Can e-cigarettes help people quit smoking?
Electronic cigarettes and novel tobacco products have emerged as alternatives to traditional smoking, which is responsible for nearly 700,000 deaths every year in the EU.
Packaging in e-commerce: Roles, responsibilities, best practice
E-commerce has given shoppers the ability to purchase products on demand and at competitive prices. Educating consumers to reduce, reuse, dispose and recycle packaging from e-commerce goods they receive is a growing priority.
The EU finally provides legal framework for organic and recycled fertilisers
The Commission, Council and Parliament have agreed to facilitate the use of organic fertilisers, for which there has been no regulatory framework so far. Fertilisers will also have to contain less heavy metal in the future.
UN environment chief resigns amid ‘CO2 hypocrisy’
The UN’s environment chief, Erik Solheim, has resigned following severe criticism of his global travels and internal rule-breaking which led some nations to withhold their funding. EURACTIV’s partner The Guardian reports.
With eyes on China, EU agrees investment screening rules
The European Union on Tuesday (20 November) provisionally agreed on rules for a far-reaching system to coordinate scrutiny of foreign investments into Europe, notably from China, to end what a negotiator called "European naivety".
Criticism mounts as Interpol set to elect Russian as president
International police body Interpol is expected to elect a senior Russian official as its next president on Wednesday (21 November), in a move that has provoked alarm in Europe and the United States about the risk of Kremlin meddling.OpinionPromoted content
EU fertiliser industry at the crossroads between nutrition and energy
We live in fascinating times where technology is evolving at an ever-increasing pace, spurring major shifts in many industries. This is also the case for the fertilizer sector, writes Jacob Hansen, director general of Fertilizers Europe.
Spurned by authorities, humanitarian NGOs feel unsafe in Croatia
Volunteers and employees of two NGOs helping migrants in Croatia face serious threats and violence on an almost daily basis. For the first time in three years, they feel unsafe and unprotected in their city. They go to work carrying mace, as advised by the police. EURACTIV Croatia reports.
Recycling’s powerful waste-fighting arsenal
Two of recycling’s main tools are used to varying degrees across Europe and now the industry and member states are considering how best to leverage them and help create what has been touted as the "internal market for recycling".
Fertiliser industry vows to feed one ‘extra Germany’ per year
The EU fertilisers industry published its 2030 vision on Wednesday (21 November), stressing the need to optimise fertiliser use across Europe and improve production in order to adjust to the principles of the circular economy and feed a growing world population. VideoPromoted content
Innovation investments in Europe
As part of the European Biotech Week, Johnson & Johnson hosted a exclusive roundtable discussion on "Life Science Investments in Europe" in Brussels.
Trading away the EU principles in the name of national export interests?
MEPs need to follow the lead of the European Ombudsman and force the European Commission to shine the light on the opaque role of national Export Credit Agencies, writes Antonio Tricarico.
The Brief, powered by EFPIA – Towards a minor politics
Amidst the dizzying heights of the Brexit imbroglio, a politics of resistance is emerging that has the potential to puncture the supranational veneer of EU governance: a politics of minoritarianism. Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell’s comments on Tuesday (20 November)...
Italy’s revised budget ‘did not dispel concerns’, Eurogroup president says
Italy’s slightly modified budget might not get the green light from the European Commission, the president of the Eurogroup, Mario Centeno, told the Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Tuesday (20 November), raising the likelihood of an excessive deficit...
EU equips itself for fight against manipulation at European elections
Brexit, the American elections - and talso he European elections? It is likely that "fake news" campaigns and attacks by hackers will also launched before the European elections. How well is Brussels prepared? EURACTIV Germany reports. VideoPromoted content
Understanding the benefits of capacity mechanisms for social welfare
A growing number of EU Member States have set up Capacity Mechanisms in recent years, as a way of ensuring the investments that are necessary for long term security of supply.
Serbia scores victory as Interpol rejects Kosovo membership
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on Tuesday (20 November) that the rejection of Kosovo's Interpol membership application was a success of Serbia - "a small, defiant and proud country". EURACTIV Serbia reports.
EU institutions are liable for Greek bailout damage, former UN official says
The damage caused by austerity-driven bailouts in Greece could raise the issue of legal liability of the EU institutions and possible compensation, according to Olivier de Shutter, a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Offering Macron a stage is not enough
French President Emmanuel Macron gave a speech in the German Bundestag – but this will not bring him any closer to his idea of Europe. A commentary piece by Albrecht Meier, correspondent in the Berlin office of EURACTIV Germany’s media partner Der Tagesspiegel.
European Greens Spitzenkandidaten: Petra De Sutter
European Greens will pick their two Spitzenkandidats in Berlin on 23-25 November, hoping to build on the Green parties’ unexpected surge in Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. EURACTIV has spoken to the three candidates. Here is the portrait of one of them, Petra De Sutter.
European Greens Spitzenkandidaten: Ska Keller
The European Greens will pick their two Spitzenkandidaten in Berlin on 23-25 November, hoping to build on the Green's unexpected surge in Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. Here is a portrait of one of the three contenders, Ska Keller, a fiery German who grew up organising rallies against neo-Nazis.
European Greens Spitzenkandidaten: Bas Eickhout
Delegates from the European Greens will pick their two Spitzenkandidaten in Berlin on 23-25 November, following the Green parties’ unexpected surge in Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. EURACTIV.com has spoken to all three contenders and here is the portrait of one of them, Bas Eickhout.
Commission: Only ‘economic considerations’ could lead to tariffs on rice imports
An alliance of EU rice producers has called for restoring tariffs on rice imports from Myanmar and Cambodia, in part due to human rights concerns, but Commission sources clarified that the EU executive's ongoing safeguard investigation is linked to purely economic considerations.