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Commission wants joined-up policymaking; maritime research to get significant boost. No EU policy was ever knowingly undersold. This is certainly true of the integrated...

The EU's first maritime strategy will seek to balance environmental and economic concerns. Jennifer Rankin reports. Europe's seas are an environmental jewel and economic...

The European Commission last June asked Europeans to look out to sea. The EU has 68,000 kilometres of coastline, which border five seas and two oceans. Half of all Europeans...

Environmentalists took an unusually long time to agree their position on the idea of an EU maritime policy. The huge scope of the maritime policy green paper made it harder...

Joe Borg, European commissioner for fisheries and maritime affairs, is looking to the coasts of Europe for maritime policy inspiration. “You are the source of inspiration...

Two MEPs discuss maritime policy

Two MEPs discuss the EU's maritime policy The EU can be a leading player on maritime issues if it realises that this is a global issue, too, says

Nobody knows exactly how much coastal tourism contributes to the EU economy, but holidays by the sea certainly help fill the coffers. The European Commission estimates that...

European Commission officials claim that the maritime strategy could help erase old distinctions between the environment and the economy, promoting both as mutually...

"A source of romance, but also of separation, unknown perils and grief." With their references to Oscar Wilde, Baudelaire and Shakespeare, alongside a flowery description of...

The European Commission on Monday (24 October) will for the first time propose legislation to protect EU oceans and seas. The directive will accompany a 'thematic strategy'...