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EPP attacks planned CO2 price on gas and heating oil

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 16:12
Several EU countries have urged delaying and watering down ETS 2, which the EPP says justifies the request to redo the calculations.
Categories: European Union

Berlin’s new government pledges support for alternative proteins

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 15:38
Rather unexpectedly, the centre-right bloc's coalition deal with the Social Democrats explicitly states an intention to promote alternative proteins.
Categories: European Union

EU Socialists want patient-friendly response to possible US tariffs on medicines

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 14:54
Nicolás González Casares argues that while public health should remain a "priority", any EU tariffs on US medicines - if considered - should only target US medicines that have a European equivalent.
Categories: European Union

EU clinch deal on first-ever soil law, overcoming pushback from farming lobby

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 14:27
The legislation does not impose new obligations on farmers and foresters and focuses on requiring countries to monitor and improve soil health and resilience.
Categories: European Union

EU countries must show working when defining “safe country” for migrant processing

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 13:31
The EU's top court opined that while national governments can pass laws that label "safe countries" for migrant processing, they must be able to explain how they did so.
Categories: European Union

EU to suspend US tariffs for 90 days

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 12:24
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed the pause.
Categories: European Union

Animals still suffer and die in the name of beauty. Why? [Promoted content]

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 12:00
Cruelty Free Europe responds to the European Commission ahead of an-assessment of the Cosmetics Product Regulation. 12 years after it supposedly banned animal testing for cosmetics, it’s now clear that it is not fit for purpose.
Categories: European Union

Merz’s moon mission? Not so fast

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 11:52
Germany's new government has pledged to put a European on the moon – which might prove too giant a leap.
Categories: European Union

Energy-guzzling AI won’t kill climate, report finds

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 11:19
"Concerns that AI could accelerate climate change appear overstated," the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.
Categories: European Union

‘An important step’: EU breathes in relief at Trump tariff U-turn

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 10:03
Brussels “remains committed to constructive negotiations” with Washington to reduce trade barriers, Ursula von der Leyen said.
Categories: European Union

Wind industry issues ‘Copenhagen Call to Action’ as supply chain gaps threaten EU targets [Advocacy Lab Content]

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 09:04
EU officials have announced new auction resilience criteria, stricter foreign subsidy rules, and an upcoming grids package to support the wind supply chain.
Categories: European Union

Scaling wind power, navigating Europe’s green transition and competitiveness [Advocacy Lab Content]

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 09:03
As Europe pushes to boost competitiveness, the focus is on scaling up renewable energy, such as wind power, and electrifying heavy industries like steel and chemicals. The Clean Industrial Deal aims to drive investment in these sectors, but supply chain...
Categories: European Union

EP vs. cheap Chinese goods, AI Continent launched, AI Act simplification

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 07:59
And fibre optics excluded in EU response to US tariffs, document reveals.
Categories: European Union

Why Merz’s plan to get Germany ‘back on track’ is already derailing

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 07:22
In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Spain moving to deepen ties with Vietnam after tariff shock, a Polish court ordering far-right presidential candidate to retract false claim, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Trump’s tariff pause shifts trade war focus to China, markets rebound

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 07:00
China will see even higher levies.
Categories: European Union

USR party leaders withdraw support for candidate in Romanian presidential election ‘coup’

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 06:39
Several figures of Romania’s opposition USR party are instead now backing the independent mayor of Bucharest.
Categories: European Union

No rules expected on ‘access to land’ in upcoming EU telecommunications’ law

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 06:00
It is also unlikely that the Commission will issue guidance on access to land in 2025.
Categories: European Union

Virkkunen takes aim at AI Act reporting obligations

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 06:00
"It is the credibility of the EU to consumers that is at stake,” said Frederico Oliveira da Silva, deputy head of digital rights at the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC).
Categories: European Union

EU fails to unveil plan for new Ukraine trade framework as deadline nears

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 06:00
Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen has made clear that the next deal will be less generous.
Categories: European Union

How Germany could derail a global pandemic deal

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 06:00
Germany and a handful of countries, such as Denmark and Switzerland, have taken a strict stance on what boils down to a footnote in the agreement's text.
Categories: European Union

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