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The EU forest strategy aims to plant at least three billion additional trees in the EU over the next decade to increase natural greenhouse gas removals - while boosting bioenergy "within sustainable boundaries".

The EU is firming up plans for a military mission to Libya in order to compete with foreign powers there, according to a leaked paper seen by EUobserver.

The High Court of Justice of Catalonia greenlit on  Friday a nighttime curfew in 161 municipalities of the northeastern Spanish region as COVID-19 cases rose and hospitals face growing pressure, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported Sunday. 

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday (18 July) that she was horrified by the "surreal" devastation in the flood-ravaged region of Germany, as the toll in western Europe reached at least 184 people dead with dozens still missing.

Remarques du président du Conseil européen, Charles Michel, après sa réunion à Arménie avec le Premier ministre par intérim, Nikol Pashinyan.

The European Union supports international efforts to ease tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan following their war last year over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, chief Charles Michel said on Saturday (17 July).

The EU issued a declaration commemorating the seventh anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

The EU issued a declaration on the day of International Criminal Justice commemorating the historic adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998.

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Thousands of demonstrators gathered across Greece this week to protest against the government’s push to effectively make immunisation against COVID-19 mandatory in order to lead a normal life.

The EU seems to be comfortable with betting on mRNA COVID vaccines for now. But just around the corner, vaccines developed under other platforms are lining up, with recombinant proteins and the whole virion-inactivated vaccines leading the way.

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As the Conference on the Future of Europe gains momentum, young Europeans immersed themselves in simulation of federal European structures. The project "Y-FED: Europe is what you make of it" implemented a new bloc constitution written by European youth in 2017, a dry run of a possible new Union, with federal institutions.

The European Commission on Wednesday (14 July) unveiled plans to build up carbon sinks, like forests and wetlands, as part of a broader package of climate legislation aimed at achieving a 55% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.

In an interview with EURACTIV, federalist MEP Sandro Gozi dismissed as “hilarious” calls by the European conservative and far-right parties for a deep reform of the EU in view of the debate on the future of Europe, saying the demands...

In Germany, e-government and open data remain largely untapped potentials despite holding enormous economic opportunities and being basic prerequisites for smarter cities, a recently published OECD study shows. EURACTIV Germany reports.

MEPs adopted rules to facilitate making more data available to help create new products and innovation, in particular in Artificial Intelligence.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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MEPs adopted rules to facilitate making more data available to help create new products and innovation, in particular in Artificial Intelligence.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

The European Parliament is in recess over the summer holidays from 26 July to 22 August 2021.

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