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The Brief – Huawei is not the issue

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 19:02
At a time when Brussels should be applying maximum pressure on Moscow, the continent’s leaders have once again allowed themselves to be manipulated by Europe’s most corrupt politician.
Categories: European Union

Why the EU could hang Canada out to dry

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 16:43
Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium could see billions of dollars' worth of Canadian metals being redirected and dumped on Europe. Could this spark a second transatlantic trade war?
Categories: European Union

Europeans living longer than ever

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 16:37
Europeans are living longer than ever, but a persistent east-west divide remains on the continent.
Categories: European Union

Ireland welcomes Draghi-infused Critical Medicines Act

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 15:46
Critical Medicines Act gets warm reception in Ireland. Industry says policy solutions must be targeted, evidence-based, and aligned with international commitments.
Categories: European Union

Meet the green policy wonks in Germany’s Christian Democrats

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 15:19
Merz promised a "great leap forward" in climate protection in parliament. Now he brings out his party's climate geeks to deliver.
Categories: European Union

Nutri-score needs correction, says French agriculture minister

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 15:06
“Too often, our local products, which bear a quality label, are unfairly penalised," said French Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard.
Categories: European Union

Norway to be ‘fully integrated’ member of EU’s secure communications, industry minister says

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 14:44
Euractiv sat down with Norwegian Minister Cecilie Myrseth, responsible for space policy, to discuss Oslo joining the EU’s pooled satellite capacity programme Govsatcom and IRIS2.
Categories: European Union

Downgrading wolf protection is slippery slope for EU nature laws, says animal rights group [Advocacy Lab Content]

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 14:36
Opening the Habitats Directive for wolves amendment could break the floodgates. Member states are urged to improve compensation bureaucracy.
Categories: European Union

German parties strike deal to pass historic debt-funded investment package

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 14:27
Aid for Ukraine will now be exempt from German budget rules under a deal cut in Berlin to pass a massive debt-backed infrastructure and military spending package.
Categories: European Union

EU countries team up to urge softer hydrogen production rules

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 14:27
Rules due to come into effect in 2028 "should be postponed until a fully functional hydrogen market is established," four EU countries argue. 
Categories: European Union

McGrath confirms SME-focused GDPR revision plans

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 14:10
The Commission had already announced the GDPR would be part of a simplification review of digital laws.
Categories: European Union

EU member states agree to tariff hike on Russian fertilisers, agri-food imports  

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 13:09
Higher European tariffs on Russian fertilisers and agri-food products could apply as soon as this summer after EU ambassadors greenlit a proposal on Friday.
Categories: European Union

Greece’s Mitsotakis reshuffles government as public opinion turns against him

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 12:15
Still, the future of Greek politics remains bleak.
Categories: European Union

Germany’s outgoing government says country ‘en route’ to hit 2030 climate goal

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 11:59
"It will be the future federal government's job to continue investing in the transformation", said Germany's outgoing Green vice-chancellor, Robert Habeck.
Categories: European Union

EU countries back compromise on new gene-editing rules for crops

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 11:51
Currently, these technologies are subject to the EU’s strict GMO regulation, making their commercialisation in the bloc nearly impossible.
Categories: European Union

Swedish energy minister Busch set to chair next Nuclear Alliance meeting

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 11:47
The alliance is typically convened by France on the sidelines of EU energy ministers’ Council meetings in Brussels.
Categories: European Union

Hungary drops veto on EU’s Russia sanctions rollover after several oligarchs de-listed

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 11:22
Mikhail Fridman, whom Budapest had initially sought to remove, remains on the sanctions list.
Categories: European Union

Belgian police target Huawei, European Starlink alternatives, DSA systemic risks

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 10:30
Around 15 current and former MEPs are suspected of taking bribes from the Chinese firm Huawei.
Categories: European Union

Merz’s investment plans remain in limbo as Greens decline compromise offer

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 07:07
In today's edition of The Capitals, read about the number of Italian spyware victims likely being far higher than previously stated, Hungary maintaining its veto against the rollover of Russia sanctions as talks continue, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Slovak president, experts and opposition slam official for vaccine hoaxes

Fri, 03/14/2025 - 06:54
The MP leading a government review of resource management has even questioned whether Slovakia ever had a pandemic.
Categories: European Union

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