In a new report, the EU’s European Environment Agency (EEA) warns the EU that it is failing its climate targets, noting that the current 10-year trend is “going in the wrong direction”. The EEA takes stock annually of progress towards the 8th Environment Action Programme (8th EAP) objectives on the basis of a set of […]
In a cross-party initiative, 180 representatives of the Bundestag and 350 members of the German state assemblies signed a joint statement supporting the Iranian people’s uprising and their demand to reject any type of dictatorship, including the deposed shah and the ruling theocracy, in favor of a secular and democratic republic. These representatives also supported Mrs.
Looking at the EU’s ongoing trade negotiations with Asian trade powerhouse, EU Trade Commissioner Dombrovkis has stated that “With elections due in Indonesia in February, it might be difficult to make seizable progress in coming months”, adding also that “negotiations with India are progressing at a slower pace than anticipated”. In Summer, both Indonesia and
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Francesco Sassi, a researcher in energy geopolitics and markets at Ricerche Industriali ed Energetiche (RIE) in Bologna, takes a closer look at China’s policy to increase export controls on rare earth metals, oxide products, and crude oil imports. He writes: “The move will further politicise global energy trade and make harder for the collective West,
As Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Norway are pressing ahead with the containment of illegal #migration, German MEP Lars Patrick Berg (ECR), shares his thoughts about this challenging and pressing political topic. The background is that in Copenhagen, the responsible ministers of these five countries have agreed to coordinate and organise joint deportation flights and
Geneva, Switzerland, November 3, 2023 – In a stirring convergence of outrage and solidarity, hundreds of National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) supporters thronged outside the United Nations European Headquarters in Geneva today. The demonstration, fueled by fervent speeches and resounding denouncement, was a direct response to the United Nations’ decision to appoint an
Following the agreement on the EU’s new external carbon tariff CBAM, Ron Stoop, a Dutch political economist, takes a closer look at this new “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism”. He writes: “The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a new EU law that attempts to protect low-carbon production in Europe against ‘dirty imports’, which are often
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Kaoem Telapak, an Indonesian NGO has warned that the EU’s recently adopted restrictions on the import of commodities linked to deforestation, such as palm oil from Indonesia, have a noble intention but could have unintended impacts. Writing in newspaper Mongobay, a spokesperson for the NGO notes that “one of the biggest importers of Indonesian palm
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By Ogechukwu Egwuatu Sadly, recent military coups in West Africa enjoy popular support. ECOWAS threatening to intervene in Niger has whipped up anti-French and anti-Western sentiment. To give democracy a chance to return, France must back away. Following a coup d’état in Niger in July, Gabon soon became the next West African nation whose government
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Guest post by Jason Reed, global projects manager at Young Voices and a commentator on politics and policy For the European who believes in the importance of civil liberties, these are depressing times. Everywhere you look, there is some new threat to key personal freedoms on the horizon. They come from all directions: governments, regulators,
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