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On 18th April 2018, the European Parliament approved the proposal of a directive on Packaging and packaging waste, that will amend the Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. The European Council still has to vote for its final adoption, but the EU ambassadors already approved these new rules on waste management and recycling on… » read more
Posted by EuroPeano
February 12, 2018
First of all the SPD got a very good result from the long negotiation process in deciding which party gets which ministry portfolio. SPD will hold the most important ones – Finance, Foreign affairs, Justice, Environment, Social affairs and Family, Youth and Senior Citizens affairs. It is also a positive sign that European policies are… » read more
Posted by FEPS Fresh Thinking
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blogactiv, Elections, English, German, Social Europe, taxation, Trade & Industry, Workers mobility |
January 5, 2018
French politicians and farmers are not happy about the EU’s plans to revamp the flagship, €58 billion-per-year Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by putting member states and regions in charge of allocating aid disbursements. Currently, France is the largest recipient of CAP payments, receiving 17% of all expenditures, and campaigners have claimed that a reduction in… » read more
Posted by The Euro Economy
December 4, 2017
There’s a dark side to otherwise welcome news that growth in central and Eastern Europe picked up significantly in the third quarter, helping to drive robust growth of 2.5% year-on-year in the EU’s economy. As growing wages and lower taxes spurred consumer spending, third-quarter expansion in the EU’s eastern member states beat both EU averages… » read more
Posted by The Euro Economy
‘America’s Pledge’ is inspiring because it comes at a time when negotiations are not moving fast enough to keep up with climate science and citizens are realising that they’re on their own. By Aruna Chandrasekar Bonn: On a cold and rainy Saturday morning, a long queue snaked outside the US Climate Action Centre at the… » read more
Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, English, EurActiv.com |
November 10, 2017
Days after the UK wrapped up the “Stoptober” campaign to end tobacco consumption, France – still known in some quarters as “Europe’s chimney” – launched Mois Sans Tabac to encourage citizens to quit smoking and bring down national smoking rates from current levels. Tobacco use in the country is still unacceptably high, hovering around 30%… » read more
Posted by The Euro Economy
October 23, 2017
By Arthur Wyns Business is turning green: innovation, and sustainability have become more and more entwined. In addition, a new generation of green entrepreneurs is emerging, with a growing number of people that are founding their own start-ups while, in the same breath, tackling the defining environmental problems of our time. There are, however,… » read more
Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, English, Innovation & Enterprise |
October 13, 2017
The US might be a world leader in innovation, but its regulators have been slow to adapt to rapid changes in the digital economy – leaving the EU to draft effective privacy rules in their stead. The Equifax data breach is only the most recent example of why American authorities need to catch up, and… » read more
Posted by The Euro Economy
September 15, 2017
By Sabrina Huck, Political Consultant The UK has the Queen’s speech – the European Union has the annual State of the Union address. Delivered by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker’s performance might be lacking pomp and circumstance in comparison to the State Opening of Parliament, but it serves a similar purpose in… » read more
Posted by The Whitehouse Consultancy
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blogactiv, English, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Euro & Finance, Europe's East, Future EU, Global Europe, Member States, UK in Europe |
June 22, 2017
The Commission has just received more than one million signatures opposing glyphosate, the active substance which had its approval extended until the end of 2017. Since the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) conclusion that the substance is not carcinogenic, the Commission is leaning towards granting a new 10-year authorisation. And now we have a million EU… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
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blogactiv, commission, Commission européenne, English, Health & Consumers |
Clearly pro-EU, President Macron and his government are starting to translate En Marche! to the Union level. This is good. Recent years are similar to the 1980-85 period when there was much distrust and paralysis in the EU. In 1985, Jacques Delors was appointed Commission President with the aim of jump-starting the European Economic Community.… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
November 30, 2016
Given the sensitivity of the issue, I have to be careful and begin by stating that I have no interest, direct or indirect, with any of the players in this dossier which combines all the flaws of today’s EU governance: no objective science, full-on op between NGOs and industry, and an incomprehensible process. The book… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
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blogactiv, English, EurActiv.com, Health & Consumers, lobbying, Science & Policymaking |
To make Brexit more concrete, I have decided to tackle it from the perspective of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which to this day remains the only really integrated EU policy area. Since I do not claim to be an expert on all of these topics, I have enlisted the help of Michel Jacquot, a… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
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blogactiv, Brexit, English, EurActiv.com, lobbying, Politique |
Jean-Michel Bos [Connect Euranet/ Flickr] Jean-Michel Bos is Editor-in-Chief of Euranet Plus, grouping top national radios like RTBF, Radio 24 and BFM Business, now at risk of stopping. Just before the Commission apparently decided not to renew Euranet Plus’s contract, he spoke with EurActiv Founder Christophe Leclercq, as part of the series #Media4EU .Mr Bos… » read more
Posted by Media4EU
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blogactiv, English, EU Priorities 2020, EU Priorities and Opinion, Languages & Culture, Media4EU |
October 25, 2016
I often write about EU secondary legislation and I am happy to host this piece on my blog – because comitology does not always have to be serious and dry! Mr Trump, what is your overall view on the Lisbon Treaty framework of secondary legislation and Level 2 acts? Secndary? Level 2? Come on… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
