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EU pharma boss urges for unity, avoid vaccine trade war

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 19:05
The European Commission, EU governments, and pharmaceutical companies should tone down the ongoing vaccine row and focus on one objective: to quickly manufacture vaccines for as many people as possible, the EU pharma boss, Nathalie Moll, told EURACTIV in an interview.
Categories: European Union

EU tightens controls on vaccine exports, leaves door open for bans

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 18:47
On the back of increasing tensions with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, the European Commission launched a scheme to monitor exports of vaccines on Friday (29 January), leaving the door open to reject exports of vaccines produced in the EU as it sees fit.
Categories: European Union

Bulgarian fraudsters use fake Stallone passport as ad

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 18:19
A Bulgarian criminal gang used a fake passport in the name of the Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone to advertise its counterfeiting services to potential clients, prosecutors said Friday (29 January).
Categories: European Union

EU regulator approves AstraZeneca jab also for the +65

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 18:12
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Friday (29 January) welcomed the European Union regulator's approval of its coronavirus vaccine, although the two groups remain locked in a dispute over its supply.
Categories: European Union

Agrifood Brief: Red meat, alcohol under fire in EU cancer plan

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 17:31
Welcome to EURACTIV’s AgriFood Brief, your weekly update on all things Agriculture & Food in the EU. You can subscribe here if you haven’t done so yet.   This week:  we speak with Tassos Haniotis, director of strategy, simplification and policy...
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Lessons from the EU’s vaccine acrimony

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 16:40
What European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described as ‘Europe’s moment’ in December, referring to COVID-19 vaccine deals, could very well go down as ‘Europe’s mess’ in January. EU officials know that a lot is at stake if they...
Categories: European Union

Social conditionality set to be sticking point in CAP negotiations

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 16:23
EU agriculture ministers have voiced concern over the inclusion of social conditionality in the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the EU's farming subsidies programme, while stakeholders warn that this must not be forfeited in favour of clinching a quick deal.
Categories: European Union

Johnson and Johnson adds to COVID-19 vaccine arsenal with 66% efficacy in global trial

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 16:18
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday (29 January) that its single-dose vaccine was 66% effective in preventing COVID-19 in a large global trial against multiple variants which will give health officials another weapon to tackle the coronavirus.
Categories: European Union

‘Still much work to do’ with China after investment deal, says Commission

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 15:50
Despite a recent investment agreement reached with Beijing, there is still “much work to do” to rebalance the EU-China trade and overall economic relations, the European Commission said on Friday (29 January).
Categories: European Union

AstraZeneca obligation to supply EU with UK-made vaccines exposed

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 15:33
The European Commission's contract with AstraZeneca to supply COVID-19 vaccines includes Britain along with the EU as places where the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker should make its best efforts to manufacture its vaccines for the EU.
Categories: European Union

US plans to end fossil fuel finance overseas, mirroring EU

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 15:23
US President Joe Biden has pledged to end public funding of ‘carbon-intensive’ fossil fuel projects overseas, bringing America in line with EU plans. However, the wording may leave the door open to gas, writes EURACTIV's media partner, Climate Home News.
Categories: European Union

Global Europe Brief, powered by Facebook: Where is the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy?

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 14:25
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU in the global perspective. In this week's edition more on Russia sanctions, Portuguese presidency priorities and
Categories: European Union

Indoor v Outdoor – What does future hold for hospitality sector?

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 14:11
The COVID crisis has hit economies hard but it is also providing the foodservice industry and the hospitality sector a chance to test new ways to engage customers, taking into account how their eating habits are changing.
Categories: European Union

Rail sector posts multi-billion euro losses amid pandemic in 2020

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 12:52
European rail companies lost a staggering €26 billion in 2020 as the COVID-19 epidemic took a heavy toll on passenger and freight revenues across the continent, boding ill for 2021, designated to be the 'European year of rail'.
Categories: European Union

A reflection on ethics in the digital world [Promoted content]

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 12:00
Ethics is a concept that is sufficiently difficult to grasp even absent the rigours and dynamics of the current digital world. How then do we safeguard it, while ensuring the digital ecosystem thrives?
Categories: European Union

Digital Brief, powered by Facebook: Digital Tax, EU drone surveillance, data week

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 11:50
Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.  “It is now time to get agreement on how to tax digital businesses.“ – German Federal Minister of Finance Olaf...
Categories: European Union

EU security, defence missions in Africa do not translate into ‘real political influence’, says minister

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 11:47
The financial efforts and missions of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in Africa do not translate into "real political influence", Portugal's defence minister, João Gomes Cravinho, argued on Thursday (28 January).
Categories: European Union

The best basis for re-setting EU-US relations

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 11:30
What’s the quickest win for the Biden Administration and Europeans looking to turn a page after years of turmoil?  Daniel S. Hamilton has the answer: settle the Boeing-Airbus dispute.
Categories: European Union

Carbon-neutrality: How can the EU and China co-operate to lead global climate change efforts?

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 11:06
Climate change can only be tackled effectively with a global approach in a multilateral framework.The EU wants to work closely with China to deploy a 'climate diplomacy' to share efforts with the rest of the world, especially with the biggest emitters.
Categories: European Union

MEP: Commission’s bureaucrats ‘completely failed’ COVID-19 vaccine handling

Fri, 01/29/2021 - 08:55
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides have “completely failed” in the way they handled the COVID-19 vaccine contracts with the pharmaceutical industry, MEP Dimitirs Papadimoulis has said.
Categories: European Union

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