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Baltic Sea turbines have the wind at their back, but security concerns loom [Advocacy Lab Content]

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 23:52
Poland is planning a major investment in Baltic Sea wind power, but the same geopolitical concerns motivating that push for domestic energy sources also pose security challenges.
Categories: European Union

Europe’s digitally drugged youth need protection, says Polish health minister

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 23:35
It's time to discuss creating a safe digital world for the young generation, said Poland's health minister Izabela Leszczyna at this week's informal EPSCO meeting focusing on the Polish presidency's health agenda.
Categories: European Union

Rural energy dialogue: Advancing the Clean Industrial Deal in rural areas [Advocacy Lab Content]

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 23:16
Rural communities are not just energy consumers, they are increasingly important contributors to Europe’s industrial and energy ecosystem.
Categories: European Union

Renewable liquid gas could transform rural energy market [Advocacy Lab Content]

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 23:14
With Clean Industrial Deal support, the rural energy market could be transformed, and Horizon projects could help showcase rural communities’ contribution to the energy grid.
Categories: European Union

Swedish stakeholders harbour CMA competition concerns

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 22:33
Swedish stakeholders have broadly welcomed the CMA, but some question its competition mechanics and the import dynamics for narrow-spectrum antibiotics and cancer medicines.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Politico parent bows to the ‘woke mob’

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 19:24
Once a bastion of conservative values, Springer has become something mushier. One day Döpfner might be extolling JD Vance’s attacks on Europe as “inspiring,” only to lambast Trump and sound the death knell for the transatlantic alliance the next.
Categories: European Union

German coalition partners agree on policies toward factory and car emissions

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 19:11
Leaked documents recording the negotiations between Berlin’s future coalition partners indicate accordance in key EU policies regarding energy and transport.
Categories: European Union

In Commission plans for crisis preparedness, agriculture is a matter of security

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 18:17
The European Commission's new crisis preparedness strategy urges households and Member States to build emergency reserves.
Categories: European Union

Vance’s Greenland power trip scaled back amid local backlash

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 18:06
Handshakes with locals in Greenland's capital and a trip to a dog sled race are out amid fears of protests – with only a whistle-stop tour of a US base remaining on the itinerary.
Categories: European Union

South Africa sweat over potential 2026 World Cup sanction

BBC Africa - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 17:44
South Africa could face a sanction, including a points deduction, after fielding an ineligible player against Lesotho in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
Categories: Africa

German parties in coalition talks want country to be EU’s biggest pharma player

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 17:41
Both parties also agree to make Germany a leading location for health research and clinical studies.
Categories: European Union

Europe shouldn’t ‘go it alone,’ warns NATO chief

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 17:40
Mark Rutte dismissed calls for "European autonomy," saying "nothing can replace America's nuclear umbrella."
Categories: European Union

EU crisis commissioner defends health emergency unit as ‘essential’

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 17:23
But the Commission's review of HERA did not specify whether it should exist as a stand-alone structure.
Categories: European Union

German coalition talks diverge on biotech, EU soil law and minimum wage

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 17:17
Leaked document reveals status of the coalition negotiations
Categories: European Union

UK government vows to ‘push hard’ in fisheries negotiations with EU

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 17:17
“There are other [EU] countries that push very hard on this, we will push equally hard,” the UK food minister said.
Categories: European Union

Defence industry invited to weigh in on simplification package

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 16:54
European industries have long criticised the bloc’s rules around access to finance and green regulations.
Categories: European Union

EU-Empfehlung für Krisenfälle: Bürger sollen Vorrat für 72 Stunden anlegen

Euractiv.de - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 16:03
Die neue EU-Strategie für Krisenvorsorge macht Vorschläge, wie die Mitgliedstaaten ihre Bürger auf Krieg, Krisen und Katastrophen vorbereiten können. Haushalte sollten beispielsweise ein Drei-Tage-Überlebenspaket zusammenstellen, um auf einen Krisenfall vorbereitet zu sein.
Categories: Europäische Union

Bridging the bio-based policy gap: from bioeconomy vision to action [Promoted content]

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 16:00
In this article, Katarina Molin highlights that while the EU’s bioeconomy strategy has driven progress in research and innovation, it has fallen short in creating market demand for bio-based solutions. As the EU prepares to revise its strategy, she underscores the urgent need for legislative measures to support the growth of bio-based plastics and chemicals. To stay competitive and advance sustainability goals, Europe must introduce mandatory targets and market incentives that drive the transition away from fossil-based materials.
Categories: European Union

Planned Slovak-Chinese EV battery plant met with questions, doubts

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 15:23
With a total investment of €1.23 billion—potentially rising to €5 billion—the project ranks among Slovakia’s largest foreign investments.
Categories: European Union

'Yoh! You're in the OED' – South Africa makes its linguistic mark

BBC Africa - Wed, 03/26/2025 - 15:16
The latest update includes "loan words" from several countries, including South Africa and Ireland.
Categories: Africa

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