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Human rights breaches in Afghanistan and Venezuela
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted two resolutions on the respect for human rights in Afghanistan and Venezuela.
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50 experts on religious minorities explore in Navarra Challenges and Solutions for Religious Minorities in Spain
Fifty European specialists in religious minorities are meeting this week in Pamplona at an international conference organized by the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) and dedicated to the legal situation...
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Deal on making firearms import and export more transparent to fight trafficking
The revised regulation aims to make import and export of firearms in the EU more transparent and more traceable, reducing the risk of trafficking. Under the updated and more harmonised...
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MEPs agree to extend trade support for Moldova, continue work on Ukraine
Parliament voted with 347 votes in favour, 117 against and 99 abstentions to amend the Commission’s proposal to suspend import duties and quotas on Ukrainian agricultural exports to the EU...
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Legal migration: MEPs endorse beefed-up single residence and work permit rules
The European Parliament backed today more effective EU rules for combined work and residence permits for third-country nationals. The update of the Single permit directive, adopted in 2011, which established a...
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Euro 7: Parliament adopts measures to reduce road transport emissions
With 297 votes in favour, 190 against and 37 abstentions, Parliament adopted the deal reached with the Council on the Euro 7 regulation (type-approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles)....
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Petteri Orpo: “We need a resilient, competitive and secure Europe”
Addressing MEPs, the Finnish Prime Minister highlighted a strong economy, security, the clean transition and continued support for Ukraine as key priorities for the EU. In his “This is Europe”...
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Media Freedom Act: a new bill to protect EU journalists and press freedom | News
Under the new law, adopted by 464 votes in favour to 92 against and 65 abstentions, member states will be obliged to protect media independence and all forms of interventions...
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MEPs call for tougher EU rules to reduce textiles and food waste | News
MEPs adopted their first reading position on the proposed revision of the Waste Framework with 514 votes in favour, 20 against and 91 abstentions. Tougher objectives to cut down food...
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Parliament adopts its position on major reform of EU Customs Code | News
The EU Customs Code needs a thorough revamp due to the exponential growth of e-commerce and many new product standards, bans, obligations and sanctions the EU has put in place...