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The European Union on Thursday announced it had lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over China’s behavior toward EU member state Lithuania, a move Beijing has dismissed as …
EU launches WTO case against China over Lithuania mistreatment Read More
The eurozone’s latest economic growth figures are a little better than expected. This group of 19 EU nations grew 2.2% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter, partly …
Four reasons why EU is staring down the barrel of a second lost decade Read More
How can the EU set a carbon tax at a rate that contributes to net zero? The European Commission is holding a meeting in June that is, on the face …
New EU Carbon Tax – Choosing the right rate Read More
Roman Hottgenroth is surrounded by lamps, dishwashers, and vacuum cleaners. Computers, smartphones, and TV receivers are piled high on tin shelves behind him. Some washing machines rattles loudly in test …
Europe Reduces Waste by Guaranteeing the Right to Repair Read More
The European Commission on Wednesday launched a public consultation to look into the legal employment status and conditions of gig economy workers. It is the bloc’s first step aimed at improving the rights …
EU takes step to help ‘gig’ economy workers Read More
The EU parliament came under fire recently for approving a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that critics say will “massacre nature”. But after the EU voted to sign nature’s “death sentence”, rainforest communities …
As the EU votes to ‘massacre nature’, rainforest communities find a trailblazing way to protect it Read More
Over recent years there’s been a surge in European cities that, via public tendering, are using their spending power far more pro-actively and strategically to promote social justice and environmental …
Cities fight back against EU rules that prevent progressive public policy Read More
Exports and imports fall across all major European economies, according to OECD data The global trade slowdown is hitting the EU the hardest, according to new OECD data, as uncertainty …
Global trade slowdown hits EU the hardest, new figures show Read More
The European Union has lessons to learn from one of its least adept members writes Alex Tziamalis. While the UK is engulfed by Brexit – a battle for the strategic direction …
Greece bears gifts Read More
Can British farmers learn from their counterparts in southern Spain to spit out Brussels’ poisoned sweets? Joe Zammit-Lucia and Astrid Vargas write. The high plains of Andalusia in southern Spain …
Independence for Andalusia Read More