De artikelen die ik voor EUobserver schrijf, verschijnen normaal gezien alleen online. Drie keer per jaar publiceert het Brusselse nieuwsmedium echter ook een gedrukt tijdschrift en sinds dit jaar voer ik de redactionele coördinatie daarvan uit. Voor de zomer verscheen het Business in Europe magazine van EUobserver, met als thema de deeleconomie. Het is online te lezen en als pdf te downloaden. Afgelopen maand verscheen het jaarlijkse Regions & Cities magazine. Het thema deze keer was de strijd om de twee EU-agentschappen die binnenkort Londen moeten verlaten. Dat was een goede aanleiding om eens te kijken naar het systeem van gedecentraliseerde agentschappen, verspreid over het continent. Dat magazine is hier te lezen.
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Dutch elections
The past month I have published several articles for EUobserver about the Dutch elections, which will be held tomorrow (15 March). Here is a selection:
A guide to Dutch elections: how the system works
Dutch election: EU’s most unpredictable vote
Dutch election: Christian Democrat would bin Ukraine treaty
Dutch MPs look set to approve Ukraine treaty
Nexit could pop up in Dutch election campaign
Dutch choose late election result to avoid hacking risk
Dutch MP candidates promise not to do their job
Dutch anti-establishment MPs want other EU, but lack plans
Green ex-MEP: Tell Dutch full sovereignty isn’t coming back
Populism is ‘nothing new’, says Rotterdam mayor
Dutch parties woo older voters
Dieselgate
Since April, I have been carrying out an investigation for EUobserver about Dieselgate. I have followed all hearings by the special inquiry committee of the European Parliament, and wrote a range of investigative articles. You can find most of them at euobserver.com/dieselgate or see a selection below:
On-road emissions tests: How EU failed to change to the fast lane
One year on: Dieselgate keeps getting bigger
How the car industry won the EU’s trust
How carmakers were allowed to bend the law
Dieselgate shows weakness of EU federalism-lite
Car makers caught out on dodgy EU claim
Leaked memo: EU commissioner ignored car emissions warnings
Verheugen went off-script in VW cheat testimony
EU encouraged car industry to cheat, French report says
Local elections to test Merkel on refugees
Three German states will hold elections on Sunday. Regional themes are overshadowed by the refugee crisis, and a breakthrough for anti-immigration party AfD looms.
Continue reading at EUobserver.
EU and 195 countries adopt Paris climate accord
For the first time in the history of mankind, the world’s countries, on Saturday evening (12 December) in Paris, committed to fighting climate change by adopting a fully global climate treaty. After two weeks of talks in a conference centre in a suburb of the French capital, French foreign minister Laurent Fabius asked the plenary session of the United Nations climate conference if it wished to adopt the Paris Agreement.
Continue reading at EUobserver.
Will EU renew $1.25bn deal with tobacco firm PMI?
A ‘landmark’ agreement with tobacco company PMI was supposed to bring down cigarette smuggling. But it is very difficult to estimate the success of the deal, which is up for renewal in 2016.
Continue reading four-part investigation at EUobserver.
EP sticks to compromise rules on roaming and net neutrality
The European Parliament on Tuesday (27 October) decided to stick with a compromise deal on roaming surcharges and Internet rules, giving it final approval, rather than risk reopening lengthy negotiations by adopting changes to the proposed legislation.
Continue reading at EUobserver.
Wanted: Dutch backyards to build wind turbines
EU member state are obliged to increase their renewable energy reliance. But the construction of wind turbines near residential areas in the Netherlands is being met with fierce resistance. Read more at EUobserver.
EU court to classify Uber: taxi or information company?
A Spanish judge has asked the Court of Justice of the European Union to determine if Uber is a taxi company or an information service, and if a ban of its app was legal. Read more at EUobserver.
Belgium asks for solidarity to prevent electricity blackouts
As Belgium struggles to keep the lights on this winter, even the penguins and sea-lions will be doing their bit to help. Read more at EUobserver.
Peter Teffer 