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Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? The future of the Green Deal after the elections

In this edition of our weekly talk show, host Stefan Grobe and his guests talk about the future of the Green Deal after the elections, the situation of the electric cars market in Europe and why organic food sales have reached a ceiling.

Green News

Electricity firms seek huge investment support for distribution grids

Europe’s energy transition and the EU goal of reaching ‘net-zero’ emissions could be at risk unless the equivalent of 0.4% of GDP is pumped into upgrading electricity distribution systems, the power sector has warned as energy ministers finalise their position on future grid development.

World News

European elections: What do voters want on climate change?

Here is episode 11 of Euronews' guide to the European Parliament elections, taking place from 6 to 9 June.

Economy

Economics chief cites no regrets despite green deal backlash

With fresh elections looming, senior officials are unrepentant for making climate change a priority of their five-year term.

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Nature

Euroviews. Billions from EU taxpayers damage nature — here’s how it can stop

The only way Europe can move forward is by redirecting destructive subsidies towards activities that protect and restore nature and supporting greater citizen participation in policy development, Ester Asin writes.

Green News

Commissioner touts launch of critical raw material joint purchasing

EU executive will set a procurement system to secure supply of more than 30 critical raw minerals, similar to that applied to natural gas.

Climate

Euroviews. As Europe faces a major renewables goal, community buy-in is critical

As guidance rolls out to accelerate the energy transition, we must learn from what’s working to engage and empower communities in the process, Elif Gündüzyeli and Sanna Markkanen write.

Green News

Berlin and Dublin spearhead move to unblock Nature Restoration Law

Eleven EU members are urging their peers to sign off on a new Nature Restoration Law - perhaps the most important piece of environmental legislation to fall foul of a backlash against the European Commission's green deal agenda.

Europe Decoded

Euroviews. Mitigating climate change is no longer enough. We need protection

Climate change is not merely an environmental predicament — it is a matter of social justice. Our transition to a sustainable future can only succeed if it brings people hope for the future and leaves no one behind, MEPs Iratxe García Pérez and Mohammed Chahim write.

Economy

What are European businesses expecting from the EU elections?

EU businesses have many demands for the new government. Most of all, they want a powerful and resolute message: Europe is open for business and its brightest days are yet to come.

Climate

Euroviews. EU Overshoot Day signals an SOS for the European Green Deal

Hiding our heads in the sand and pretending the current climate and nature crisis could be paused in order to promote competitiveness, surrenders the vision for Europe to a vocal and regressive minority, Ester Asin, William Todts, Ariel Brunner, Chiara Martinelli, and Patrick ten Brink write.

Europe News

Greens' Reintke vows to protect Green Deal from right-wing backlash

The Greens' Terry Reintke has pitched her party as the antidote to "right-wing, authoritarian" forces that are trying to water down climate action as she campaigns ahead of June's European elections.

Green News

Green leader sees ‘huge danger’ to climate policy as elections loom

A trio of leading Green MEPs have presented a proposal for a Green Industrial Deal supported by a trillion-euro EU fund and preferential interest rates from the European Central Bank, while warning a swing to the right in June could see five years of climate legislation begin to unravel.

Economy

What the European economy could expect from the EP political parties

Euronews Business asks the various political groups in the European Parliament about their economic agenda for the next five years.

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? MEPs check out of Strasbourg after 5 eventful years

This edition comes to you from Strasbourg where MEPs voted on no fewer than 90 files.

Europe Decoded

Euroviews. Will the EU take a step backwards in evidence-based policymaking?

Uncertainty and ‘polycrisis’ call for more use of foresight methods, not less. Being guided by the wealth of evidence available is the best way for the EU to set an agenda for a secure, prosperous, and sustainable future, Elizabeth Dirth and Jonas Gissel Mikkelsen write.

Green News

MEPs agree to give European clean tech manufacturing a boost

New rules are designed to bring ‘clean tech sovereignty’ to the bloc in face of competition from China and the US.

Green News

Green MEPs warn about ‘attack’ on environmental policies

Gains for right-wing politicians at the upcoming European elections could mean the end for the EU's Green Deal.

Europe News

Debate on the future of the Green pact reignites deep divisions

Debate on the future of the Green pact reignites deep divisions between right and left-wing candidates in France.

Europe News

MEPs query fast-tracking farmer-friendly CAP reform

Some political groups appear unwilling to cede Parliament’s lawmaking prerogatives to fast-track eleventh-hour approval of major deregulation of the EU’s agricultural subsidies and soothe protesting farmers.