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How is the European Union combating greenwashing?

New EU measures to combat 'greenwashing' are aiming to challenge companies promoting so-called sustainable products. In...

New EU Parliament must treat climate change as a systemic threat

Comment: The recent European election sets a trajectory for policymakers to shy away from the climate agenda rather than giving it the urgent boost...

EU, China head towards a ‘trade war’ over import tariff on electric vehicles

The European Commission released this month its new tariff rates for battery-operated electric vehicles imported from China, which is being perceived as the start...

Far-right prepares for power in EU institutions

The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) at the European Parliament will elect co-presidents today (26 June). ...

France may be next test of the euro’s foundations

One compared it to former UK premier David Cameron's ill-fated gamble on an "in-out" Brexit referendum. In Italy, with an even bigger debt pile...

EU Commission digital policy scorecard: what’s been achieved?

When Ursula von der Leyen began as European Commission president in December 2019, an initiative to...

Grappling with the EU’s New Regulation on Deforestation

About 9 million hectares of forest are lost to new agricultural use every year —an expanse the size of Portugal. The benefits of agricultural commodities...

Wanted: new soldiers for Europe’s shrinking armies

At a festival of democracy in Berlin last month, marking 75 years of the German constitution, the stand for the Bundeswehr, the country’s armed...

Kaja Kallas: The Russia hawk poised to become the EU’s top diplomat

Moscow has put a prize on her head. Kaja Kallas is now wanted in Brussels. ...

European Commission preliminary decision finds Microsoft breached EU antitrust rules

The European Commission notified Microsoft on Tuesday that it has come to the preliminary conclusion that the company violated EU antitrust rules by bundling...

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