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Deal on new EU rules to reduce road transport emissions
Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on new rules to reduce road transport emissions for passenger cars, vans, buses, trucks and trailers.
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Legal migration: Council and Parliament reach deal on a single permit directive
Provisional agreement between the Spanish Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament on legal migration into the EU labor market
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EU adopts new sanctions against Russia
The new sanctions against Russia includes a ban on the import, purchase or transfer of diamonds from Russia and measures against circumvention of sanctions.
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MEPs Call on Borrell to Take Action to Protect Minority Rights in Iran
The Iranian oppressive regime barred Mahsa Amini's family from traveling to France to receive her prestigious Sakharov Prize, awarded posthumously. Following this, Fulvio Martusciello, head of the Forza Italia delegation…
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French anti-cult law proposes to criminalise natural health
Vote on 19 December will decide the future of alternative medicine in France. Next week in France, the parliament will decide whether or not to support a law that grants...
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Anti-money laundering – agree to create new European authority
The Council and the Parliament reached a provisional agreement on creating a new European authority anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism
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Frontex: MEPs want an effective border agency compliant with fundamental rights | News
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution wrapping up the fact-finding investigation by the Working Group on Frontex Scrutiny with 366 votes in favour, 154 against, and 15 abstaining....
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Recognition of parenthood: MEPs want children to have equal rights | News
With 366 votes against 145 and 23 abstentions, MEPs backed draft legislation to ensure that, when parenthood is established by an EU country, the rest of the member states will...
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Metsola at EUCO: Seize this moment for Europe | News
Addressing the December European Council in Brussels, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola raised e.g. the following topics in her speech: Enlargement: “We find ourselves at the threshold of another historic...
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Anti-SLAPP – deal with member states to defend critical voices
Rules will address growing number of “strategic lawsuits against public participation” (SLAPP) for the EU-wide protection of journalists, activists, artists, ...