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The EU Commission has watered-down a broad political initiative —but now governments of member states hold the key to what the EU should do. Some member states and regions have adopted asbestos strategies of some kind, from Poland to Flanders.

Join this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the EU regarding front-of-pack labelling. Is there scope for a future where our smart devices and AI provide us with all the relevant information we need to eat or purchase based on our personal data? What steps need to be taken in this direction? And how can citizens be provided with the necessary information to make the right nutritional choices, especially those with health deficiencies?

Reaching climate neutrality by 2050 will require both steep reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and active removals from the atmosphere, but to get there, Europe needs clear definitions, the right policy framework and the incentives to invest, writes Per-Olof Granström.

COP27 in Egypt — which for many days looked poised to end in failure — ended with an historic breakthrough on long overdue action on loss and damage compensation for developing nations

Nokia’s video coding inventions have enabled digitalization. Without them we would be in a completely analogue world. Watch our inventors tell their innovation stories. Learn more.

EU institutions agreed on the EU’s General Product Safety Regulation in the early hours of Tuesday (29 November), which provides due diligence obligations for manufacturers, vendors and online marketplaces operating in the European single market. The GPSR, in short, updates...

Food waste and security of supply must take a central focus in the EU’s new packaging law, stakeholders have urged, warning that the proposal as it currently stands falls short of what is required.

The EU Commission has concluded that Hungary is not doing enough to fight corruption and therefore wants to freeze up to 7.5 billion euros in funding earmarked for Budapest. A recommendation to this effect could be put forward on Wednesday. The EU finance ministers would then have one week to reach a decision on the issue. For most commentators the step is long overdue.

The Foreign Minister of Belarus, Vladimir Makei died "a sudden death" on Saturday, according to the state news agency Belta. Makei had been in office under Lukashenka since 2012. Europe's press examines the potential political fallout and, given the unclear circumstances of his death, the question of whom it might benefit.

At the next meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on 8 December, a vote will be taken on whether Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania should be admitted to the Schengen Area from 2023. Schengen enlargement requires a unanimous decision. However, due to concerns about migration policy and the fight against corruption, some EU member states have voiced reservations about admitting Bulgaria and Romania.