Evi Kiorri
Discrimination and Equality Bodies in Italy
According to a survey from Statista in 2019, despite the widespread discrimination, 33 percent of respondents in Italy believed that the efforts made in the country to fight discrimination were moderately effective.
Tweets of the Week: Strasbourg Return, Macron Slap, Cornwall Travel
MEPs are back in place, Macron gets slapped in the face, taking a plane, what a disgrace.
A re-‘CAP’ of Common Agricultural Policy coverage
This year has been a decisive one for the reform of the EU’s farming subsidy programme, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Georgia’s road to the EU: What’s next?
2019 marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), when the EU strengthened its relationship with 6 Eastern partners. Georgia, as one of the most ambitious of the six partners, has seen its ties with the EU grow stronger since 2009.
China, EU and US cooperation on climate change – Is there political will to make real progress?
China, the EU and the US are collectively responsible for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
EU agenda for global forests – Getting the balance right
The EU engagement in negotiating Forest Partnerships for the period 2022-2027 is expected to deliver on the European Green Deal priorities as well as the EU’s development cooperation objectives, including poverty alleviation and human rights.
The Recovery and Resilience Facility: Can effective oversight bring about true reform?
Member States are in the process of submitting their recovery and resilience plans that set out a coherent package of reforms and public investment projects.
Cogeneration and district heating: An enabler of the green transition?
According to a recent study, cogeneration or, as it is also called, Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in district heating, is thought to be an efficient enabler for reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.
The role of gas in Europe’s future energy mix and the transition to zero carbon of Europe’s power sector
The transition towards a net zero greenhouse gas economy puts the power sector in the spotlight. The clean energy transition should result in an energy system where primary energy supply would largely come from carbon free sources.
Reducing the use of antibiotics in the meat sector
The rise of antimicrobial resistance is a looming global crisis, threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability, and death.
Changing environment: the green future of European regions
The European Regional Development and Cohesion funds, the classical tools of the EU’s cohesion policy, will disburse €242.9 billion euros during the 2021-2027 period, 30% of which will go to greening. In this episode we discuss how the cohesion...
Hydrogen, sun, wind: Which ones can make the best contribution to Europe’s energy transformation?
Meeting the EU’s proposed new climate targets for 2030 will require a “transformation” of the bloc’s energy system, with a renewed focus on renewables and further efforts to cut fossil fuels in buildings, transport and industry.
Erdogan in search of EU ‘allies’ to block sanctions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has held a series of contacts with EU leaders in recent days, aiming to find allies who would block potential sanctions against Turkey at the 24-25 September EU summit over its illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Poland rejects southern Europe’s push for mandatory relocation of migrants
The upcoming negotiations over the EU's long-awaited new migration proposal are expected to hit another dead end, despite the European Commission's assurances of having held an "intensive consultation process".
European climate law: How to reach climate neutrality?
With its Climate Law, Europe will be the first continent in the world to have a climate neutrality target for 2050. Whilst this will produce a positive environmental impact, it is expected that some sectors will suffer economically with job...