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Critical Medicines Act gets warm reception in Ireland. Industry says policy solutions must be targeted, evidence-based, and aligned with international commitments.

Merz promised a "great leap forward" in climate protection in parliament. Now he brings out his party's climate geeks to deliver.

“Too often, our local products, which bear a quality label, are unfairly penalised," said French Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard.

Euractiv sat down with Norwegian Minister Cecilie Myrseth, responsible for space policy, to discuss Oslo joining the EU’s pooled satellite capacity programme Govsatcom and IRIS2.

Opening the Habitats Directive for wolves amendment could break the floodgates. Member states are urged to improve compensation bureaucracy.

Aid for Ukraine will now be exempt from German budget rules under a deal cut in Berlin to pass a massive debt-backed infrastructure and military spending package.

Rules due to come into effect in 2028 "should be postponed until a fully functional hydrogen market is established," four EU countries argue. 

The Commission had already announced the GDPR would be part of a simplification review of digital laws.

Higher European tariffs on Russian fertilisers and agri-food products could apply as soon as this summer after EU ambassadors greenlit a proposal on Friday.

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Still, the future of Greek politics remains bleak.

"It will be the future federal government's job to continue investing in the transformation", said Germany's outgoing Green vice-chancellor, Robert Habeck.

Currently, these technologies are subject to the EU’s strict GMO regulation, making their commercialisation in the bloc nearly impossible.

The alliance is typically convened by France on the sidelines of EU energy ministers’ Council meetings in Brussels.

Mikhail Fridman, whom Budapest had initially sought to remove, remains on the sanctions list.

Around 15 current and former MEPs are suspected of taking bribes from the Chinese firm Huawei.

In today's edition of The Capitals, read about the number of Italian spyware victims likely being far higher than previously stated, Hungary maintaining its veto against the rollover of Russia sanctions as talks continue, and so much more.

The MP leading a government review of resource management has even questioned whether Slovakia ever had a pandemic.

It will be “very difficult” to reach an agreement with Sánchez, said the Conservative leader.

The Greens accused Merz of merely putting his interests first, as he had rejected their proposal to loosen German debt rules when the CDU was in opposition.