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Targets to boost the reuse of packaging in the restaurant sector have been deleted by the European Parliament lawmaker in charge of negotiating a new law on packaging waste, according to a set of amendments seen by EURACTIV.

This week, EURACTIV’s health team dives into the proposal for a new pharmaceutical legislation and the complicated way ahead. For that, they talk with stakeholders working on health policy at the EU level about their priorities and main concerns.

Ammunition production will be sped up across the European Union bloc, according to a proposal that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced after meeting Czech leaders in Prague on Tuesday. EU aid to Ukraine dominated discussions between von...

Prosecutors and judges on Tuesday threatened the Spanish government with an indefinite strike and the paralysis of the entire judiciary system if their demands of wage increases are not satisfied before Mid-May. Following a three-hour partial strike on 17 April...

The draft legislation, Martyn’s Law, would tighten security at venues and will better prepare and protect the country from terrorist attacks, according to a press release published by the Home Office on Tuesday. Martyn’s Law will follow a tiered model...

Sweden’s European Union membership needs to be “reviewed”, the influential eurosceptic Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson told Aftonbladet in an interview on Tuesday.

Hollywood writers have for decades penned sci-fi scripts featuring machines taking over the world. Now, they are fighting to make sure robots do not take their jobs.

The European Commission on Tuesday approved the two buy-out schemes worth €1.47 billion the government proposed last year to buy out especially polluting farms that aim to cut the country’s nitrogen emissions in line with EU commitments. After years of...

Parties in the governing coalition reacted strongly to Prime Minister Alexander De Croo Labour Day speech in which he targeted the unemployed or those who ‘don’t want to work’, in order to support the proposal for a time limit on...

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Tuesday to discuss cooperation on irregular migration, with the two leaders sharing similar views on the need for a new approach. Tuesday’s meeting focused mainly on...

The conservative nationalist ECR group, currently the sixth force in the European Parliament, is edging closer to becoming the third-largest group with 85 seats, recent projections for the next European elections in 2024 show. According to the projections, ECR placed...

The new EU fiscal rules proposed by the Commission will not slam public investment or exacerbate recessions in the immediate future, but they might haunt the eurozone in the long-term, Centre for European Reform's (CER) Sander Tordoir writes for EURACTIV.

Ukraine's military vowed on Tuesday (2 May) not to give up the pulverised eastern city of Bakhmut as it prepares to launch a long-promised counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Good regulation is critical to supporting business-driven innovation. This will ensure we have the conditions and support that enable Europe’s businesses, to invest, innovate and produce goods and services, which have the highest environmental, economic, and social benefits. Charles Héaulmé...

A project for a government was proposed by the coalition “Continues the change – Democratic Bulgaria”, which is second in power in the Bulgarian parliament, on Tuesday, with the hope that it will be supported by the party of former...

As Poland wants to stop COVID-19 vaccine deliveries it no longer needs, the Polish Health Ministry sent a letter to Pfizer asking for a renegotiation of the deal that the company had signed with the EU. In a letter seen...

Ukraine’s accession to the EU and Portugal’s role in the connection with Latin American and African countries were discussed between the Speaker of the Portuguese Parliament Augusto Santos Silva and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Tuesday. Speaking to Lusa...

Former French prime minister François Fillon denounced hypocrisy in different approaches to Russia and China, saying the latter is a greater threat while being questioned by the National Assembly’s Commission of Enquiry into foreign interference on Tuesday. Fillon, the prime...

The European Commission is set to lay out a plan on Wednesday (3 May) to increase European industry’s capacity for producing ammunition to one million a year, EU officials said as the bloc struggles to arm Ukraine and refill its...

A multi-continental crackdown has halted a major "dark web" drugs marketplace, with international police arresting 288 suspects and recovering more than 50 million euros ($54.8 million) in cash and virtual currency, Europol said Tuesday (2 May).