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Parliament will debate the compatibility of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement with the new European Green Deal, on Wednesday from 15.00.
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The EU should gradually go in the direction of reducing soy imports from third countries, although not overnight, by supporting the production of protein plants in Europe, the EU's Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said on Monday (16 December).

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Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona proposes that the Court of Justice declare that the Italian legislation preventing Vivendi from acquiring 28% of the share capital of Mediaset is contrary to EU law

An investigation of the Belgian newspaper De Standaard reveals that the Europa Building, where EU summits take place, was partly built by undocumented migrants and workers without proper contracts.

According to the latest Eurobarometer poll, Poles are almost the most Eurosceptic nation in the EU. 47% of Poles think that they could face future better outside the EU, while 45% think otherwise and 8% has no opinion on the...

The Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) has decided to cut short its collaboration with the Confucius Institute, a Chinese government-funded facility promoting the dissemination of Chinese language and culture, the management of the university has confirmed. The institution has been...

The global sea-shipping sector will create a fund of at least €4.5bn in the next 10 years to support initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions of international ships, De Standaard writes. The financing should come from a mandatory tax on shipping fuel. The maritime sector is responsible for two percent of the global CO2 emissions.

The International Investment Bank (IIB) will buy a building for its new headquarters for €26.8 million, in a prime location on the Danube promenade, 444 reports. The government has supported the project with €10 million. The bank is described as...

French politician Laurent Pietraszewski was appointed on Wednesday to be in charge of examining the reforms to the country's pension system, which have sparked protests and strikes for 13 days across the country, Reuters writes. This decision follows the resignation over a transparency scandal of the previous pensions chief Jean-Paul Delevoye. Unions objected to the plans of French president Emmanuel Macron, claiming that millions would have to delay their retirement.

The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Before you start reading today’s edition of the Capitals, we invite you to read Natasha Foote’s...

Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis has rejected Viktor Orban’s proposal to build “a new Central Europe”. “I am supporting the EU, not another entity built in a smaller, closer area,” Iohannis told reporters in Bucharest. “I don’t think we should open new...

The United States wants to increase by 50 percent its military presence in its Spanish naval base in Cádiz, El País reported on Wednesday. The proposal involves 600 more military personal, new infrastructure, and a reform of the bilateral agreement between Spain and the US - which was signed in 1988.

The government’s welfare reforms would have entailed linking benefits to language levels, reducing cash support to families for every additional child, and an obligation of social public agencies to share personal client data with authorities. According to the court, the...

Radiology is at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector, as it can help enhance the quality of diagnosis on the basis of knowledge acquired from other patients, said medical professor Boris Brkljačić.

Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on Tuesday told the parliament in Edinburgh that she will submit a request to hold another independence referendum in 2020, Bloomberg writes. "This is a watershed moment for Scotland," Sturgeon told lawmakers, adding that this week she will take "the next steps to secure Scotland's right to choose". During the last referendum in 2014, 55 percent of Scots chose to remain in the UK.

Violence erupted in Paris on Tuesday when riot police attempted to disperse protesters after coming under a hail of paving stones and missiles, the Guardian reported. As a result, there were 27 people arrested by late afternoon. Tuesday marked the 13th day of protest against pension reform. Unions have pledged to continue protesting until president Emmanuel Macron drops the reform, claiming that millions would have to delay their retirement.

Poland could end up leaving the European Union because of plans by the ruling nationalists that would allow judges to be fired if they question the legitimacy of the government's judicial reforms, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday (17 December).

Thousands of Ukrainians gathered on Tuesday outside the parliament in Kiev to protest against a new legislative proposal that would open up farmland for sale to locals and foreigners. Ukraine is known for having 32.5m hectares of arable land - twice as much as France's farmland. The draft law would open the market, which could lead to an additional 1.5 points growth in Ukraine, according to the World Bank.

The future of the ruling coalition of the Christian Democrats (CDU), Social Democrats (SPD), and the Greens in the former East German state of Saxony-Anhalt is still in question. The CDU’s continued support of local CDU politician with a neo-Nazi...

The Viktor Leonov SSV-175, a Russian intelligence ship, was spotted in international waters just of the coast of the United States, CNN reports. It is not the first time this spy ship is seen close to the US, but this time it conducted actions in an "unsafe manner" and "other erratic manoeuvres". The spy ship was not using navigation lights or responding to commercial vessels to avoid potential accidents.