EURACTIV's Agenda

of all European Affairs Events, conferences, presentations and workshops.

EURACTIV News

Subscribe to EURACTIV News feed EURACTIV News
News & EU policy from Europe, for Europe
Updated: 41 min 38 sec ago

EU Parliament endorses new bloc-wide Disability Card

Thu, 2024-01-11 14:08
EU lawmakers agreed on Thursday (11 January) on their position for the first EU-wide Disability Card that aims to guarantee a minimum standard of support for persons with disabilities across Europe. 
Categories: EurActiv

Electoral rhetoric and reality of migration set to clash again in 2024

Thu, 2024-01-11 13:44
In 2024, the contradiction between electoral campaigns and the reality on migration will become increasingly evident.
Categories: EurActiv

IEA renewables report 2023: Europe’s growth becoming solar success story

Thu, 2024-01-11 13:20
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is forecasting a 61% share for renewable electricity in Europe by 2028, partly due to an unprecedented surge of previously unforeseen solar panel installations.
Categories: EurActiv

EU ‘ready to take risks’ to boost defence production, Breton says

Thu, 2024-01-11 13:00
The EU should invest upfront into the bloc's defence industry production capacity as a means to de-risk their investments, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told a group of international media, including Euractiv, on Thursday (11 January).
Categories: EurActiv

EU targets to suffer as consumers shun used electric vehicles

Thu, 2024-01-11 12:21
The majority of European drivers purchasing a used car are foregoing second-hand electric vehicles (EVs) in favour of their combustion engine equivalent, car dealers suggest - a development set to undermine the EU goal of cutting road transport emissions.
Categories: EurActiv

Former Swiss, Estonian politicians challenge Reynders in Council of Europe race

Thu, 2024-01-11 11:01
Alain Berset, former president of the Swiss Confederation, and Indrek Saar, former Estonian culture minister and socialist party leader, are running alongside EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders for the Council of Europe secretary general post.
Categories: EurActiv

Influential legal opinion sides with EU Commission’s €2.4 bn fine in Google Shopping case

Thu, 2024-01-11 10:48
The Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice Juliane Kokott released its opinion on the Google Shopping case on Thursday (11 January), suggesting that the EU top court confirms the European Commission’s fine of €2.4 billion.
Categories: EurActiv

Polish patients still waiting for promised discounts on domestic drugs

Thu, 2024-01-11 10:28
Despite last year's regulation for reduced prices on domestically produced medications or those using Polish components, Polish patients are still waiting as the Ministry of Health delays publishing the drug list, hindering the implementation of the regulation.
Categories: EurActiv

Brussels clears French ‘green’ state aid worth over €8 billion in just one month

Thu, 2024-01-11 10:09
In the space of just one month, the European Commission has approved more than €8 billion in French state aid to decarbonise industry and develop renewable energies, according to EU figures released this week.
Categories: EurActiv

EU quantum researchers set to give up IP rights in standard-setting race

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:55
European researchers are among the leaders in the field of quantum-secure cryptography - but as the race for quantum standard-setting ramps up across the pond, they might be on course to give up their intellectual property (IP) rights in exchange for a voice in the process.
Categories: EurActiv

The starting gun in the race for EU’s top jobs

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:35
In this episode of EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast, we look into Charles Michel’s announcement to participate in the upcoming European parliamentary.How is it influencing the race for EU’s top jobs and what are the reactions?
Categories: EurActiv

Farmers’ protests: German Greens put blame on supermarket chains

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:26
As farmers continue to stage huge traffic-blocking protests across Germany, a growing number of voices within the ruling Greens are blaming major supermarket chains' pricing policies for many farms' currently dire economic situation.
Categories: EurActiv

Farmers: EU Commission must set up cap mechanism to tackle Ukrainian import surge

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:24
Five EU food producers organisations have urged the EU's Agriculture Commissioner to adopt a cap mechanism for sensitive commodities for which the bloc liberalised import from Kyiv.
Categories: EurActiv

Berlin ‘surprised’ over choice of Attal as French PM

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:24
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Italian agriculture minister and Draghi being among the top guesses for a Brussels move ahead of EU elections, the German chancellor’s ‘surprise’ over the new French prime minister, and so much more.
Categories: EurActiv

Greece to legalise same-sex marriage, adoption

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:13
Greece will legalise marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, the prime minister said on Wednesday (10 January), but gave no timeframe on the sensitive issue in the staunchly Christian Orthodox state.
Categories: EurActiv

Sofia’s synagogue vandalised with Hitler obituaries

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:04
An investigation into the case of obituaries glorifying Adolf Hitler that was put up on the facade of the Sofia Synagogue on Saturday was launched by the Bulgarian prosecutor’s office on Wednesday.
Categories: EurActiv

Italian agri minister, Draghi among top guesses for EU role

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:02
Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, a member of Fratelli d'Italia (ECR) and brother-in-law of PM Giorgia Meloni, and former PM Mario Draghi are both coming into frequent discussion on the topic of who will be moving to Brussels and in which role ahead of the 2024 EU elections
Categories: EurActiv

Romanian transporters, farmers block roads over expensive civil liability policies

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:00
Transporters and farmers from across the country staged roadblocks on ring roads in Bucharest and other cities on Wednesday in response to, among other things, compulsory civil liability policies, demanding the prices of these policies be capped.
Categories: EurActiv

Digital rights group files additional complaint against Meta’s ‘pay or okay’ model

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:00
The non-profit digital rights organisation Noyb filed an additional complaint on Thursday morning (11 January) with the Austrian data protection authority about Facebook's “pay or okay” system, this time focusing on the withdrawal conditions.
Categories: EurActiv

Glass for Europe Manifesto: enabling sustainable transformation [Promoted content]

Thu, 2024-01-11 06:00
In June 2024, European citizens will go to the polls to elect new Members of the European Parliament. This event is the first of a series of institutional changes which will mark the start of a new five-year mandate for...
Categories: EurActiv

Pages