The European Commission has released its 2019 edition of the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard. It shows that the overall gap in consumer conditions is narrowing between the different regions of the EU; that consumers are more aware about their environmental footprint; and that consumer rules enable trust in the marketplace. Main findings Amid growing awareness of […]
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The European Commission refers Spain to the Court of Justice for its rules on the compensation for damages incurred by private partie
The European Commission decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the EU regarding Spanish rules on compensation for damages caused by the State when adopting legislation contrary to Union law Following complaints received about certain Spanish provisions regulating the compensation for damages caused by legislative acts that are in breach of Union […]
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How to improve air quality by controlling traffic
Concentrations of the harmful NO2 pollutant across 30 major European cities could be reduced by up to 40% with the right traffic policy measures, according to JRC scientists. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in Europe. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) alone was responsible for 68,000 premature […]
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Find out more about the new European Commission
After the process of hearings to the commissioners, the plenary session of the European Parliament on Wednesday approved the new European Commission. The new Commission received 461 votes in favor, 157 against and 89 abstentions The president and her team of commissioners will take office on December 1, for five years The European Parliament evaluated […]
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Slight rise in electricity prices, gas prices stable
In the first half of 2019, average household electricity prices in the European Union (EU) increased slightly compared with the first half of 2018 (€20 per 100 kWh), standing at €21 per 100 kWh. Average gas prices in the EU were stable and stood at €6 per 100 kWh in the first half of 2019. […]
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European Space Week 2019
Preparations are already well underway for European Space Week 2019, which this year will take place in Helsinki, in the Finnish capital on December 3-5. The week will be packed full of events ranging from discussions and conference sessions, to the E-GNSS User Assembly, and much more. This year’s European Space Week will focus on […]
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EU becomes member of treaty for better protection of geographical indications
The official documents for the European Union to become a member of the Geneva Act were deposited at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva. This is the last step for the EU to become a member of the Geneva Act, a multilateral treaty for the protection of geographical indications (GIs) managed by the […]
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EU budget for 2020: Council endorses deal with Parliament
The Council has approved the deal reached with the European Parliament last week on the 2020 EU budget. If the agreement is also confirmed by the Parliament on Wednesday, the EU budget for 2020 is adopted. Support growth and the competitiveness Next year’s budget will continue to support growth and the competitiveness of the European […]
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Seeking answers to the great questions of the Universe
The ANGRAM project studied a new method for more efficiently detecting antimatter in order to help resolve questions like why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe and how antimatter falls. Antimatter fuels unanswered questions about the universe, which EU project ANGRAM set out to probe, trialling a new method for detecting antimatter, and […]
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