The Right to Repair Europe coalition is looking for a trainee that may help the coordinator of the coalition with community management, communication, policy, and other day-to-day challenges of any international organisation! The position will be 60% with Right to Repair Europe (3 days per week) and 40% with ECOS (2 days per week). About …

„We are looking for a Right to Repair Trainee! Why not you?“ weiterlesen

Blog post by Katrin Meyer (Runder Tisch Reparatur), and Magdolna Molnár (BTU Cottbus) Everyone is talking about the repair vouchers „Saving resources should pay off!“ Last year over 71,000 people, together with the Runder Tisch Reparatur, the Inkota Network, and many other supporting organizations, demanded a repair voucher from the German federal government. In order …

„A comprehensive overview of the current repair incentive systems: repair funds and vouchers“ weiterlesen

This article was written by Rosalie Heens from Repair&Share, with contributions from Thomas Opsomer and Flavie Vonderscher. New on the menu: Repair Index Belgian Style In January Belgium adopted a new law that obliges manufacturers and retailers to provide a repairability index for (certain) household appliances, from 2026. With this initiative, Belgium becomes the second …

„The Belgian repairability index includes the price of spare parts: will the EU level up with this ambition?“ weiterlesen

„Right to Repair Europe“, ein Bündnis aus über 130 Organisationen, begrüßt, dass europäische Verbraucher*innen besseren Zugang zu erschwinglichen Reparaturen für ausgewählte Produkte erhalten, fordert jedoch umfassendere Regeln. Am Donnerstag haben sich die EU-Gesetzgeber auf neue Reparaturvorschriften geeinigt. Das neue Gesetz ist ein großer Fortschritt: Es unterstützt unabhängige Reparaturen und verbessert den Zugang der Verbraucher*innen zu …

„Neue EU-Regeln sollen Reparaturen ausgewählter Produkte erschwinglicher machen; Aktivist*innen drängen auf ein umfassendes Recht auf Reparatur“ weiterlesen

This post was written by Sonja Leyvraz from EEB Last Wednesday, the new Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (ECGT) was finalised. The Right to Repair Europe coalition welcomes this step towards more clarity for consumers, as the law will restrict greenwashing practices and misleading green claims, including claims on reparability and durability …

„New directive to empower consumers – what does it mean for repair?“ weiterlesen