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Agrifood Special CAPitals Brief: the rules against unfair trade practices

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 16:49
Our tour of the EU this time focuses on unfair trade practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain, such as late payments or sales below production costs.
Categories: European Union

German conservatives make internal combustion engines an election issue

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 16:44
German conservative parties CDU and CSU (EPP) have launched a campaign against the de-facto ban of new combustion engine cars as of 2035, an issue the party says is critical for the EU election.
Categories: European Union

Austrian farm minister pushes for quick adoption of proposal to lower wolf’s protection status

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 16:39
Austrian diplomats will present a note pushing for quick adoption of the proposal to lower the protection status of wolves at a Council meeting on Monday (27 May) but EU countries are split on the issue, with a group of capitals calling for more data on the level of threat posed by the species.
Categories: European Union

Staffing questions swirl around Commision’s AI Office

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 16:35
The Commission said the office is progressing rapidly, but stakeholders are concerned about the timeline and lack of leadership.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – What about LGBTIQ+ rights, Ursula?

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 16:19
After the second EU election debate, everyone talked about von der Leyen leaving the door wide open to Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right Fratelli d’Italia. But does the Commission president also tolerate the party’s questionable stance on LGBTIQ+? Her answer was decidedly ... evasive.
Categories: European Union

Germany’s Scholz warns von der Leyen: No collaboration with the far-right 

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 16:02
The new European Commission president must not collaborate with far-right forces, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned on Friday (24 May), amid signs that the current Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is eyeing closer collaboration with hard-right parties if she wins a second mandate. 
Categories: European Union

How political feuds overshadowed EU election for the Austrian Greens

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 15:29
Austria's Greens have been contending with attacks against their lead candidate Lena Schilling, based on leaked chats and statements from former friends and allies, which the party says are orchestrated by left-wing rivals. 
Categories: European Union

EU countries fail again to find agreement on gene edited plants patents

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 13:47
Despite the presentation of a new compromise text from the Belgian presidency, national experts could not find an agreement to unblock one of the agrifood unfinished dossier of the legislature.
Categories: European Union

Details revealed of EU Parliament data breach, new European Tech Deal proposed

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 13:41
Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
Categories: European Union

EU election debates show it will be national governments calling the shots

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 13:28
Two weeks ahead of the European elections, the main EU parties' lead candidates for the next European Commission president met twice this week to discuss their key priorities, with economy featuring prominently - and blurring party lines.
Categories: European Union

Commission suggests incentives to reduce dependency on protein in animal feed

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 12:24
EU specific support to oilseeds production and a joint public-private effort in research are key elements to increase the supply of EU-made proteins for animal feed, the bloc's executive recommended in a study published today (24 May).
Categories: European Union

Sources: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 11:40
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.
Categories: European Union

ICC tribunal bans Gazprom from placing gas dispute at Russian court

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 11:20
An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal has prohibited Russia's Gazprom from continuing with Russian legal proceedings against CEZ, the Czech energy company said.
Categories: European Union

The AI Convention on Human Rights: Worth the hype?

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 11:03
The Council of Europe, the bloc's human rights body, adopted its first framework convention on artificial intelligence (AI, democracy and the rule of law on 17 May.
Categories: European Union

Putin in Belarus to discuss security, tactical nuclear weapon exercises

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 10:20
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on Thursday (23 May) in Belarus, Moscow's vassal state, for talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko expected to focus on security and exercises with tactical nuclear weapons.
Categories: European Union

Climate change spurs early blooms in Bulgaria’s historic rose industry

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 10:06
Bulgarian farmers were busy harvesting rose petals for their renowned oil this week, about a month earlier than the historical norm due to climate change that has ushered in warmer and more humid springs.
Categories: European Union

EU elections: Two scenarios for the Day After 

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 09:58
Two scenarios - the rise of the hard right and the return to core EU values - depict contrasting futures for the EU in a year when half the world’s electorate goes to the polls, writes Michael Leigh.  
Categories: European Union

Russian spy chief says Ukraine was directly involved in Moscow concert hall attack

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 08:30
Ukrainian military intelligence was directly involved in a deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow in which over 140 people were killed, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov said, TASS reported on Friday (24 May).
Categories: European Union

Italian activist and MEP candidate on trial in Hungary assault case

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 08:14
An Italian anti-fascist activist accused of attacking alleged neo-Nazis in Hungary is to go on trial in a Budapest court on Friday (24 May), in a case that has sparked tensions between Rome and Budapest.
Categories: European Union

World Court to rule on request to halt Israel’s Rafah offensive

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 07:46
Judges at the UN's top court will rule on Friday (24 May) on South Africa's request to order Israel to halt its Rafah offensive and withdraw from Gaza, part of a wider case accusing Israel of genocide.
Categories: European Union

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