Views: 106With over 80 percent of the EU territory dedicated to agriculture and forestry activities, the EU’s common agricultural policy, becomes a focal part of the member states’ political economies and development. However, the “common policy” needs both structural changes and the so-called generational renewal, coped with adequate financial support for farmers. The new CAP-27 […]
Category: Baltic States’ issues
Massive investment in the European energy infrastructures
Views: 521The EU member states are unanimously joining the Commission proposal to invest about a billion euros to modernise key EU-wide energy infrastructures under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), including provision of financial aid for works and studies for first energy-modernising projects.
Circular economy and resource management: European challenges and perspectives
Views: 375The circular economy’s strategy is among the most vital priorities in the European integration process, which includes the EU-wide economic security, competitiveness and sustainability. Being the integral part of the European socio-economic and political guidance, the circular economy (CE) is closely connected to sustainability and resource management. The article underlines main aspects in the […]
Blue economy: facilities for business in Europe and the world
Views: 390The EU-27 is surrounded by seas and oceans: hence the need to explore the so-called blue economy. Despite its huge value, this kind of economic activity faces a significant investment gap, including perceived risks, uncertain profit margins and regulatory burden. In order to create a resilient and inclusive ocean economy’s options, stakeholders must recognize […]
Danish Presidency in the Council: business community’s recommendations
Views: 371The presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates among the EU member states every six months. During this six-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping to ensure the continuity of the EU’s work in the Council. The Danish Presidency, which starts this July, has already received […]
Air quality in the EU and the world: new data
Views: 601Air pollution represents a great danger and critical threat to both human health and environmental stability. However, the vast majority of population remains unaware of these threats, though respiratory sickness is the second largest threat to health in the EU after cardio-vascular. Data about air quality in the EU-27 and around the world helps […]
Recent infringement decisions concerning the states in the Baltics
Views: 299In its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission pursues legal action against some member states for failing to comply with their obligations under EU law. We have chosen only these decisions that cover various sectors and EU policy areas in the Baltic Sea region; they generally aim to ensure the proper application […]
Renewable hydrogen in accelerating the EU’s green transition
Views: 464The establishment of a binding Union renewable energy target for 2030 was aimed to continue encouraging the development of technologies which produce renewable energy (including hydrogen) and provide certainty for investors. The EU-wide target would leave greater flexibility for the member states to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets in the most cost-effective manner […]
European economy in recent prognoses for 2024-2026
Views: 518According to the recent macro-economic prognoses, the European economy is “slowly recovering”; as inflation continues to ease and private consumption and investment growth pick up. Besides, unemployment is at record low level and growth is set to gradually accelerate over the next two years. However, structural challenges and geopolitical uncertainty heavily impacted the EU-wide […]
European energy union: managing modern challenges
Views: 345In the newly published European “State of the Energy Union Report-2024”, the EU-wide efforts in managing unprecedented challenges in the EU-wide energy policy are described providing the member states with necessary political and regulatory means for pursuing the clean energy transition and laying the foundations for renewed economic growth and competitiveness.