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This month, as banks gather for their AGMs, they face an important decision. While it’s not a surprise to see CEOs ignore the throngs of climate protesters shouting outside their offices, banks are starting to face criticism in more unlikely circles. With investors getting increasingly twitchy as banks continue to finance climate chaos, this year it’s time for them to listen and act. It makes no sense for banks to continue to pump billions into rapidly depreciating carbon assets as our boiling planet reaches the point of no return. Instead, they can do what they do best — follow the money, gro...
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The European Union and its citizens, it remains a strained relationship. One full of mixed perceptions and mistrust, yet with high expectations. Sounds like the recipe for some serious marriage counselling or the script of the better Hollywood rom-com? No, it’s just a European reality. From love to hate, hate to love. It's reminiscent of the Facebook relationship status, “It’s complicated”. Taking stock of the last five years, a large-scale Euroconsumers survey shows little consumer satisfaction with the EU’s overall track record. While people appreciate how Europe handled the COVID-19 pandemi...
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One of the more startling things about the current wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the US and Europe is the extent to which they — perhaps unknowingly — echo the Hamas ideology as they chant, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine shall be free”. The progressive-left position that seems to dominate these demonstrations is not that Israel should withdraw from the occupied territories, not a two-state solution, and not “land for peace”. It is the abolition of Israel and its replacement by what they see as Palestine. How did this happen? It seems to have come as a total surprise to many ...
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As a Hungarian who lived in Belgium for seven years, I know first-hand the opportunities and challenges of being a mobile European citizen. The ability to live, work, and study anywhere in the EU has been game-changing for people like me and many millions of others and is one of the core reasons for being in the EU. With the 2024 European Parliament elections on the horizon, it’s crucial for those of us living outside our home countries to understand what is at stake — and, importantly, how much our vote matters. Against a backdrop of stirring anti-democratic forces, which could threaten our f...
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If everyone in the world had consumed as much as EU residents have over the last four months, humanity would have exhausted the planet's natural resources available for the entire year this Friday. The EU accounts for only 7% of the world’s population and yet we would need three planets to satisfy our demand if everyone on Earth lived like Europeans. Our planet simply cannot afford Europe’s consumption habits. This is not only unsustainable, it is irresponsible. Despite the urgency, there is no clear plan in sight to reverse this trend. On the contrary, European Council President Charles Miche...
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The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) should have been a game-changer in Europe's quest to tame the titans of cyberspace. However, now that the DMA has come into force, it looks set to stumble into the same pitfalls as past EU endeavours. Brussels has once again cast too wide a regulatory net, strangling competition and innovation and leaving consumers scratching their heads in frustration. The EU hopes cracking down on tech giants, the gatekeepers of our digital world, will open the floodgates to competition, innovation, and better deals for consumers. But history tells a different t...
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Responsible policymakers are informed by evidence, especially in times of uncertainty. To navigate complex trade-offs, deal with unpredictability, and balance the interests of the present, the near- and the far-future, evidence-based strategic foresight is a powerful compass to guide decisions. Used well, Europe’s advanced foresight tools can give it a long-term competitive edge. That’s why it’s so alarming that EU heads of state and government appear to be ready to ignore the wealth of evidence at their disposal, if the leaked priority-setting document for the next five years of the EU instit...
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Earlier in March, Ukraine's national football team defeated Iceland to secure qualification for EURO 2024. The result will see Ukraine compete in European football’s most prestigious competition this summer, facing Belgium, Romania, and Slovakia in the group stage in Germany. Qualifying for the European Championships is significant for any country. But for Ukraine, a country that has been ravaged by Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression for more than two years, playing in the tournament will mean much more. To discuss the significance of Ukraine’s recent achievement, Mark Temnycky spoke with U...
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On several mornings this spring, Brussels' European Quarter woke up to the sound of giant tractors honking loudly, with tonnes of soil and manure dumped around street corners, and bonfires blocking important crossroads. It wasn't exactly the cosy atmosphere that European bureaucrats are used to. This spectacular roadshow was set up by farmers representing small and big farms across Europe to highlight their everyday struggles to make a decent living from their almost 24/7 work shifts to produce our food. Unfortunately, in no time, their legitimate demands for fair incomes got heavily instrumen...
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A predictable pile-on is occurring against the European Court of Human Rights. For some people, it can do no right. But its landmark ruling this week that weak climate policies in Switzerland put older women at greater risk of death from heatwaves is a precedent to welcome — and a warning to governments. To be clear, this is not some vexatious litigants’ charter. The court actually ruled out the right of any one individual to cite climate change — and inaction to remedy it — as a threat to their personal right to life. This week’s decision is about the right of groups of people to enjoy a “hea...
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