100% renewables ‘feasible by 2050′ in EU

A report by the European Renewable Energy Council says the EU going completely renewable energy by 2050 is both economically doable and environmentally desirable. Energy will come from solar, wind, as well as geothermal and biomass. Biofuel and EVs will be used increasingly for transportation.

EREC stressed that the technologies required to achieve a [...]

EU plans 20% renewable energy by 2020

Gobbledygook and the European Union

Andy Carling muses on the language of politics, focusing on the impenetrable, deliberately vague verbiage favored by the EU.

Here’s an interesting word; ‘toilettage’. It doesn’t mean what you think, in fact it’s far worse. Toilettage is the process of minutely examining new laws and treaties to make sure there’s no errors in translation [...]

Interview with European Union VP Wallstrom

Commissioner Margot Wallström

This is the first of a two-part podcast with Commissioner Wallström, who has revolutionised the European Union’s strategy for communicating with citizens and has been a bold experimenter in using internet based technologies for putting their message out and encouraging debate between the institutions and citizens.

Whilst her efforts have not always [...]

Europe, Gaza and how the European Parliament works

Chris Davies MEP

We have two excellent interviews with Chris Davies, one of Britain’s most effective Members of the European Parliament and recently nominated as MEP of the Year.

He’s recently visited Gaza, and blogged from there. He’s also known for leaking a report into MEP’s expenses and was recently busted for posessing cannabis as [...]