EU’s critical raw materials, something that every citizen has a basic right to – and we need to take action to secure and defend future access to it, MEP Emma Wiesner writes. 30/06/2023
Now playing Next the global conversation Europe a 'fantastic' place to invent tourism AI, says Thierry Breton EU Commissioner Breton tells Destination Europe Summit that regulated use of technology will help the tourism sector. 28/06/2023
Now playing Next Europe News EU Commission calls for global talks on risks of climate engineering The technology has attracted attention recently as countries fail to curb their greenhouse gas emissions. 28/06/2023
Now playing Next Europe News No second chance if Nature Restoration Law falls, warns Timmermans The European Commission is closely following the legislative discussions around the Nature Restoration Law. 28/06/2023
Now playing Next View The EU must restrict fossil fuel lobbyists’ access to our institutions The countdown before climate mayhem has started, and it is high time to phase out the fossil fuel industry's influence on public institutions, MEPs Manon Aubry, Michael Bloss and Pierre Larrouturou write. 28/06/2023
Now playing Next Europe Decoded Explained: The EU's last-resort tool to chase after Russia's enablers The European Union is getting serious about sanctions circumvention. 23/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news S+T+ARTS Prize winners announced in European Commission initiative Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and Richard Mosse won the Grand Prize of the European Commission, which honours Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society stimulated by the Arts 23/06/2023
Now playing Next Biztech news EU visits Silicon Valley to put Twitter under DSA 'stress test' Thierry Breton is visiting California to see if Elon Musk's Twitter will comply with new regulations set out in the bloc's Digital Services Act. 23/06/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Ukraine has met two of the seven conditions for EU accession talks The European Commission has delivered a first update on Ukraine's progress in its path towards EU membership. 22/06/2023
Now playing Next Europe News EU-made high tech should not prop China's military, von der Leyen says Members of the European Union should think twice before selling sensitive advanced technology to countries that seek to "undermine international peace." 20/06/2023