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Ending fast fashion – EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles
To ensure sustainable and circular textiles in a socially just manner, MEPs in the Environment Committee today adopted their recommendations
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Ending fast fashion – EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles
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Asylum and migration: Parliament confirms key reform mandates
Plenary agreed on Thursday to open talks with EU member states on several asylum and migration policy files.
Environment
European Ombudsman publishes annual report for 2022
The Ombudsman has published her annual report for 2022 with transparency and accountability issues representing the largest percentage of complaints (32%). The report provides an overview of key areas of...
Europe
Carbon leakage – preventing firms from avoiding emissions rules
Parliament wants an ambitious carbon levy on imported goods to stop companies from avoiding emissions rules by moving outside the EU, a practice known as carbon leakage.
Europe
Will the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU be suspended?
This is the question some activists are asking themselves in Spain The presidency of the Council of the European Union (Consillium) is rotating and changes every six months, with Spain...
Economy
Crypto-asset transfers – new tracing rules in the EU
Parliament endorsed the first EU rules to trace crypto-asset transfers, prevent money laundering, as well as common rules on supervision and customer protection.
Europe
Human rights breaches in Russia, Afghanistan and Nigeria
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on human rights breaches in Russia, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
Europe
SHRINES, a new consortium is born to increase security in places of worship
A new project is launched aiming to help protect and increase the security of places of worship. "The SHRINES project recently established the European network for safety and security management in...
Environment
Europe’s growing transport demand increases emissions from heavy-duty vehicles
The EEA briefing ‘Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty vehicles in Europe’ presents comprehensive data and analysis on greenhouse gas emissions from trucks, buses, and coaches in European road transport....
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Trafalgar Square held the biggest Muslim Iftar in Europe
On Thursday a colleague and I were invited to attend Europe’s largest Open Public Iftar in Trafalgar Square by the Aziz Foundation. Thousands of people attended. For those that don’t know,...