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LEAK: Brussels eyes 90% climate goal for 2040, 11 EU countries call for ambition

Fri, 2024-01-26 13:35
The European Commission is due to table a 90% climate target for 2040, according to a leaked draft, while a coalition of 11 EU countries including France and Germany have issued a letter calling for ambitious targets.
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Agrifood Special CAPitals: Climate adaptation

Fri, 2024-01-26 13:32
Let’s dive straight into a tour of the EU, dedicated to how the CAP and national policies support farmers coping with the damages caused by extreme weather events.
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Is the platform work directive dead?

Fri, 2024-01-26 13:15
The EU's Platform Workers Directive is on life-support and might be split in two after European governments voted down a provisional agreement found in December. “Better no deal than a bad deal,” sources told Euractiv.
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Security or prosperity: Must the EU decide?

Fri, 2024-01-26 12:52
As the EU has presented its shiny new economic security package this week, it will now need to square the circle between security and prosperity.
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AI Office established, AI Convention’s scope struggle

Fri, 2024-01-26 12:45
Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.
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How the Belarus-Russia axis works together on anti-EU disinformation push

Fri, 2024-01-26 12:00
Belarusian propaganda positions the EU as its main enemy, but several other features make it a unique case among its European neighbours.
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Germany uncovers Russian disinformation campaign on X

Fri, 2024-01-26 11:46
Germany has uncovered a major "pro-Russian disinformation campaign" using thousands of fake accounts on X to try and stir anger at Berlin's support for Ukraine, a media report said on Friday (26 January).
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Swedish PM says won’t negotiate with Hungary on NATO bid

Fri, 2024-01-26 11:22
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday (26 January) he would "not negotiate" with Hungary over Sweden's NATO bid despite Budapest now the sole holdout after Turkey's ratification.
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The ongoing saga of the in vitro diagnostics regulation

Fri, 2024-01-26 10:18
The In Vitro Diagnostic Devices Regulation follows the path of its “sister” regulation on medical devices as the European Commission has extended the implementation guidelines for both legislations due to the delays in compliance which can lead to shortages.
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The AI Act in perspective

Fri, 2024-01-26 08:48
As the AI Act’s text is finally consolidate, we tried to put the landmark law in a broader perspective with Luciano Floridi, leading expert in AI ethics and Founding Director of Yale’s Digital Ethics Center.
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German support for EU corporate due diligence law in doubt

Fri, 2024-01-26 08:46
Germany's support for a law requiring firms in the European Union to take action if they find their supply chains in violation of human rights was thrown into doubt after one of its ruling parties sided with business groups opposing the proposal.
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Industrial pollution costs 2% of Europe’s GDP: EEA

Fri, 2024-01-26 08:29
Industrial pollution costs the equivalent of  2% of the European Union's economic output each year, though the impact has declined over the past decade, the bloc's environmental agency said Thursday (25 January).
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US Senate struggles to clinch border deal, Ukraine aid at stake

Fri, 2024-01-26 08:24
Bipartisan US Senate talks on a border security deal that some have set as a condition for further Ukraine aid have hit a critical point, lawmakers said on Thursday (25 January), though the chamber's top Democrat said the negotiators would continue to push forward.
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Trump opens up lead over Biden in rematch many Americans don’t want

Fri, 2024-01-26 08:08
Donald Trump leads Democratic President Joe Biden by six percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Americans are unhappy about an election rematch that came into sharper focus this week.
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EU slams Belarus after fresh mass arrests

Fri, 2024-01-26 07:45
The EU and US slammed Belarus Thursday (25 January) for a series of political raids this week, as rights groups said more than 150 people were detained or interrogated by the KGB security service in a single day.
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EU centre-right clashes over qualified majority voting

Fri, 2024-01-26 07:35
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about French far-right leader Marine Le Pen questioning her alliance with German far-right party AfD, Poland's ruling parties divided on abortion law, and so much more.
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Croatian MP calls to reinstate quotas for third-country workers

Fri, 2024-01-26 07:22
Far-left Croatian MP Katarina Peović called for the reintroduction of quotas for third-country workers on Thursday as the number of immigrants working in low-paid jobs has risen sharply in recent years.
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EU centre-right clashes over qualified majority voting

Fri, 2024-01-26 07:22
Internal discussions in the EU’s centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) – the largest political family in Europe – saw an “unsettling” exchange about the drafting process of its EU election manifesto, Euractiv has learnt.
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Ukrainian grain transits through Romania as export licences effective

Fri, 2024-01-26 07:21
Ukrainian grain has successfully transited through Romania since the country introduced export licences under its grain export plan to help protect farmers last autumn, Adrian Pintea, state secretary in the Agriculture Ministry, said on Thursday.
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Ex-Bulgarian justice minister appointed judge at European Court of Human Rights

Fri, 2024-01-26 07:20
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted Wednesday to elect Bulgaria’s former GERB justice minister and current ombudsman, Diana Kovatcheva, to a nine-year term as the next Bulgarian judge at the European Court of Human Rights.
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