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EU’s 2040 climate target brings back welcome dose of pragmatism and flexibility [Promoted content]

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 16:00
The European Commission’s proposed 2040 climate target offers industry some welcome additional flexibility by allowing limited use of international carbon credits, creating a valuable link with the growing UN-administered carbon market, says IETA.
Categories: European Union

Austria deports Syrian convict in EU first since Assad fall

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 15:13
The interior ministry said it was the first deportation of a Syrian directly to Syria in about 15 years, and Austria was the "first European country to officially deport a Syrian criminal directly to Syria in recent years".
Categories: European Union

Le Pen’s former far-right EU group accused of misusing €4.3m in public funds

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 13:49
European Parliament auditors flag questionable spending from French Rassemblement National.
Categories: European Union

EPP and allies urge weaker low-carbon hydrogen rules

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 13:28
Current draft criteria jeopardise the production of a potential source of clean fuel, they argue.
Categories: European Union

Brussels puts brakes on Lime e-bikes and scooters

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 13:08
As of 3 July and after a long legal back-and-forth, Lime's bright green micromobility units can no longer be activated in the Belgian capital.
Categories: European Union

EU’s neighbours strike Mercosur trade deal as Brussels awaits

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 12:58
The deal will scrap or reduce duties on nearly all trade flows, including key agricultural products like Brazilian poultry, Argentinian beef, and Norwegian salmon.
Categories: European Union

Time is Now: Advancing Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis & Care [Promoted content]

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 12:00
Alzheimer’s disease is often diagnosed too late. A multi-national survey reveals barriers and points the way forward. Early diagnosis must become the standard to ensure patient’s meaningful interventions with the greatest impact. The time to act is now.
Categories: European Union

Denmark to exert ‘maximum pressure’ on Hungary over vetoes

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 11:56
But Denmark has only limited tools at its disposal during its presidency to work around Hungary's veto on EU enlargement.
Categories: European Union

Berlin reneges on promise to cut record-high electricity tax

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 11:21
Michaela Engelmeier, head of social association SoVD, described the cancellation of the tax cut as a “fatal signal”.
Categories: European Union

Denmark’s pro-climate, anti-migrant PM

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 07:43
In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about von der Leyen's no-confidence vote, growing pressure from Renew and S\&D, a Russian submarine spotted off France, and no cohesion on cohesion funds.
Categories: European Union

Von der Leyen’s centralisation will kill the European project [Promoted content]

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 07:00
The debate over the next EU budget is not merely a technical exercise, it is a battle over the very essence of the European project. Socialists at the European and local level warn against the risks of centralisation.
Categories: European Union

Czech leaders reject EU’s 2040 climate target

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 06:47
Czech centre-right leaders have slammed the EU’s proposed 2040 climate target as unrealistic, warning of economic harm, political fallout, and a backlash against the Commission.
Categories: European Union

Parliamentary speaker to swear in Polish president-elect despite doubts

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 06:47
Despite unresolved fraud allegations, Poland’s speaker says he will swear in President-elect Karol Nawrocki, citing voters’ will over judicial doubts.
Categories: European Union

Italy revives mineral exploration to tap critical EU resources

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 06:44
Italy is launching its first major public geological research push in over 30 years, aiming to uncover critical and strategic raw materials amid Europe’s shifting supply chain priorities.
Categories: European Union

Selective transparency is a threat to our values-based union. Does the EPP care?

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 06:41
Transparency for all lobbying is difficult for the EPP to accept. By pushing through their agenda with the help of the far right, we risk creating an EU-approved template for the suppression of NGOs.
Categories: European Union

Endgame talks over EU defence push hang on role of foreign contractors

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 06:00
Parliament strongly opposes any exemptions to the eligibility criteria governing which contractors and subcontractors can take part in EDIP-funded defence projects.
Categories: European Union

Inside Manfred Weber’s paper wars that are dividing Europe’s centre right 

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 06:00
Patience is wearing thin in Europe’s most powerful political family over its president‘s attempts to remote control national leaders at EU summits.
Categories: European Union

How close is the EU to quitting Russian energy?

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 06:00
The bloc's Russian energy habits in charts.
Categories: European Union

European NATO allies begin to brace for US troops posture rethink

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 06:00
“It is not a question of whether there is a US drawdown,” one NATO diplomat said, “but how orderly it can be."
Categories: European Union

‘Nonsensical’ gas subsidies blamed as heat pump sales slump

Thu, 07/03/2025 - 06:00
Heat pump manufacturers have been laying off workers in a bid to stay afloat.
Categories: European Union

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