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The agreement is the first step to set a framework for sustainable finance, that will help investors and consumers to identify economic activities that can unambiguously be considered environmentally green.

The Von der Leyen Commission begins its mandate at a time when Arctic geopolitics are at their most important since the Cold War. The EU needs to deepen its engagement in its own Arctic backyard, argue André Gattolin and Damien...

MEPs supported measures on Tuesday designed to fight e-commerce VAT evasion that would help cut some of the €137 billion lost each year across the EU to VAT fraud.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2019 - EP

MEPs supported measures on Tuesday designed to fight e-commerce VAT evasion that would help cut some of the €137 billion lost each year across the EU to VAT fraud.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2019 - EP

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

Foreign ministers of European and Asian countries meeting in Madrid, Spain, on 15-16 December for the 14th ASEM Foreign ministers meeting agreed on a Chair's statement.

The Council adopted conclusions on how better tackle and deter fraudulent practices in the agro-food chain.

Council agrees its negotiating position on amended rules for Eastern Baltic cod fisheries.

The Council adopted conclusions on "animal welfare, an integral part of sustainable animal production"

The Council adopted conclusions which provide political guidance for protecting and restoring the world's forests.

Council adopts 2020 fishing opportunities in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

A number of policymakers emphasised at the global climate conference COP25 in Madrid that electrification should play a leading role in road transport’s decarbonisation efforts. However, the affordability of transport electrification raises questions, as key stakeholders have not yet addressed...

There is a huge gap between the compromise measures decided at the Madrid summit and what scientists believe is necessary to protect the climate. But the fight against climate change is not yet lost, many European media stress, pointing to what can still be achieved.

Mesut Özil, who is currently playing for the British football club Arsenal, made headlines on Friday with a tweet in which he criticised China's repressive policy towards the Uighurs. Beijing reacted with a ban on broadcasts of Arsenal games, which prompted the club to distance itself from Özil. Some commentators praise Özil for courageously taking a stance, while others cast doubt on his motives.