MEPs have voted on regulating markets in crypto assets (MiCA) and the carbon footprint of cryptocurrency. Eero Heinäluoma, MEP and S&D negotiator on crypto assets, said, “Cryptocurrency uses up as much energy as electric cars do. Bitcoin mining alone consumes more energy than countries the size of Austria or Portugal. With such a heavy carbon footprint,…
A week ago, it would have been hard to believe that the Kremlin would ever backtrack. A country in the geographical centre of Europe was about to fall in a matter of days under the onslaught of the second most powerful army in the world. But that has not happened. Instead, the aggressor has been…
The European Union says it has reached a major milestone in the implementation of the InvestEU programme with the signature of the Guarantee and Advisory Hub Agreements between the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF). The InvestEU programme is a key pillar of the European Union’s largest ever…
The Socialists and Democrats are hosting an event in Saarbrücken, Germany, on cross-border work later this week. Anke Rehlinger, Saarland’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Transport, and Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, will deliver keynote speeches. S&D Group leader Iratxe García; SPD-MP Secretary General Christian Petry; head of the SPD delegation in the European Parliament Jens Geier;…
The EU needs to reassess the priorities of its industrial policy in light of the pandemic and the conflict on Europe’s eastern border: this is what emerged from a conference hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The Conference, titled “A sustainable future for European industry”, was organized in cooperation with the European…
From 2 to 5 June, everyone in the UK will come together and celebrate the Queen’s 70 year reign, with an extended Bank Holiday. To celebrate this unprecedented anniversary, events and initiatives will take place throughout the country and it will provide an opportunity for people on this side of the channel to also join in the…
The mobilisation of one person symbolises the mobilisation of the nation! The brutal war treacherously unleashed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has continued for a twelfth day. The Ukrainian army, despite lagging behind Russia in material and human support, has so far managed to inflict a tactical defeat on the invader and thwart their…
We ask you to celebrate all women across the world today on the occasion of International Women’s Day, and to spare a special thought for all women serving in the armed forces.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the nongovernmental organization (NGO) the Foundation of Women’s Rights Promotion and Development (FWRPD) are jointly holding Taiwan Gender Equality Week (TGEW) for a third year running. The timing of the programme again corresponds with the annual meeting in March of the UN…
Modern Putinism is based on an attempt to establish Russia as one of the centres of the “multipolar world” in order to give Moscow the status of the third Rome, the “world pole of good”, based on the “great Russian spirituality”. Under the dense cover of this myth, which is tirelessly reproduced by Russian propaganda,…
