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Europeans have the highest per-capita consumption of alcohol, and drinking causes nearly 1-in-10 cases of ill health and premature death. The European Commission’s informal alcohol strategy, launched in 2006, is set for a detailed evaluation in 2013, with the policy objective of reducing the health and social harm caused by excessive alcohol consumption.

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Friedbert Pflüger: Climate change is no longer the EU’s only priority
The EU’s climate policy has not vanished but the approach today is probably more balanced towards other aims like energy supply security and competitiveness, Friedbert Pflüger said in an interview with EurActiv Slovakia.

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Wishful thinking will not make European energy affordable
As long as the European Union is unilaterally pursuing climate goals while other global actors are not following suit, it will suffer consequences in terms of competitiveness, writes Jacek Saryusz-Wolski.

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Vanheukelen: ‘Plenty of concerns’ about Chinese solar retaliation - 27 February 2013 - News

The head of EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht’s cabinet has told EurActiv that the bloc has many worries about a clean-tech trade war with China over unfair subsidisation of solar panels, but that its hands are tied.

China accuses EU of breaching world trade rules over solar panels - 06 November 2012 - News

An escalating row between solar panel makers stepped up a gear on Monday ( 5 November) when China complained to the World Trade Organisation that Italy and Greece had unfairly favoured domestic suppliers.

Solar industry pushing for anti-dumping case against China - 23 May 2012 - News

A trade row between Brussels and Beijing over claims that China has unfairly priced its solar panels for export could be just weeks away.

Europe’s solar industry growth 'cannot last forever' - 09 May 2012 - News

Europe’s solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is “weathering a period of uncertainty” and growth rates are likely to stall, according to the industry’s Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics until 2016, released today (9 May).

Solar recession claims another victim - 04 April 2012 - News

The German solar power company Q-Cells filed for insolvency yesterday (3 April), the fourth such firm to go bankrupt in four months, as the solar recession gathers pace.

Germany announces up to 30% cuts in solar subsidies - 24 February 2012 - News

The German government has agreed to accelerate the next round of cuts in state-mandated photovoltaic incentives by three months to April 1 after a record-breaking expansion of solar power in 2011.

Solar subsidies to be cut by more than half - 28 October 2011 - News

Britain's solar subsidies will be dramatically cut by more than half, according to government documents that were prematurely published online and quickly taken down.

Low-cost imports from China fuel boom in solar panels - 03 October 2011 - News

British homeowners are increasingly able to build greener homes by using cheap solar panels from China, but western workers are paying the price with a wave of corporate collapses and layoffs among green energy firms.

European solar power to be competitive by 2020, says lobby - 06 September 2011 - News

European solar module-generated power may take until the end of the decade to compete with conventional forms of energy across Europe for cost, the world's biggest solar association said yesterday (5 September).

EPIA: Red tape hindering Europe's solar PV take off - 30 May 2011 - Interview

Despite generous feed-in tariffs and abundant sunshine, Greece and Portugal are "pioneers" when it comes to bureaucratic hurdles to solar PV deployment, said Eleni Despotou of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).

Special Report: Big boys enter solar race - 27 May 2011 - News

Traditionally a market reserved for niche players, the solar sector is now drawing increasing interest from energy behemoths like General Electric and Total as well as unexpected new investors like Google.

Special Report: EU on track for solar grid parity by 2017 - 26 May 2011 - News

Solar photovoltaic (PV) power is set to achieve the environmentalists' holy grail of grid parity – the same cost price as fossil fuels – across the European Union by 2017, according to a UN expert.

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