Transatlantic relations
Biden’s climate agenda will survive US midterms, expert predicts
Est. 5minAs the dust settles on the US midterm election results, EURACTIV spoke with Claire Healy, the Washington office director of climate think-tank E3G, about the significance of the vote for international climate diplomacy.
Juncker: EU should speak to Russia
Est. 3minIn an exclusive interview he gave to ‘Groupe d’études géopolitiques’, former Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker advocated for the EU to directly engage with Russia, instead of simply relying on Russia-US relations to solve the continent’s security threats.
Michel : Afghanistan is a failure for the international community
Est. 4minEuropean Council President Charles Michel gave a scathing assessment of the recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan in an interview for the French website Le Grand Continent on Wednesday (8 September), pointing out the need for the EU to step up efforts to build its strategic autonomy.
Trade policy must be sustainable or lose public support, says Parliament’s trade chief
Est. 6minEU lawmakers must put sustainability at the heart of the bloc's trade policy or risk losing public support for it, says Bernd Lange. And that means having civil society at its heart, adds the German lawmaker who chairs the European Parliament’s International Trade committee.
Revamped EU-India link could re-balance China ties, Portuguese FM says
Est. 6minRelations between the EU and India, especially in the context of an increasingly influential China, will be the central point of the Portuguese EU presidency, Portugal's Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.
Turkish FM says the EU has ‘over-politicised’ accession negotiations
Est. 6minThe EU has “excessively politicised” the negotiations between Ankara and Brussels, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told EURACTIV’s partner EFE in a written interview, calling on the bloc to take a more positive approach. He reiterated his country's wish …
Dombrovskis: Deep and comprehensive trade deal with the US ‘not feasible’
Est. 8minEuropean Commission executive vice-president, Valdis Dombrovskis, believes that Joe Biden's victory will bring a fresh start to the EU-US relations. But there are limits, as he considers that it would not be feasible to try again to negotiate a deep and comprehensive trade deal like the TTIP, he told EURACTIV in an interview on Wednesday.
Chizhov: Coronavirus cannot diminish the significance of Victory Day
Est. 15minIn a wide-ranging interview, Russian Ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, discussed Victory Day, Russia’s relations with its wartime allies, conspiracy theories about COVID-19, sanctions, disinformation and more.
Crisis is the time for a radical and drastic creativity in governance
Est. 9minEuropeans have started to realise what it means to have an absence of American leadership on the international stage. The “opportunity” that this crisis brings is the emergence of different kinds of leaders, Harvard Kennedy School’s Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook told EURACTIV Slovakia.
GMF President: ‘The coronavirus is accelerating many trends that were there before’
Est. 7minNationalist reactions to the spread of the coronavirus have further worsened already strained transatlantic relations. But GMF President Karen Donfried believes that the pandemic will underline the importance of cooperation. An interview from EURACTIV Germany.
Harari: We will have to choose between uniting humanity and nationalisms
Est. 10min"We are rewriting the rules of the game," Israeli historian and author Yuval Noah Harari told Efe in an interview, warning that "the decisions we make now will have an impact for years and decades and will reconfigure the planet. We will have to choose between uniting humanity or selfishness and nationalisms".
Russia’s EU ambassador: The fall of the Berlin Wall was ‘a victory of common sense’
Est. 19minIn a wide-ranging interview, Russia’s Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov spoke about gas transit talks with Ukraine, NATO and EU enlargement, nuclear arms control, Russia’s sales of the S-400 anti-aircraft system, the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and Brexit.
Chizhov: Washington chose to act unilaterally to abrogate nuclear arms treaty
Est. 16minIn a wide-ranging interview, Russia's Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov, speaks about nuclear arms control, the EU elections and top jobs, the situation in Ukraine, including the MH17, and America's bid to challenge Russian gas.
Yatsenyuk: Azov Sea tensions reveal lack of cooperation between Ukraine and NATO
Est. 13minIn a long-ranging interview, the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk discussed the Azov Sea tensions and the upcoming elections in Ukraine. He reveals that he will probably run next time, giving a chance to Petro Poroshenko to be …
Munich Security Conference chief: ‘Germany only wants to do things without getting wet’
Est. 13minThe head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, spoke to EURACTIV Germany’s media partner “Der Tagesspiegel” about US President Donald Trump, the German free-rider mentality and Europe's lack of pride and self-respect.
Bullmann: ‘No victory for Juncker or Trump, but a breather’
Est. 4minGerman Socialist MEP Udo Bullmann praised the EU and US talks on trade relations. But in an interview with EURACTIV media partner Der Tagesspiegel, he also insisted that "we do not live in a command economy" and warned that the European Parliament will have to be involved with any future talks.
Expert: One Belt One Road can have ‘huge importance’ for Central Asia
Est. 9minKazakhstani political analyst Zhumabek Sarabekov discusses the Skripal poisoning case, the war in Syria, and the geopolitics of Central Asia, including the role of the EU.
Trump’s telecoms regulator: the EU’s ‘complexity’ may cause challenges for 5G
Est. 11minA lot of the debate around net neutrality comes from misinformation but "this baseless fearmongering will simply lose credibility" once it becomes clear that the internet economy has continued to thrive, US telecoms regulator Ajit Pai told EURACTIV on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Moscovici: ‘The credibility of the EU tax haven black list is at stake’
Est. 7minThe EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici is determined to table a digital tax proposal at EU level, despite warnings from the OECD. In an exclusive interview with EURACTIV, he also warns EU countries for failing to publish the commitments made by tax havens to exit the EU’s ‘black list’.
OECD’s Gurría: ‘Don’t jump the gun’ on digital tax
Est. 6minThe OECD will unveil in April its first conclusions on how to tax internet companies. In an exclusive interview with EURACTIV, its secretary general Ángel Gurría expressed concern about the fragmentation of the EU's response, expected in March.
Peace expert: EU’s soft power is most effecive when it is least used
Est. 16minDespite winning the Nobel Peace Prize five years ago, the EU is no longer "a great actor of peace". It should not rush into creating its own army unless the US decides to pull back its troops, Dan Smith told EURACTIV.com in an interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
EU privacy watchdog: Privacy shield should be temporary
Est. 5minEuropean privacy watchdogs have received “a few” complaints about the privacy shield data transfer agreement with the United States since it was brokered one year ago, the EU's top privacy advocate said in an interview.
Energy guru lifts the veil on first Putin-Trump meeting
Est. 11minEXCLUSIVE/ Energy guru Igor Yusufov shared his views with EURACTIV.com on the first bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit, as well as on the global gas and oil business.
Macron: Germany is competitive thanks to eurozone weaknesses
Est. 10minAhead of Thursday’s (13 July) Franco-German Ministerial Council, Friday’s Bastille Day celebrations and Donald Trump’s visit to Paris, President Emmanuel Macron spoke to EURACTIV’s partner Ouest-France about Europe's future, and France’s relations with the US.