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Climate neutrality can only be reached by considering the needs of industries such as mechanical engineering, which enables climate protection in the first place. Companies need freedom to operate and innovate rather than prescriptive regulation.

The European Parliament’s and political groups’ spokespersons will hold a briefing on this week’s plenary session at 15.30 today.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

The European Parliament’s and political groups’ spokespersons will hold a briefing on this week’s plenary session at 15.30 today.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Malaysia is taking legal action at the global trade watchdog against the European Union and member states France and Lithuania for restricting palm oil-based biofuels, the government said.

As COP 26 approaches, the EU needs to adopt a joint and ambitious approach to climate finance to ensure that EU countries stand by their financial commitments under the Paris Agreement, writes Mattias Söderberg and Conor O'Neill.

Facing a potentially hostile US administration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is trying to break his isolation by mending EU relations, torn by what the bloc views as his bellicose foreign policy.

The European Union and the US should "pause" a long-running tariff disagreement to allow the issue to be resolved, France's foreign minister suggested Sunday (17 January).

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the French government saying no to the vaccination passport, Baltic foreign ministers calling for sanctions against Russia over Navalny detention, and so much more.

US President Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations, a source familiar with the effort said.

European Commission executive vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis told EURACTIV’s partner Lusa that the suspension of the Stability and Growth Pact in 2022 would depend on economic developments, pointing to a possible decision in the spring.

The Embassy of France in Tirana has issued a protest note to Albania’s Europe and Foreign Minister Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania against Prime Minister Rama. Rama’s criticism against the EU for lack of support towards the...

A batch of one million doses of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine reached Serbia on Saturday, announced Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić at Belgrade’s Surčin airport. While Serbia’s president said this was proof of friendship between both countries, Chinese Ambassador to Serbia,...

The no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Janez Janša’s government, filed by an informal centre-left opposition coalition known as the Constitutional Arch Coalition, will probably not take place Wednesday as initially planned. The reason is that the head of the SOVA...

The Croatian National Bank (HNB) issued a decision on the temporary restriction of distributions, requesting banks not to pay dividends – including in 2021 – to boost the resilience of credit institutions and maintain the financial system’s stability amid the...

Employees of sports federations, the Hotel and Restaurant Association, the Chief Mufti, the Association of Tour Operators, and the Bulgarian Astrological Association are among the organisations that have valid Bulgarian service passports usually issued to government employees. The information was...