Europe lays out battle plan for COP26 climate summit
The European Union will aim to convince other countries to raise their climate ambition at the COP26 summit opening on Sunday in Glasgow. Here’s how.
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October 28, 2021 Commission wants more capital buffers for EU banks – in about a decade
With the help of a newly proposed banking package, the European Commission is trying to find a balance between increasing financial stability, protecting bank profits, and sustainability concerns. The proposed implementation of the higher capital requirements is spaced out over several years.
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October 27, 2021 Commission dismisses calls for more transparency in drafting CAP plans
This article is part of our special report Delivering on CAP strategic plans. The European Commission has dismissed calls for more transparency in the drafting of the Common Agricultural Policy strategic plans, saying an excessive focus on this risks overburdening the process and missing the big picture.
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October 26, 2021 Germany says EU border protection is ‘legitimate’
Germany’s interior minister said Sunday (24 October) it was “legitimate” to protect borders, after several EU states asked Brussels to pay for barriers to prevent illegal migrants from entering the bloc.
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October 25, 2021 NATO calls on EU to expand joint cooperation but avoid doubling structures
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on the EU on Friday (22 October) to cooperate more closely with the military alliance after the latest EU defence efforts in recent months raised concerns of a parallel structure that might be competing with NATO.
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October 24, 2021 EU leaders push for ‘innovation friendliness’ in digital policy
EU leaders stressed the need to make digital regulation more innovation-friendly, but the digital agenda remained at the margins of the European Council summit.
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October 23, 2021 EU leaders offer no way out of Polish rule of law crisis
EU leaders failed to offer a way forward on Poland’s challenge on European legal order in a “serene” discussion that barely lasted two hours on Thursday (21 October), a relatively short meeting by EU summit standards.
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October 22, 2021 EU leaders to discuss stronger response on migration against Belarus backdrop
With EU leaders set to discuss migration and the situation at the EU’s eastern border with Belarus on Friday, Eastern Europeans are expected to ask for a review of the bloc’s legislation to reflect the ongoing crisis.
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October 21, 2021 Europe’s gas supply squeeze engineered by Russia, Poland says
Statements from Russian officials linking an increase of gas deliveries to Europe with the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are “manipulative” and aimed at cementing Gazprom’s dominant position on the EU gas market, Poland has argued in a letter to the European Commission.
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October 20, 2021 Brussels relaunches EU fiscal reform, aims to boost green investments
The European Commission on Tuesday (19 October) took another step towards reforming the EU’s much-discussed fiscal rules, including the bloc’s strict debt and deficit limits enshrined in the Stability and Growth Pact.
