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EU demand for LNG fell to pre-crisis levels in 2024

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 06:00
Member states collectively spent €36 billion on LNG imports before December 2024, with nearly half of the money going to the US.
Categories: European Union

Polish healthcare workers facing mental health crisis, reveals new report

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 02:45
One in seven Polish healthcare professionals has experienced suicidal thoughts in the past 30 days, sparking calls for urgent systemic mental health support.
Categories: European Union

Dutch cancer patients forced to wait for drug pricing dispute resolution

Tue, 02/18/2025 - 02:34
The Dutch healthcare institute has called out drug manufacturers for allegedly withholding information. A spokesperson for Gilead told Euractiv they already submitted a comprehensive dossier.
Categories: European Union

Trump’s Ukraine envoy ‘clarifies’ what Europe’s seat at the table means

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 20:54
"If you believe there are going to be thirty-three people sitting at the same table (...) in all probability, the answer is no, not at all," Kellogg said.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Now what?

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 19:37
Europe can’t just hold out for four years, hoping for the return of another Biden-like figure.
Categories: European Union

EU shows no ‘sense of urgency’ in taxing novel tobacco products

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 19:24
But member states, health experts, and the traditional tobacco industry itself have called on the Commission to act.
Categories: European Union

Europeans try to muster coalition on Ukraine contributions, but split on peacekeeping troops

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 19:00
Both Poland and Spain have said they would need more assurances before making a decision.
Categories: European Union

Turkey blocks EU-NATO cooperation on military goals

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 18:46
Capability targets are essential to coordinate military build-up across Europe.
Categories: European Union

Legislating workplace AI remains on Commission’s radar

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 18:39
Commission does not exclude AI in the workplace legislation with humans at the centre.
Categories: European Union

WHO calls for tobacco-style cancer labels on alcohol as EU stalls

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 17:05
The WHO's call comes as new figures show that limiting alcohol consumption could prevent one million new cancer diagnoses in Europe by 2050.
Categories: European Union

Berlin gives the nod for slimming down of EU CO2 tariff

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 17:01
Reporting requirements "must be reduced to the minimum that is absolutely necessary."
Categories: European Union

Smaller EU states risk being left behind in critical medicines market, says Belgian MEP Sommen

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 16:34
Belgian MEP Liesbet Sommen spoke with Euractiv about critical medicines shortages, EU Pharma Package progress, and SANT's evolving role.
Categories: European Union

EU’s approach to advanced artificial intelligence – Time for a “CERN for AI”? [Advocacy Lab Content]

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 16:30
On 30 January, Euractiv hosted a discussion on the European Commission’s "CERN for AI" initiative and what a European AI Research Council could look like in practice.
Categories: European Union

Bulgarian government facing renewed pressure to fund biomarker testing

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 16:20
While nearly 30,000 Bulgarians need biomarker diagnostics annually, the state only covers the costs of one biomarker for breast cancer.
Categories: European Union

France to keep regulating power prices

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 15:35
The elimination of the tool would have “negative consequences,” according to the government.
Categories: European Union

Shipping companies push against crop-based biofuels

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 14:55
A Hapag-Lloyd representative said it agreed with environmental NGOs push back against crop-based biofuels.
Categories: European Union

Commission defiant against JD Vance free speech attack

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 14:46
Commission reacts to JD Vance comments on Romanian elections.
Categories: European Union

Trump targets EU shellfish as part of tariff plan

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 14:45
Only Spain and the Netherlands can export shellfish to the US, despite a White House document claiming the EU can export "all the shellfish it wants to America".
Categories: European Union

Postcard from Munich: American carnage

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 07:30
In today's edition of the Capitals, read about the collective European psyche at the 61st edition of the Munich Security Conference, why the Czech President rejects EU army, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Czech President rejects EU Army, backs stronger NATO pillar

Mon, 02/17/2025 - 07:24
His comments were in response to Zelensky’s call to establish EU armed forces.
Categories: European Union

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