Since when did EUDR change from being conservation tool aimed at cutting global deforestation by 10 percent to being just another negotiating tool in trade agreements?
A reported €1bn carrot for Spain, a €14.5bn stick for Luxembourg, lobbying by Hungary and Slovakia, anti-EU lawsuits, and media spin, as another Russian billionaire tries to get off Europe's blacklist.
“Within China there is a realisation that the old development paradigm centred on fossil fuels has run its course, and is not fit for 21st century realities,” the London-based energy analysts Ember reports.
Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.
Today, we kick off an anniversary campaign to convince new supporting members to join EUobserver's mission of providing the information citizens need to safeguard EU democracy.
Russian spies are still active in the EU capital and have a "higher risk appetite" than before the Ukraine war — despite Belgium's efforts to push back against their plots.