A few thoughts on China-EU economic and trade relations
If the EU insists on imposing economic and trade restrictions on China, China will have no choice but to take corresponding countermeasures.
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Green budgets: how regional governments are turning climate ambition into spending
“State and regional governments in Europe, as in many other regions in the world, often have quite a lot of devolved powers,” Climate Group’s executive director Champa Patel explains. “Whether that’s fiscal, regulatory, financial, technical; there are many policy areas where they can make most decisions themselves.”
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It’s inherently cruel’: former fur industry boss now backs total EU ban
For over 10 years I spent my professional life promoting and defending the fur trade. As director of standards for the International Fur Federation, I oversaw compliance with international and national welfare regulations and industry standards. I was also chief executive for the British Fur Trade.
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The EU’s social blind spot in West Balkans enlargement
The EU’s enlargement criteria have long prioritised economic reform, rule of law and anti-corruption over social protection measures. A new study looks at what this means in practice for the western Balkans — and what needs to change.
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‘Made in Europe’: an industrial worker perspective
industriAll Europe’s message is clear: public investment must serve the public interest. ‘Made in Europe’ must become a genuine tool for re industrialisation with quality jobs, social cohesion and long term resilience at its core—not a hollow slogan.
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Seizing opportunities for cooperation to deepen China–EU partnership
At the beginning of the year, President Xi Jinping reached a series of important consensus with several leaders of European countries, charting the course and providing strategic guidance for the development of China–Europe relations.
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EU bioeconomy aspirations require an increasing supply of renewable wood
As leaders of forest-based industries in Sweden, we have examined the EU Commission’s updated bioeconomy strategy — and would like to suggest a few improvements related to the role of wood.
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Ozone pollution kills 75,000 Europeans a year, and costs €80bn. So why is methane being ignored?
Treating methane as an afterthought in air quality policy is no longer a technical oversight but a political choice, with measurable consequences for citizens’ health, farmers’ livelihoods and environmental resilience.
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Corporate lobbyists push for deregulation while workers pay the price
Competitiveness has become the most abused word in Brussels.
It is invoked to justify almost anything — except the one thing Europe actually needs: a strong industrial policy to build quality jobs, to safeguard and reinforce economic capacity in Europe and to achieve shared prosperity.
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Galloping forward — advancing China-EU relations in the Chinese Year of the Horse
China always views its relations with the EU from a strategic and long-term perspective, and considers Europe as an important direction of China’s major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics and a key partner in achieving Chinese modernisation, writes ambassador Cai Run.
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Europe’s empty homes are the missing piece in the EU’s ‘Affordable Housing Plan’
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Euro NCAP: Making car safety work for drivers, not against them
As of 2026, Euro NCAP (the European New Car Assessment Programme) is introducing its new and improved safety rating system for passenger cars — the largest revision since the introduction of the overall rating scheme in 2009.
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Defending democracy starts by protecting Europe’s mayors and councillors
Influential. Investigative. Independent. EUobserver is a online non-profit news outlet reporting on the European Union.
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The generative AI ‘transformation’ will only work if workers trust it
Influential. Investigative. Independent. EUobserver is a online non-profit news outlet reporting on the European Union.
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Von der Leyen’s broken promise: a just transition without funding
Influential. Investigative. Independent. EUobserver is a online non-profit news outlet reporting on the European Union.
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Forty years of Schengen: but is the spirit still there?
Influential. Investigative. Independent. EUobserver is a online non-profit news outlet reporting on the European Union.
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If it says ‘vegetarian sausage’ on the package, it probably is one
Influential. Investigative. Independent. EUobserver is a online non-profit news outlet reporting on the European Union.
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Reclaiming control: Europeans’ fight for a techno-democratic future
We built technology to make life easier. Somewhere along the way, it began remaking us instead. From algorithms shaping what we see to surveillance tools reshaping how we live, Europe now stands at a crossroads: protect democratic values or watch them be coded away.
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Strengthening EU public procurement with the Public Buyers Community Platform
Influential. Investigative. Independent. EUobserver is a online non-profit news outlet reporting on the European Union.
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EU deforestation regulation delay is a chance to fix what went wrong
Influential. Investigative. Independent. EUobserver is a online non-profit news outlet reporting on the European Union.