Aerospace
Airbus Horribilis: A nightmarish year masks a growing strategic role
The EU may need its flagship aero manufacturer more than it realises. With the stakes running high, Brussels has a vested interest in seeing Airbus emerge strongly from its horrible 2020, argues Cameron Rimington.
Aviation is an irreplaceable force for good in the world
Aviation’s precious role in society is at risk, as borders remain closed and influential voices in Europe call for permanent curbs on flying, warns Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury.Promoted content
How will we travel tomorrow? Discover the world after COVID-19
How do we come out of this crisis as a society that has learned from its errors and difficult moments? How do we achieve balance between urgent sustainability and economic recovery?
Air travel growth suggests ‘sustainable’ and ‘development’ are not compatible
Air travel is not the only threat to life on earth, but it is a useful barometer of runaway economic growth and development that, if allowed to continue unmitigated, will irreparably harm the planet, writes Jonathan Gornall.
MEPs concerned with peace should worry about the new ‘Defence Industry & Space’ unit
At Commissioner-designate Syvie Goulard’s hearing on Wednesday, MEPs should question the over-influence of the arms industry and the impact of the new DG for “Defence Industry & Space” on peace, says Laëtitia Sédou.
Trump is wrong: Guns alone don’t make a superpower
Since his election, US President Donald Trump has been wreaking havoc wherever he goes and his next target is most probably NATO, warns Shada Islam.Promoted content
An ambitious but fair industrial strategy for Europe
The digital revolution is just around the corner. Luc Triangle, General Secretary of industriAll Europe, highlights that as well as being economically ambitious, we need an industrial strategy that is socially sustainable and fair.
How to get Europe back into the Middle East
The Foreign Affairs Council is right to focus on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process when it meets Arab leaders on Monday, but it’s on Iran that the EU is needed the most, writes Franco Frattini, the former Italian foreign minister.
Europe needs an industrial strategy
Calls for the European Commission to develop a holistic EU industrial policy are a welcome development – and one that was long overdue, writes Adrian Harris. If Europe’s Industrial Renaissance is to succeed, a joined-up policy approach is a must, he argues.
Member states must cooperate on defence, not duplicate
In an era of new challenges and growing instability, the European Union cannot stand passively by and watch as its military posture in the world diminishes, writes Joseph Daul.
The curious tale of the French prime minister, PNR and peculiar patterns
There's no evidence that profiling airplane passengers helps security, but some politicians keep insisting the opposite, write Estelle Massé and Joe McNamee.![The aviation industry wants to reduce its dependence on fossil fuel partly to reduce its impact on the environment. [Photo by Timothy Spence]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/aviation_emissions_plane_wings.jpeg)
ICAO’s carbon offset plan for aviation is a threat to Paris Agreement
Forests have long been seen as a potential source of cheap and attractive offsets to compensate for the airline industry’s growing climate impact. However, there is one flaw. They don’t work, even by the ICAO’s own standards, writes Hannah Mowat.
EU’s fanciful transport decarbonisation strategy
Europe seeks to stop the increase in transport GHG emissions with the wrong policies, writes Zoltán Szabó.
Passenger rights: Playing by the rules harms railways
Passenger rights in Europe need to improve in order for railways to compete in inter-modal transport and deliver on the EU’s decarbonisation strategy, writes Oliver Wolff.
Why the shrill posturing on my ETS reforms?
Ian Duncan published his report on ETS reform last week, which was heavily criticised by a number of NGOs. Here, he argues why his proposals will bring positive change for both climate and industry.
Chinese industry and the EU’s illness
Debate over granting of MES to China goes beyond trade policy and is mostly about Europe's lack of competitiveness, writes Luigi Gambardella.
Putting innovation at the heart of the Energy Union
As the European Commission elaborates its Energy Union strategy, and as national and local governments plan their contribution to the union’s aims of energy security, decarbonisation and cost-efficiency, they need to create an environment that nurtures innovation in policy, technology and business models, write Pascal Lamy and Philip Lowe.
Why the EU’s electricity market design proposal actually matters
The European Commission’s vision of an Energy Union with citizens at its core, where consumers take ownership of the energy transition, is to be applauded but needs to be followed up with genuine policy change, writes Jonathan Gaventa.
Protecting European firms against trade secret misappropriations
The trade secrets directive will generate legal certainty for European innovators by creating a secure environment where valuable know-how can be exchanged, writes the Trade Secrets and Innovation Coalition (TSIC).