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Greenwashing: how EU firms can validate their green claims
New rules for companies to comply with EU ban on greenwashing of products. The Internal Market and Environment committees adopted on Wednesday their position
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New plant breeding techniques to boost resilience of food system
The EU wants to to boost resilience of food system and reduce the need for pesticides with new rules on plant breeding techniques.
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Ensuring euro money transfers arrive within ten seconds
MEPs adopted new rules to ensure that euro money transfers arrive immediately into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU.
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European Parliament Adopts Resolution Against Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining in the Arctic
Brussels. The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Greenpeace, Seas at Risk (SAR), Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have expressed...
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EU-MOLDOVA – Does Moldova repress media freedom or sanction abusive propaganda? (II)
At the end of February 2022, after Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, the Moldovan parliament introduced a state of emergency for a period of 60 days. During this period,...
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European Parliament wants to end impunity of reckless driving | News
Currently, if a driver loses their licence following a traffic offence in a different EU country to the one which issued their licence, in most cases the sanction will only...
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Support to Ukraine, response to farmer’s concerns: MEPs review latest EU summits | News
“Determination, unity and leadership” is the message, European Council President Charles Michel said, sent by the EU with its latest decisions on Ukraine to open accession talks and endorse a...
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EU-MOLDOVA: Does Moldova unduly repress media freedom? (I)
EU-MOLDOVA - The founder and head of a media outlet under EU sanctions and Moldovan sanctions for pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation creates “Stop Media Ban” and campaigns against Moldova in...
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New rules to promote standard-setting innovation in new technologies
The Legal Affairs Committee adopted on Wednesday, with 13 votes for, no votes against and 10 abstentions, its position on new rules to support the so-called standard-essential patents (SEPs). These...
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Time to criminalise hate speech and hate crime under EU law
The Council should adopt a decision to include hate speech and hate crime among criminal offences within the meaning of Article 83(1) TFEU (so-called “EU crimes”) by the end of...