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In the face of US and Chinese competition, the EU has put forward a draft delegated act on corporate sustainability that lets companies determine themselves if the standards apply to them.

The EU climate advisory board has recommended a net emissions-reduction target of at least 90 percent by 2040 (on 1990 levels) in order to deliver on the climate neutrality goal by 2050.

As Europe prepares to vote on flagship green laws, over 3,000 academics condemn "lack of scientific evidence" in arguments used by opponents.

Turkey says Sweden's police must halt pro-Kurdish protests if it wants to join Nato, as talks intensify ahead of a Western summit in July.

With summer approaching and travel demand expected to increase, is the aviation industry prepared to avoid last year's chaos?

Human Rights Watch research has found that certification of 'responsibly-sourced' and the third-party audits on which they are based have serious weaknesses.

Europe is facing more severe, longer and more frequent heatwaves, droughts, floods, and wildfires this summer, a report from the European Environment Agency has warned. And the wildfire season this year has already started earlier.

The UN refugee agency has registered its largest-ever spike of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights abuses.

Cyprus and Turkey have traded harsh words on their frozen conflict, in a sign that recent elections on both sides changed little.

The centre-right European People's Party (EPP) denied any form of blackmailing — after the chair of the environment committee accused the EPP chair of threatening his own members with political retaliation if they vote for the controversial restoration law.

Lead MEPs of the European Parliament's special Covid-19 committee said that the next EU Commission needs to take on board their massive report on how to be more resilient against future pandemics.

We cannot allow the European People's Party to tank the new opportunities of the Nature Restoration Law.

The European Commission on Monday (12 June) said it cannot yet release details of €105m to prevent migrants from leaving Tunisia. But similar past proposals for Tunisia in the past may offer some clues.

EU labour ministers have finally agreed their position on the directive for platform workers — but with major internal differences and a very different position from that of the parliament and council.

The race to win the clean-tech race is heating up, but according to the Centre for European Reform, European policymakers are fretting too much about green competitiveness.

While the European Commission has introduced a voluntary solidarity mechanism, stronger regulation is needed for all countries to participate and share responsibility for asylum seekers across Europe.

With a new, pro-European Bulgarian coalition government installed in Sofia, now is the time for a sharp U-turn in Sofia regarding Bulgaria's historical responsibility for the deportation and ultimate murder of 11,343 Jews from Bulgarian-controlled Macedonia, Thrace and Pirot.

A coalition of more than 60 corporations come out in support of the EU Nature Restoration Law, following attacks from centre-right politicians and EU member states.

On Wednesday (14 June), MEPs are expected to quiz top officials from the EU Commission and the Council and lay out their own demands on what should be discussed with leaders.

The European Parliament is seeking to launch negotiations on key asylum reforms with member states as early as next week. The demand follows Thursday's breakthrough political agreement in Luxembourg among EU interior ministers.