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European transport’s green drive on the starting line

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 17:21
The European Commission launched on Wednesday (9 December) its vision for how to clean up transport’s emissions act, as part of a four year action plan designed to help the bloc hit its 2050 climate-neutrality target.
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Green farming ambitions must not lose sight of bigger picture, experts warn

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 16:59
While policies aiming to green the EU’s farming system should be welcomed as a step in the right direction, they must also show coherence and understanding of the global picture, experts have warned.
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The Brief, powered by Facebook – EU summits as storms

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 16:39
There are several established methodologies to measure tropical storms and hurricanes, but none for measuring EU summits. Most summits will not be remembered in EU history, Some bring memories thanks to anecdotes outside the summit room, like Jacques Chirac answering...
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EU Home Affairs chief wants investigators to access encrypted messages

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 16:23
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson wants to give investigating authorities access to encrypted communications and is calling for better data exchange within the EU. EURACTIV Germany and AFP report.
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Farm to Fork: what role for consumers and innovation

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 16:09
Although reduction targets set in the EU's flagship food policy stole public opinion's attention at first, consumer behaviour and innovation are expected to have an equal, critical role to play in the path toward more sustainable food system.
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Farm to Fork needs a tweak in its ‘fork’ part, says MEP

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 16:06
There is still work to be done on the segment of the EU's Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy that deals with consumers, as they are required to play a major part in the transition toward more sustainable food systems, according to centre-right MEP Herbert Dorfmann.
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Europe 2.0 – A partnership of national democracies [Promoted content]

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 16:00
Ahead of the conference on the future of Europe, the ECR Group in the European Parliament launches this week in Warsaw a ‘European Tour’ of live broadcasts to stimulate debate about alternatives to the federalists’ centralising agenda. The supranational institutions have become too dominant, argues Co-Chairman Legutko. A reset is required. #ResetEU
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Poland, Hungary threaten to derail EU plans to raise 2030 climate ambition

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 15:44
Poland and Hungary could block efforts to strengthen the EU’s 2030 climate goal over a separate dispute on democratic standards. EURACTIV’s media partner, Climate Home News, reports.
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French climate expert: We’ve made much progress in implementing Paris Agreement

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 15:23

In an exclusive interview with EURACTIV France, Paul Watkinson, president of the UN Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice at COP24 and COP25, discussed why the 'rulebook' on implementing the Paris Climate Agreement still has not been ratified.

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Five years on from Paris: Can US return to the climate scene provide impetus?

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 15:22
After four years of unravelling climate-friendly laws and regulations by the Trump administration, President-elect Joe Biden announced the US's return to the Paris Accord, accompanied by a battery of measures. EURACTIV France looks at what to expect from the return of the world's second largest CO2 emitter.
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EU sets out plan to expand Europol’s counter-terror mandate

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 14:12
The European Commission proposed to expand the mandate of the European police agency Europol and reinforce external border controls as part of the bloc's broader counter-terrorism strategy, presented on Wednesday (9 December).
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EU institutions close in on cohesion package deal

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 13:18
EU lawmakers have struck a deal on a new structural aid fund and are approaching a compromise on supporting regions transitioning from coal, with the final white smoke from co-legislators on total regional support from the EU's next seven-year budget expected on Wednesday. (9 December).
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Canal+ wins court fight against EU, Paramount movie-licensing deal

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 13:00
Vivendi’s pay-TV arm Canal+ won on Wednesday its court fight against a deal between EU competition regulators and Paramount Pictures in which the U.S. studio agreed to scrap movie-licensing deals with British pay-TV group Sky UK.
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MEPs duped by manipulative Indian disinformation network  

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 13:00
Researchers have unearthed a widespread, coordinated, and manipulative Indian disinformation operation in Brussels, with the creation of fake media organizations, the revival of defunct think-tanks, and even the fraudulent impersonation of dead people.
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OECD criticises German frugality, urges it to ‘clear the investment backlog’

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 12:24
Germany needs to invest more in infrastructure, digital policy, climate protection after years of government frugality, a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recommends. EURACTIV Germany reports.
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Recovery Made In Europe [Promoted content]

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 12:00
There is no doubt that 2020 has been and for the time being will continue to be an enormous testing period for Europe, its industry and especially its citizens. As one reflects on these times and considers the wide-spread fears...
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Waste shipment rule tweaks aim to streamline recycling

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 11:41
European rules that dictate how waste materials can be transported within, into and out of the EU are due an update. Industrial players insist that a review cannot come quickly enough, as the current laws are an obstacle to green policies like recycling.
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Global emissions fell by 7% in 2020 due to COVID lockdowns, says UN report

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 11:00
Reduced travel, industrial activity and electricity generation during COVID-19 has meant global emissions fell by up to 7% in 2020, but the impact of COVID-19 will be negligible without a green recovery, according to the United Nations.
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State oil firm buys 20 newspapers in Poland

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 08:21
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Polish state-owned oil company announcing it is ready to acquire 20 regional newspapers, French prosecutors requesting high prison sentences for the alleged suspects in the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, and so much more.
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Montenegrin president does not communicate with Serbian counterpart

Wed, 09/12/2020 - 08:20
Montenegrin President Milo Đukanović has said in an interview with BETA that he has no communication or business relation with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić, dismissing allegations that the EU has let him go “down the drain.” Đukanović commented on...
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