EU launches green industrial revolution plan
Strategy aims to help EU companies to compete on clean technology with peers in US and China
Frans Timmermans
Coffee pods and tea bags targeted in bid to reduce Europe’s ‘growing mountain of waste’
EU wants products to be industrially compostable as Europe struggles with rising volumes of rubbish
EU countries drove up energy prices by competing for gas, commission vice-president says
Timmermans warns of more difficult winters ahead and expresses disgust at Hungarian efforts to curry favour with Putin
Harsh winter may compel Europe to ration gas, warns International Energy Agency
Soros urges West to defeat Putin ‘to preserve our civilization’
Food crisis knocks climate off top of Davos agenda
Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports ‘a weapon of war’ with global repercussions
Methane emissions from energy sector 70% higher than reported – IEA
Leaks from fossil fuel operations in 2021 equal all the gas used in Europe’s power sector
European Parliament president David Sassoli dies aged 65
Sassoli was hospitalised in December due to abnormal functioning of immune system
Switch to electric motoring could punch €5bn hole in public finances
The revenue implications of shifting away from combustion engines will be significant
What will a less-livable world look like?
Intolerable heat could spread to 19% of the planet by 2070 in a worst-case scenario
Cop26: Pressure builds on EU to get climate deal over the line
Alok Sharma warns ‘window on keeping 1.5 degrees within reach is closing’
Plan to deliver Paris climate goals could be agreed this week, Cop26 hears
European Commission VP says phasing out of fossil fuels needs to make final statement
Surge in energy bill prices inflames EU climate row
Europe Letter: Greens insist spike in gas costs proves the case to speed up transition
Five potential flashpoints in EU’s ambitious climate change plan
Environmental groups claim target shy, while industry views pace of change as too swift
Spectre of ‘gilet jaunes’ backlash haunts EU climate plans
Europe Letter: EU proposes compensation subsidies to quell fears of revolt
EU to unveil landmark plan to reduce carbon footprint
Fit for 55 climate change plan aims to reduce emissions by 55% of 1990 levels by 2030
Provisional deal to overhaul Common Agricultural Policy agreed
Irish farming bodies demand Government secures flexibility on implementation of deal
European airlines step up lobbying against EU climate rules
Ryanair and Aer Lingus members of group pushing case for airlines
The Irish Times view on EU farming talks: Towards a new reality
All hinges on how to reconcile massive subsidies currently weighted in favour of intensive farming with the EU’s new green deal
Cap reform presents myriad difficulties for under-fire Coalition
Government’s best hopes are staked on flexibility it could have on imposing change
McGuinness green label initiative angers environmental groups
Forestry and biomass inclusion leads to calls to reject green investment system
Greta Thunberg takes aim at EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
Europe Letter: Critics say proposed amendments water down climate ambitions
Net-zero economy only possible if nations come together, IEA summit hears
‘I don’t want to be the scold,’ says US climate envoy John Kerry
Global carbon emissions risk rebounding this year, IEA warns
Details of global ‘net-zero’ summit announced in advance of COP26 gathering
Low-cost airlines say EU must include long-haul flights in sustainable fuel move
Ryanair backs move to cut aviation emissions but argues that all carriers must play their part
Brexit way down agenda for European leaders at Brussels summit
Europe Letter: States aim to agree 55% emissions cut and vaccine co-ordination
Community action ‘critical’ to decarbonising society fairly
For climate action to be fast it ‘must be fair’, says Mary Robinson
EU considers move to curb methane emissions
New strategy has major implications for natural gas imports and agriculture
Postponement of UN climate talks can buy time, say environmental groups
Coronavirus scuppers Glasgow meeting but activists say it may lead to better outcome
UK always welcome back in EU after Brexit, says Timmermans
Vice-president of European Commission says Britain ‘unnecessarily damaged’ by Brexit
Leaders remain in disagreement over outcome to UN climate talks
Still pending are details of how to implement pact to avoid catastrophic global warming
Irish climate activist groups urge increase in EU 2030 target
Ireland must support ‘higher 2030 ambitions’ in attempt to avert looming chaos
Europe is at an environmental tipping point, says report
EU agency predicts Europe will not achieve its 2030 environmental goals
Polish judges being targeted with ‘absurd’ disciplinary procedures
Concerns about ‘systemic’ violation of judiciary’s independence
Dutch lead call for European aviation tax to cut emissions
Nine-country coalition unhappy air travel gets away without any tax on fuel
New Brexit deal same as May’s but with tweaks regarding Ireland
Next commission president Ursula von der Leyen circumspect on Commons approval
Member states oppose revised EU emission targets for 2030
Ambition to reach ‘net-zero’ by 2050 is being resisted by a small number of countries
The Irish Times view on the new European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen’s balancing act is quite an achievement
EU leaders congratulate Johnson but signal firm line on deal
Brussels offers to talk but indicates unwillingness to revisit withdrawal agreement
Pat Leahy: Varadkar must prepare to deal with either Boris
It would be in Johnson’s interest to try to tweak the backstop, exit the EU and call an election
Rule of law key focus of European Commission measures
Move aims to complement article 7 as lever against Hungary and Poland interference
Von der Leyen acknowledges bitterness over spitzenkandidat demise
Europe Letter: European Commission president hopes to give MEPs new powers
New European Commission president backs Brexit extension
Ursula von der Leyen in combative form as she appealed to MEPs to back her agenda
Ursula von der Leyen sets out stall ahead of crunch vote
European Commission president-designate on charm offensive in bid to secure top post
Ursula von der Leyen makes presence felt courting MEPs
Europe Letter: European Commission president-in-waiting sees no change in policy on backstop
Thwarted Weber hits out at Emmanuel Macron over EU top job
German politician accuses French president of making common cause with Hungary’s Viktor Orban
The Irish Times view on the EU top jobs: Franco-German power on full display
For Emmanuel Macron, the outcome of this week’s wrangling could scarcely have been better
Poland and Hungary’s issue is with the EU, not Frans Timmermans
Europe Letter: Visegrád Group’s victory in the top jobs race is mainly symbolic
Von der Leyen meets key gender, party and EPP criteria
German defence minister’s nomination by Macron breaks deadlock over top EU jobs
Marathon EU summit on ‘top jobs’ to reconvene amid recriminations
Donald Tusk to put forward new compromise list of possible nominations
Who is in the running for the EU's top jobs?
Europe Editor Patrick Smyth sets the scene and looks at the runners and riders
Horse-trading and deal-making in store as summit fails to fill top EU jobs
Macron says there were ‘too many hidden agendas’
Frans Timmermans not nominated for fear of east-west divisions
Likelihood of rapid accord disappears as EPP sinks deal on commission president
EU court takes stand for fundamental values
Europe Letter: Ruling on Polish state interference a reminder of EU principles and law
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