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EU members fail to back supply chain audit law
European Union countries blocked at a late stage on Wednesday a proposed law requiring large companies in the bloc to check if their supply chains use forced labour or cause environmental damage, according to Reuters.…
Europe needs to ramp up defenses to threats, von der Leyen warns
Ukraine’s allies should consider using profits from frozen Russian assets to buy weapons for Kyiv, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, warning Europe must prepare for the risk of a wider war,…
Asylum applications in EU at highest level since 2015/16 crisis
Asylum applications in the European Union jumped 18% to 1.14 million in 2023, the highest level since the 2015-2016 migrant crisis, data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed on Wednesday, according…
EU Parliament passes nature law despite political backlash
The European Parliament approved an EU flagship law to restore nature on Tuesday, salvaging at least part of its plans to protect the environment after farmers’ protests ignited a backlash, according to Reuters. …
EU’s toughest ESG proposal revived as Italy considers backing it
European Union member states will make a new push Wednesday to win agreement on the bloc’s strictest ESG law this week in a last-minute deal aimed at bypassing German objections, Bloomberg reports. Belgium, which…
PM Ciolacu meets Greek ambassador, stressing constructive dialogue within EU and NATO
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stressed during the meeting at the Governmental Palace on Monday with Greek ambassador in Bucharest Lili Evangelia Grammatika that the friendship between Romania and Greece is reflected…
EU members clash over efforts to centralize markets supervision
European Union finance ministers are clashing over options to unify the supervision of national capital markets as the bloc is trying to bring closer the diverging systems to spur private investment for priorities…
Ciolacu: Let no more people die on the front in Ukraine and afterwards economies recover
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu declared on Friday evening, in Targu Mures, that Romania was affected economically due to the war in Ukraine, just like the entire world economy, but he hopes solutions will be found…
Iohannis: Ukraine's future lies in the European Union
President Klaus Iohannis says Romania will continue its support for Ukraine as long as it takes and the country's efforts to integrate with the European family. "We mark 2 years since Ukraine tirelessly fights…
Romanian students have a strong sense of European belonging (study)
Romanian students have a strong sense of European belonging, according to the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2022 report, which was released Thursday by the International Association…
Romania, sole EU country signing with Japan a cooperation Declaration in justice, minister Gorghiu says
Minister Alina Gorghiu announced on Thursday on her Facebook page that she signed a Declaration of cooperation in the field of Justice with Japan, Romania being the only country in the European Union that initialed…
EU strikes deal to strengthen air quality standards
The European Parliament and EU member states reached a deal late on Tuesday to strengthen air quality standards across the 27-nation European Union, they said in a statement, according to Reuters. The new rules…
PNL's Ciuca: EPP must remain the biggest political force in the EU after elections
The European People's Party (EPP) must remain the largest political force in the European Union also after the June elections, Romanian Senate Chairman Nicolae Ciuca, national leader of the National Liberal Party…
Polish farmers to step up protests with total blockade of Ukrainian border
Polish farmers will step up protests on the border with Ukraine on Tuesday, blocking almost all traffic in what they say is a bid to save their livelihoods but which Kyiv says is damaging its war effort, according…
China ready to work with EU to uphold free trade, multilateralism, foreign minister says
China is ready to work with the European Union to uphold free trade, practice multilateralism, and promote an equal and orderly multi-polar world and inclusive economic globalisation, its foreign minister said…
EU industry calls for green shift help to keep up with China, US
The heads of major industrial companies want the European Union to cut energy costs and the regulatory burden of green rules to help the region stay competitive as the energy transition accelerates, Bloomberg reports. …
Senate's head Ciuca has visited European Union Satellite Centre in Spain
The president of the Senate, Nicolae Ciuca, visited, on Monday, the Satellite Centre of the European Union in Spain, an institution led by a Romanian, Sorin Ducaru, mentioning that he conveyed to the Romanian professionals…
President Iohannis: I hail CDU's decision to propose Ursula von der Leyen for new term at EC
President Klaus Iohannis on Monday hailed the decision of the German political entity Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) to propose Ursula von der Leyen for a new term as president of the European Commission. "I…
Von Der Leyen seeks new EU term amid Ukraine and US challenges
Ursula von der Leyen has told her party she will seek a second mandate to lead the European Union’s executive arm, as the bloc struggles with challenges from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the possible return…
Romania supports adoption of new package of sanctions against Russia
Romania supports the adoption of a new package of sanctions against Russia, enforced by the European Union, declared, on Sunday, for AGERPRES, the minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminita Odobescu. The head of Romanian…
Lanes for EU-registered vehicles to become functional at check points in Romania
Lanes for vehicles registered in the European Union will become functional at several checkpoints in Romania, according to Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. "Today, we are meeting one of the essential requests of…
EduMin Deca: Education is the only long-term sustainable way to stop antisemitic incidents
Education is the only long-term sustainable way in which anti-Semitic incidents can be stopped, according to Education Minister Ligia Deca. She says that the resurgence of and anti-Semitic incidents and rhetoric…
EU puts water resilience plan on hold as drought grips Spain, Italy
Brussels has shelved a plan to boost the European Union’s resilience against droughts and floods, just as the bloc’s southern regions battle water shortages before it’s even spring, according to Politico. In September,…
China opposes ‘illegal sanctions’ after proposed EU trade curbs
China said it firmly opposes “illegal sanctions” in a response to the European Union’s proposal to impose trade restrictions on three Chinese firms as part of efforts to hobble Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine,…
Labour minister signs EU's roadmap for social economy
Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity Simona Bucura Oprescu signed the European Union's roadmap for social economy in Liege, the ministry said on Tuesday.According to a post on the Facebook page of the Ministry…
Closer Turkey-EU relations must come through us, says Cyprus
Closer relations between Turkey and the European Union are contingent on Turkish engagement in solving the decades-old partition of Cyprus, the EU country’s president said on Monday, according to Reuters. Turkey…
PM Ciolacu, about Putin's interview with Tucker Carlson: I understand manipulation that dictator Putin is doing
Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Friday, in Constanta, that when Romania joined the European Union it concluded agreements on territorial sovereignty and said that he understood "the manipulation that dictator…
EU threatens Portugal with sanctions over conservation failings
The EU Commission started legal proceedings against Portugal at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Wednesday in two individual cases for its alleged failure to comply with a ruling on the conservation…
MEP Negrescu: Hopefully, Romania takes advantage of the opportunity to voice its expectations at EU level
The speech that President Klaus Iohannis will give on Wednesday to the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg is an opportunity for Romania to strengthen what it has set to at the level of the…
MEP Siegfried Muresan says merging elections is not seen negatively at European level
MEP Siegfried Muresan says merging elections is not seen negatively at European levelMerging European elections with local elections "is not something seen negatively at the European level", but is "a usual practice…