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The European REACH regulation, which came into force in 2006, suffers from several limitations but has also achieved successes, such as the classification of bisphenol A as a reprotoxic substance. Shutterstock

How does REACH, the EU regulation governing chemical substances, work?

Europe’s regulation on chemicals is imperfect but essential for public health. A reform may streamline processes and increase penalties, but there is concern that lobbying could undermine it.
The headquarters of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Virginia. ajay_suresh/Flickr

Do we need a European DARPA to cope with technological challenges in Europe?

A European DARPA might answer the challenges listed in the 2024 Draghi Report, provided that the governance and management of European innovation programmes are drastically modified.
The EU’s Green Deal aims to ensure that the European Union achieves climate neutrality by 2050, through a comprehensive transition to renewable energies. Maciej Bledowski

Could the EU’s Green Deal provide security benefits?

By reducing Russia’s revenues from the sale of fossil fuels, could the implementation of the EU’s Green Deal promoted contribute to the stabilisation of Europe? Game theory provides insight.
Elderly residents play bingo at a retirement home in the Paris suburbs in March 2021. Christophe Archambault/AFP

How Covid‑19 restrictions really impacted older people’s health across Europe

New research looks at how people perceived the most prominent restrictions and how these perceptions impacted their health.
The mood at the future of Europe conference was more collegiate than that depicted here at Siena Town Hall in a painting that shows city and Germanic forces engaged in combat. Image: Stephen Khan

Research nation: whisper it, Europe still sometimes looks to the UK

Getting into a taxi with a stranger at 11pm could be an awkward experience. The Conversation makes things easier though.
Michel Barnier arrived at Matignon on 5 September 2024, 60 days after the result of the early legislative elections organised following the dissolution of the National Assembly on 9 June. Thomas Samson/AFP

Michel Barnier named French prime minister: ‘Emmanuel Macron just gave the National Rally the keys to the truck’

The appointment of Michel Barnier as prime minister signals an alliance between Emmanuel Macron and the right-wing Les Républicains party as well as shows the National Rally’s position of strength.
The fall of the Berlin wall has not sufficed to erase differences between East and West. Shutterstock

Why German reunification is still a good idea

Thirty years after German reunification, large differences persist between East and West. Although these disparities are concerning, it’s crucial to put them into perspective. Nothing is definitive yet.

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