Articles by lux-editor

3rd April 2021

130.000 sheep from Romania expected to die due to the Suez bottleneck

You might think the Suez crisis is over, but not for the hundreds of thousands of live animals which are still trapped in the Suez crossing, animals that are now running out of food and water. There are a total of over 200.000 live animals coming from Colombia, Spain, and more than half from Romania which have not yet [...]

3rd April 2021

BGL BNP Paribas reports 15% profit growth

Luxembourg’s largest bank, BGL BNP Paribas, reported consolidated net profit of €398.3m last year, an increase of [...]

2nd April 2021

Mercosur trade deal threatens to wreck EU’s climate credibility

To pass the EU-Mercosur deal in its current state would set an horrific precedent for future trade deals currently under negotiation and fly in the face of the EU’s landmark Green Deal, write Laurence Tubiana and Ani [...]

24th March 2021

Bütikofer says China has miscalculated

In response to the decision by EU foreign ministers this morning (22 March) to sanctions imposed on four Chinese nationals and one entity linked to the persecution of the Uyghur minority in Xiangjiang province, China has announced retaliatory sanctions for ten individuals and four entities. One of those listed is [...]

24th March 2021

Greece, Cyprus frown at ‘too many carrots’ in draft EU declaration on Turkey

A common EU declaration on Turkey currently under discussion ahead of the EU summit on 25-26 March “does not reflect” the balanced approach of EU top diplomat Josep Borrell recent report on the future of EU-Turkey relations, Athens and Nicosia have [...]

22nd March 2021

Companies should be held accountable for their actions, say MEPs

MEPs want a new EU law to ensure companies are held accountable when their actions harm people and the planet. On 8 March MEPs debated a report by the legal affairs committee on corporate accountability. The report calls on the European Commission to come up with a law obliging EU companies to address aspects of their [...]

20th March 2021

EU anti-racial policy should align with the EU Roma inclusion policy

The first EU Anti-racism summit is taking place today (19 March). It is a new EU platform that is going to unite and amplify the voice of racial justice movements in Europe, including the Roma rights movement, writes Marek Szilvasi, Team Manager with the Public Health Program of the Open Society [...]

20th March 2021

The EU can put trust back into online commerce

A new report says Covid vaccine scammers are targeting social media users, which is a frustrating but inevitable development. We’ve come to expect fraud to flourish online. Not so in the real world — when we walk into a shop, we can be fairly sure the goods on sale are safe and legitimate. If not, at least we or [...]

15th March 2021

European Battery Alliance: Ministerial meeting on progress and future actions

On 12 March, the Commission held the 5th Ministerial Meeting under the European Battery Alliance. Vice President Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioners Thierry Breton, Nicolas Schmit and Elisa Ferreira, as well as the European Investment Bank Vice-Presidents Ambroise Fayolle and Thomas Östros attended the event alongside [...]

15th March 2021

Hong Kong: EU report highlights alarming political deterioration

The European Commission and the High Representative have today reported on political and economic developments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region during the year 2020. The annual report highlights that Hong Kong experienced a further severe erosion of its high degree of autonomy, democratic principles and [...]

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