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Press release - EP Trade Committee Chair on US tariffs: “Unjustified, illegal and disproportionate”

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 23:23
Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, reacts to the 20% tariff announced by US President Donald Trump tonight.
Committee on International Trade

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Categories: European Union

Press release - EP Trade Committee Chair on US tariffs: “Unjustified, illegal and disproportionate”

Európa Parlament hírei - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 23:23
Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, reacts to the 20% tariff announced by US President Donald Trump tonight.
Committee on International Trade

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

EXCLUSIVE: Italy wants to kill EU push for higher tobacco taxes

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 19:54
Italy rejects a revision of the EU's tobacco taxation directive, according to a letter seen by Euractiv.
Categories: European Union

Renewable carbon needs smarter policy to boost EU’s circular future [Advocacy Lab Content]

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 19:37
Renewable carbon offers a pathway to replace fossil-based resources across industries, from construction and packaging to chemicals and textiles, placing it at the heart of Europe’s circular economy strategy.
Categories: European Union

Sweden’s rising medicine costs spark protests as poorest put at risk

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 19:19
State agency warns that new higher out-of-pocket prices will affect patients and pharmacies, increasing the risk of low-income patients being unable to afford long-term medication.
Categories: European Union

EU hints at measured approach to China, offering to rebalance trade relations [Advocacy Lab Content]

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 19:04
China and the EU aim to resist protectionism while safeguarding the multilateral trade system. Chinese FDI in the EU hit a five-year high of €185 billion last year, nearly matching EU investments in China.
Categories: European Union

Czech rare disease care needs improved coordination, patient group warns

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 18:51
Patients with rare diseases in the Czech Republic often face a fragmented healthcare system, with high-quality medical care available only for some diagnoses.
Categories: European Union

Nigerian pastor acquitted of rape after eight years in South African jail

BBC Africa - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 18:44
Timothy Omotoso was accused of raping several of his congregants in a trial that gripped the country.
Categories: Africa

EU Ocean Pact: MEPs want more than a message in a bottle

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 18:40
The inclusion of an implementing mechanism in the pact is still under discussion
Categories: European Union

'Without sport I'd probably be a criminal' - Olympic champion Tebogo

BBC Africa - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 18:07
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo says he could have turned to a life of crime in Botswana had it not been for sport.
Categories: Africa

The Brief – Pundits are wrong: Le Pen’s conviction is a disaster for the French far right

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 18:05
There's been lots of chatter, and plenty of fear, that the verdict against Marine Le Pen could actually boost her far-right party. But the opposite is more likely.
Categories: European Union

Budget 2026: MEPs urge Commission to allocate more funding to health

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 18:01
Health Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi has promised concerned MEPs that he will find the necessary funds for the EU’s health policies.
Categories: European Union

The Commission’s plan to rescue European fact-checkers

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 18:00
Europe's fact-checking network has urged Meta to avoid repeating the mistakes made by X on community notes.
Categories: European Union

Ex-Shell boss tasked with cleaning up Nigeria's oil sector

BBC Africa - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 17:39
President Tinubu restructures the NNPC, a company which has long struggled with corruption allegations.
Categories: Africa

Biotech Act: The next power struggle between ITRE and SANT

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 17:00
If it happens once, committees' joint control over legislation may spread
Categories: European Union

Manfred Weber reste silencieux face à son adjoint qui traîne le PPE dans la tempête Le Pen

Euractiv.fr - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 16:58
Le trésorier du PPE, François-Xavier Bellamy, a décrit la condamnation de Marine Le Pen comme « un jour très sombre pour la démocratie française ».
Categories: Union européenne

Reciprocal tariffs by US would barely impact German export volume, economists find

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 16:27
German economists modeled the effects of different tariff scenarios on value added by exports to the US.
Categories: European Union

Poland pushes to overhaul ’20th century’ energy security approach

Euractiv.com - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 16:15
"In Poland we always had a knack for speaking about energy security, and we have been banging on about it forever," said Krzysztof Bolesta, deputy energy minister.
Categories: European Union

Press release - New tariffs by the Trump administration: press conference on Thursday at 9.00 CET

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 16:13
The Chair of the International Trade Committee and standing rapporteur for the US, Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), will hold a press conference in Strasbourg on Thursday at 9.00.
Committee on International Trade

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: European Union

Press release - New tariffs by the Trump administration: press conference on Thursday at 9.00 CET

Európa Parlament hírei - Wed, 04/02/2025 - 16:13
The Chair of the International Trade Committee and standing rapporteur for the US, Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), will hold a press conference in Strasbourg on Thursday at 9.00.
Committee on International Trade

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

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