EU plans ‘comprehensive reform’ of electricity market
The EU plans a "deep and comprehensive" reform of the electricity market to cope with an energy crisis sparked by Russia's war in Ukraine, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has said.
EU chief appeals to members: take in Afghan refugees
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has appealed to European Union states to take in Afghan refugees flown out from Kabul, promising financial support from Brussels
US, EU strike Airbus-Boeing deal, turn to China ‘challenges’
US President Joe Biden and the EU have agreed a long-term truce in the 17-year-old Airbus-Boeing feud, putting aside their own disputes to take on a rising China
EU invites ‘concrete’ US plan on lifting vaccine patents
Europe has passed the ball back to Washington in a debate over Covid vaccine patents, pushing the US for a concrete proposal and a commitment to export much-needed jabs
EU inches closer to Covid certificate for travel
The European Parliament has agreed its position on how a Covid certificate should work, bringing the EU closer to launching a document to open up travel within the bloc
Europe’s Covid recovery fund starts to fall into place
Negotiations were difficult and the plan got off to a slow start, but Europe's huge post-coronavirus recovery fund may make its first payments in July after two important obstacles were passed
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Can ‘health passports’ kickstart global travel?
From digital certificates to "health passports", countries across the globe are hoping to relaunch travel by letting people prove their Covid-free status
Vaccine production must catch up to science: von der Leyen
Europe's race to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines must accelerate to catch up to scientific breakthroughs and outpace emerging variants, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says
Vaccine storm engulfs EU chief von der Leyen
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen faces the deepest political crisis of her mandate so far, under intense fire over delayed vaccine deliveries and the bungled roll-out of export controls
EU chiefs express relief as ‘friend’ replaces Trump
The European Union's top officials express relief that they will again have a 'friend' in the White House as Joe Biden replaces Donald Trump as US president