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The Common Agricultural Policy continues to encourage high-emission livestock and large-scale monocultural farming. It’s time to make farm subsidies work smarter – and that means addressing inefficiencies from the ground up

Promised package includes sanctions on violent settlers, suspension of trade concessions and a pause in bilateral payments, but major steps need member state approval

Brussels could be heading to the UN General Assembly with a statement of intent rather than the emissions reduction pledge expected of all signatories to the Paris Agreement, according to a Danish compromise proposals discussed on Tuesday.  Diplomats have been unable to settle on the non-binding 2035 climate target, known as a nationally determined contribution […]

Pollution from fossil fuels – burnt as fuel, but also used to produce plastics and other chemicals, is a severe health risk from birth causing diseases from asthma to heart disease and cancer, a new study shows. From air and water contamination to use of plastic products, pollution derived from fossil fuel extraction and use […]

Invocations of urgency and ambition are echoing from the rooftops. The rhetoric is there bu when it will sink in, and the actions it will spur, is another matter

Snus has been banned in the EU since Sweden's accession in 1995

"It's time to deliver," said EU President Ursula von der Leyen in a conference speech on Tuesday, without saying when new guidelines will arrive

Croatia, Portugal, Austria and Slovenia will see big gains at the expense of Germany, Spain and France

Pharmacists blasted Berlin’s reform plans, saying a delayed fee hike puts the survival of many German pharmacies at risk

The EU's executive want to propose a revamp of existing consumer protection enforcement rules so it can handle "big cases"

It is the second time this year that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has to defend her Commission in the European Parliament

Attachés will also raise the ePrivacy Directive in an upcoming working party to address “cookie consent fatigue”

An amendment to the ePrivacy framework could mean fewer websites having to serve cookie pop-ups

Nawrocki’s trip also underlined the difficulties Merz faces in rebuilding close cooperation with Germany’s two biggest neighbours, Poland and France

Draghi said long-term contracts must apply to all renewables and nuclear, while Europe should pool its gas buying power

Influential Italian economist calls for "radical simplification" of GDPR on the one-year anniversary of his landmark report on European competitiveness

The Commission president had announced that she would sign AI “pilot projects” today, but the remarks appear to have been a mistake

The package of measures will likely face resistance from EU governments

Sex education, or sexualisation? Poland is divided on new sexual health school curriculum

In today's edition: Climate action, 2040 target, oil and gas, small modular reactors