European Union

Eurozone driven into double-dip recession as COVID takes toll

May 02, 2021 09:16

The Eurozone fell back into recession in the first three months of the year, as a slow vaccination drive and tougher restrictions to stem a third coronavirus wave damaged the region’s economies.
EU asks states to back legal action against AstraZeneca

Apr 25, 2021 09:43

EU capitals have been asked by the European commission to back legal action against AstraZeneca by the end of the week over an alleged breach of its contractual obligations to supply member states with its COVID vaccine.
EU seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine delay

Apr 15, 2021 18:35

The European commission has said it is seeking “urgent clarification” from Johnson & Johnson after the company’s “completely unexpected” announcement that it is delaying the deployment of its coronavirus vaccine across Europe following concerns in the US about a small number of blood clots.
Suez Canal logjam boosts China-Europe rail link

Mar 31, 2021 16:12

New proposals have been made to expand the capacity of the express rail cargo lines between Chinese plants and European nodes and slash not only time but also cost to lure more goods to flow overland from China to Europe. 2020 data from the Suez Canal’s operator shows as much as 80% of the trade between Asia and Europe still flows via the Canal.
Uncertainty over AstraZeneca as Europe protests grow

Mar 26, 2021 16:42

Amid fears of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, European countries have imposed new lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus as case numbers soar across the continent despite governments' vaccination efforts.
EU export ban would delay UK Covid vaccine drive by two months

Mar 23, 2021 14:07

Britain’s Covid vaccine programme faces a two-month delay in the event of an EU export ban, derailing the government’s plans to reopen the economy this summer, an analysis for the Guardian has revealed.
Peace-building suffers during pandemic obsession

Mar 17, 2021 14:15

Evidence suggests that committed foreign aid being redirected from peace-building programs into efforts to deal with COVID-19 is likely to have even more of an impact on the ground than a decrease in foreign aid. A further reduction in funding and troops for UN peacekeeping missions is also likely.
Vaccine passports a cause for hope and concern

Mar 15, 2021 16:17

Disparities along income and racial lines have persisted in vaccination campaigns. For example, in the United States Black Americans have received the vaccine at half the rate of white Americans, and the disparity is even larger for Hispanic Americans.
NATO’s expanding role hides the reality of a US empire in decline

Mar 08, 2021 10:27

While a great deal of attention has been paid to the optics of unifying NATO under new, more inclusive American leadership, the harsh realities of the policy priorities pushed by Lloyd Austin, Biden’s Secretary of Defense, and their underlying economics, point to a weakened US looking to further exploit a European military alliance for the purposes of propping up an America in decline.
This obscure energy treaty is the greatest threat to the planet you’ve never heard of

Mar 05, 2021 20:28

Investigate Europe revealed that the EU, the UK and Switzerland could be forced to pay more than €345bn in ECT lawsuits over climate action in the coming years. This amount, which is more than twice the EU’s annual budget, represents the total value of the fossil fuel infrastructure that is protected by the ECT, and was calculated using data gathered by Global Energy Monitor and Change of Oil International.