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The Brief – A scoop with Taylor Swift

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 16:20
There is a lot of talk these days about how much pop megastar Taylor Swift could influence US politics. Some even say she could be the kingmaker.
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European Parliament approves digital registration for MEPs attendance

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 16:06
The European Parliament will replace the manual registration of lawmakers' attendance with a system based on scanning their badges and, on a voluntary basis, fingerprints, according to document about a bureau meeting on Monday (5 February), seen by Euractiv. 
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The EU’s 2040 climate targets and strategy must prioritise farmers

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 16:06
The EU is already struggling to meet its 2030 climate and energy targets, so it needs to put farmers as well as the social and environmental benefits first in order to project itself forward to 2040, write Zsolt Lengyel and Erica Johnson.
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The future of the European Green Deal: ‘Competitive Sustainability’

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 16:00
The approach of 'competitive sustainability' is key to understanding how a measure of competitiveness is needed in the new global context marked by massive US green subsidies and an aggressive industrial strategy from China, writes Martin Porter.
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Winning strategy: Why the time is right to invest in Ukrainian FinTech

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 15:30
With IT innovations and financial technologies expected to be an important part of Ukraine's reconstruction, foreign investors should grab the opportunity early on, writes Maksym Koretskiy.
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EU kicks off debate on 2040 climate goal on way to net-zero emissions

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 15:00
The European Commission presented its recommendations for the EU’s 2040 climate target on Tuesday (6 February), arguing for a 90% cut in emissions compared to 1990, and paving the way for carbon capture technology to abate remaining emissions from industry.
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EXCLUSIVE: Germany poised to repeat blockade on combustion engine ban for trucks

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 14:36
After initially signalling agreement, Germany will surprisingly abstain from another EU transport law, an industry source told Euractiv, as the liberal FDP party is blocking the agreement to the proposed new CO2 standards for trucks.
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EU broadband law: agreement reached on intra-EU call abolition in 2029, voluntary tacit approval

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 12:53
Representatives of the EU Council, Commission, and Parliament agreed on a compromise text of the Gigabit Infrastructure Act: the tacit approval remains a voluntary principle while the abolition of intra-EU communication 'surcharges' is set for 2029-2032. 
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Von der Leyen to withdraw the contested pesticide regulation

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 12:27
In a major blow to the EU's Green Deal and Farm to Fork framework, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday (6 February) that she will withdraw the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR), which sought to halve pesticide use by 2030.
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Transport Brief: The final stretch of legislative work in Brussels

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 10:48
As we move closer to the European elections in June, work on legislation in Brussels is slowly coming to an end. This week, the European Parliament and EU countries are holding multiple negotiations, known as 'trilogues', to close deals before the EU-wide ballot.
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EU to unveil 2040 climate targets in political tightrope act

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 09:06
The EU on Tuesday unveils its climate targets for 2040 and a roadmap for the next stage of its energy transition, four months before European elections and with the bloc reeling from a farmer revolt against green reforms.
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Scholz brings to Washington EU’s Ukraine aid example

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 08:14
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will try to build on the momentum from Europe's success in agreeing new aid for war-torn Ukraine when he heads to Washington this week, where President Joe Biden is struggling to overcome opposition to a US package.
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France and Germany ‘agree to disagree’ on EU-Mercosur deal

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 07:47
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Fidesz party boycotting a parliamentary session called by the opposition to vote on Sweden’s accession to NATO, the Czech media landscape shifting as Babiš’s sells his media house, and so much more.
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Political gridlock endangers children’s rights to protection from online sexual abuse

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 07:44
Privacy has dominated the discussion over the regulation curbing child sexual abuse online - at the expense of children's rights, writes Liora Lazarus.
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Palestinians hope Blinken visit can deliver Gaza truce before Rafah assault

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 07:39
The top US diplomat met Saudi Arabia's de-facto ruler on Monday (5 February) during a Middle East visit Palestinians hope will clinch a truce before a threatened Israeli assault on Rafah, a border city where about half the Gaza Strip population is sheltering.
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King Charles diagnosed with cancer, will postpone duties and undergo treatment

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 07:19
King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will postpone public engagements to undergo treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Monday (5 February), but added he remained "wholly positive" about the scare less than 18 months into his reign.
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Albanian prime minister defends Kosovo’s right to uphold constitution in dinar row

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 07:08
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has jumped to the defence of Kosovo, noting its right to enforce its own constitution in relation to new rules from the Central Bank, reinforcing that the euro is the only legal tender in the country.
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Milanović, Plenković in new row over proposed state attorney

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 07:06
President Zoran Milanović suggested that Prime Minister Andrej Plenković convene a meeting of the National Security Council, and although no specific reason was given, there is little doubt that the reason is the government’s proposal to appoint Judge Ivan Turudić as the new State Attorney, a proposal Plenković has publicly opposed.
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Audiotape risks derailing the Qatargate court case

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-02-06 07:03
An audio recording from May 2023 made public on Monday (5 February) suggests that the so-called Qatargate court case, centered on allegations that Qatar and Morocco bought influence bribing MEPs, risks being derailed due to procedural defects.
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