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EU Parliament’s trade committee approves renewal of Ukraine trade benefits
The European Parliament's trade committee rejected all of the amendments backed by farming groups on the proposal to suspend import duties and quotas on agricultural products from Ukraine, paving the way for a swift adoption of the decision at the EU level.
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Europe must address soil degradation and act for soil restoration [Promoted content]
Ahead of the vote on 11 March in the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee in the European Parliament on the Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive, experts underline the urgency to adopt an EU legislative framework addressing the rapid...
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French banks keep financing tobacco industry, despite promises
Since 2018, French banks have granted more than five billion dollars in loans to the tobacco industry, according to a report by the investigative organisation Profundo, commissioned by the French Alliance Against Tobacco (ACT) and published on Wednesday (6 March).
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EU is too dependent on animal feed and fertiliser imports, warns Parliament study
The EU remains heavily reliant on animal feed and fertilisers imports from outside the bloc, as highlighted in a recent study commissioned by the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee (AGRI).
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Deepfakes and the possible risks for the EU elections
Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, social media, and misinformation have become integral parts of our daily lives, and their influence on political elections, possibly including the upcoming EU elections in June, is significant.
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Top EU court finds widely employed consent system violates EU privacy regulation
The European Court of Justice on Thursday (7 March) found the Belgian association IAB Europe's consent system for auctioning personal data in breach of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.
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Liberal Renew manifesto sneak peek and bits from Bucharest congress
Ahead of Renew Europe’s grand electoral launch on 20 March, Euractiv took a sneak peek at their lead candidates and manifesto, which focuses on competitiveness, defence, and the need to shift from creating new Green legislation to implementing the existing laws and give the industry breathing space.
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Sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections in Europe, warns EU health agency
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warned that there is a need for action to address the significant rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the EU/EEA.
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Departing from coal: Poland’s new energy roadmap
The election of a new government in Poland has enabled this Central European country to revive its ambitions in terms of energy transition and to meet European targets.
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Von der Leyen crowned EPP lead candidate, switches to campaign mode
Delegates at the European People’s Party’s (EPP) congress in Bucharest officially elected EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday (7 March) to become the party’s lead candidate for June’s European election.
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Ten questions for the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
Dick Roche’s recent commentary ‘Preaching transparency but not practicing it” prompted many reactions, but none from the institution in focus: the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). The author comes back with 10 questions concerning its handling of the Euroins case in Romania.
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All eyes on Italy, France as swing states on ‘heavily’ revised EU supply-chain law
Italian and French envoys are set to hold the fate of the EU corporate due diligence law (CSDDD) in their hands on Friday (8 March), when representatives from the bloc’s 27 member states vote on a new, heavily diluted version of the draft legislation.
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EU’s Ukraine war fund remains stuck with France’s ‘buy-European’ demand
France’s request for the EU's Ukraine war fund to include a 'buy-European'-clause when countries purchase armament together keeps complicating member states’ efforts to find an agreement on the file before the next EU summit on 21-22 March.
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Leading EPP lawmaker to challenge new EU livestock emissions rules in final vote
Centre-right MEPs could obstruct the extension of new EU rules on industrial emissions to more pig and poultry farms during a final vote at the European Parliament next Tuesday (12 March).
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We must say no to China’s salami-slice style of unilateral change to Taiwan’s ‘status quo’
In Europe and around the world, opposition to China's unilateral changes to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait has become a general consensus. It is a critical element in maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, writes Roy Lee.
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Russian commander warns Ukraine conflict could escalate into full-scale war in Europe
A senior Russian military officer has warned that the conflict in Ukraine could escalate into a full-scale war in Europe and said the probability of Moscow's forces becoming involved in a new conflict is increasing "significantly."
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Fico says Czechia has ‘interest’ in supporting Ukraine war, after Prague burns bridge
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about German Federal States demanding progress on outsourcing asylum applications to third countries, Kyiv proposing temporary trade restrictions with the EU in exchange for a Russian grain import ban, and so much more.
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Russia hits Ukraine’s port of Odesa during Zelenskyy and Greek PM visit
A Russian missile missed Ukraine's president and the prime minister of Greece by hundreds of metres on Wednesday (6 March) when it slammed into port infrastructure in the Black Sea city of Odesa.
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EU calls Albania to uphold ‘due process’ after ethnic Greek mayor convicted for vote buying
In a decision that is expected to raise tensions between Athens and Tirana, an Albanian court sentenced Fredi Beleri, a mayor from the country’s Greek minority, to two years in prison for vote buying.
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Swedish leaders travel to Washington ahead of NATO accession
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister Tobias Billström left for Washington on Wednesday, where the country is expected to formally join NATO in the coming days.
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