An emerging body of research calls into question whether establishing credible, high-integrity soil carbon offsets is possible given the complexities (Photo: Andrew Stawarz) When the European Commission unveiled its strategy to boost carbon capture on farmland last year, both farmers…
New rules are need on journey times, maximum temperatures, and height and space allowances (Photo: European Parliament) On Monday (18 July), EU agriculture ministers will discuss how to protect animals during transport. This was put on the agenda by Belgium,…
While the citizens of Bosnia & Herzegovina deserve and need a sign of hope from the EU, advancing the accession process at this moment would neglect the merit-based process that the EU claims to pursue in its enlargement agenda (Photo:…
Map of proposed developments in the Hungarian capital, Budapest (see key) (Photo: Budapest Főváros Városépítési Tervező Kft./ City Hall’s urban planning Ltd) The Hungarian parliament is about to adopt a new law that will transfer the ownership of three central…
Vladimir Putin’s ‘foreign agents’ law has become the authorities' go-to malign tool for their war of attrition against civil society (Photo: kremlin.ru) Ten years ago, I had the honour of speaking at news conference in Moscow with several of Russia’s…
Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia — which has been an EU accession candidate since 2005. First, Greece, then France, then Bulgaria, thew a spanner in the works (Photo: Mike Norton) After a long wait, the beginning for EU accession…
Beijing’s tacit endorsement of Russia's unprovoked aggression, has changed the calculation in Brussels (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) The West’s pivot to the Indo-Pacific, aimed at countering expanding Chinese influence, has won consensus among decision-makers in Washington, Paris and London over recent years.…
The controversial taxonomy faces a simple majority vote in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday — and unusually, the result is far from certain (Photo: European Parliament) Two days before Vladimir Putin launched his illegal war on my home…
Climate change will continue to accelerate, oblivious to the machinations and myopia of EU bubble policymakers whose tired tactics cannot seriously address the challenge of our times (Photo: EUobserver) Monday (27 June) sees the EU energy council, where ministers will…
How many flags? How many members? (Photo: European Commission) Once perceived as the most powerful foreign policy tool in the EU’s toolbox, “enlargement’ lately has become only a source of frustration for countries that would like to join the club.…