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Proposed simplification of EU chemicals legislation masks deregulation

Proposed simplification of EU chemicals legislation masks deregulation

Undermining vital legislation will harm people, the environment and the economy — not to mention citizens’ confidence in the bloc.

June 3, 2025 4:01 am CET
Affordable housing among top concerns for Europe’s mayors
Europe should shrug off Trump’s tariff threats
EU roughly on track to hit 2030 emissions goal, Brussels says
What Europe can gain from Ukrainian arms exports
Europe’s defense awakening needs a second engine
Europe must learn the art of ‘unpowering’ Russia
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Ireland is Trump’s Trojan horse

If Brussels is serious about maintaining the integrity of its tech rules, it needs to focus on shifting regulation away from Dublin.

May 22, 2025 4:01 am CET

Countries adopt WHO pandemic agreement

“The agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action,” said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

May 20, 2025 10:10 am CET

Time for the EU to close the Brexit chapter

The bloc needs to anchor the U.K. to its security interests, priorities and values.

May 19, 2025 4:00 am CET

Big Pharma is using tariffs to hold Europe to ransom

We can have a world where everyone has access to the medicines they need. But both Trump and pharma companies will push us in the opposite direction.

May 15, 2025 4:01 am CET

Fast-tracking Ukraine’s EU accession helps no one — least of all Ukraine

The path forward requires neither knee-jerk reactions nor naive optimism but steady, conditional support for Kyiv’s war effort.

May 12, 2025 4:00 am CET

Europe cannot remain on the sidelines in Gaza

The bloc’s failure to step up carries serious geopolitical costs.

May 9, 2025 4:02 am CET

Commission bars health NGOs from lobbying with EU cash

Health NGOs are the latest to face tighter controls on their use of EU funds as right-wing lawmakers push for greater transparency.

May 7, 2025 3:17 pm CET

Global financial rule-makers risk losing relevance if Trump pulls back entirely

Without the firepower of the U.S., global regulators would be hamstrung in their efforts to contain a future financial crisis.

May 2, 2025 4:45 am CET

Trump’s trade policy offers the EU an unexpected opportunity — if it can grab it

Europe has the chance to become one of the leaders of a free, responsible and democratic world. But it needs to take its fate in its own hands.

May 1, 2025 4:01 am CET

Will the EPP drown in Valencia’s floodwaters?

Six months on from the fatal disaster, Europe’s largest political party is meeting in the eye of the storm.

April 28, 2025 4:01 am CET

Hungary could suspend citizenship to silence dissent

The ambitions of the proposed bill are clear: It’s about targeting civil society, journalists and activists — within Hungary and the diaspora — who refuse to fall in line.

April 23, 2025 4:02 am CET

Offshore detention is inhumane — I know because I lived it

Europe’s nations have proposed establishing refugee “return hubs” in third-party countries outside their jurisdiction for failed asylum seekers. But they should think twice.

April 18, 2025 4:00 am CET
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Why Trump could be Europe’s accidental city-builder

Europe’s émigrés built America’s skylines, suburbs and strip malls. Will the U.S. brain drain do the same for the EU?

April 17, 2025 2:49 pm CET

If the EU is to support media freedom, its members must lead by example

If the bloc hopes to influence the aspiring autocrats in candidate countries, it must establish a strong culture of independent media within its own borders.

April 10, 2025 4:01 am CET

The US brain drain has begun

The White House appears hell-bent on destroying not just economic and political paradigms, but a higher education system that really did make America great.

April 9, 2025 4:01 am CET

Trump’s deregulation agenda threatens global financial stability

The U.S. president’s return brings renewed promises of financial “liberation.” But behind the rhetoric lies a deeper threat — and it’s not just to the U.S. economy.

April 8, 2025 4:00 am CET

Europe’s new war with Russia: Deep sea sabotage

Suspicious Russian tankers keep slashing Europe’s internet and power cables. It’s not an act of war … but someday it might be.

April 7, 2025 4:07 am CET

Trump is on a quest to poison global political culture

Europe is at a turning point, where it can choose to reassert the ideals once pledged by the EU and confront the authoritarian brew emanating from U.S. If not now, when?

April 7, 2025 4:00 am CET

India could help save an aging Europe

As the continent tilts to the right and its politicians find it hard to explain an influx of refugees from war-torn countries, India is actively trying to present itself as a reasonable partner.

April 4, 2025 4:01 am CET

EU delays 2040 climate target release until ‘before summer’

“Clearly we need a bit more time,” says Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra.

April 3, 2025 2:06 pm CET

Security in Europe will mean sacrifices for citizens

Europeans must decide whether they’re willing to bear the costs of shaping their future, or risk having it shaped for them.

April 2, 2025 4:00 am CET

How to use Russia’s central bank assets for Ukraine

Restructuring ownership and boosting returns are the keys to addressing EU prevarication.

April 1, 2025 4:45 am CET

EU regulator rejects Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug

The agency said the benefits do not outweigh the risks.

March 28, 2025 2:08 pm CET

Global health chiefs urge EU to step up amid US funding cuts

Significant foreign aid cuts threaten to undo decades of progress in global health.

March 28, 2025 4:20 am CET
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