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EU leaders want to make food security top priority for 2024-2029 strategic agenda
EU leaders are expected to put food security at the heart of bloc’s agricultural policy for the next five years, according to a leaked draft of the outline of the EU’s Strategic Agenda obtained by Euractiv.
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Thierry Breton says European Space Law might be presented after the summer
Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told Members of the European Parliament that the Commission will need "extra time" to present the European Space Law legislative proposal, possibly after June's EU elections.
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ENVI’s EU pharma package ‘a bloody compromise’ says Czech shadow rapporteur [Advocacy Lab Content]
EP votes on Wednesday (10 April) on the new pharmaceutical legislation, which the shadow rapporteur Kateřina Konečná (The Left) calls a “bloody compromise”, while Czech MEP Ondřej Knotek welcomed the ENVI outcome.
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Ukraine minister says trade benefits are key as EP committee paves way for renewal
The European Parliament’s trade committee gave the green light on Tuesday (9 April) to a last-minute deal to extend trade liberalisation with Ukraine until 2025, which Kyiv’s trade minister said is key to sustaining the Ukrainian economy.
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Recovery fund should be ‘blueprint’ for permanent joint borrowing, EU Commission Economy chief says
Given the continued investment needs into the green and digital transition, there was a need for a “permanent” EU-level fund, EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said at an event on Tuesday (9 April), highlighting that the “temporary nature” of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) has prevented it from unleashing its full potential.
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The Brief – Turning the page on the EU-Ukraine agricultural dispute
The end of the saga on the temporary liberalisation of Ukraine's imports to the EU could mark a new start in relations between Brussels and Kyiv.
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Weimar Triangle aims to increase investment into Moldova
The 'Weimar Triangle' of Germany, France, and Poland is looking to activate joint investment to prop up Moldova’s frail public finances amid increasing Russian pressure on the EU candidate country, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday.
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Droughts prove EU’s water resilience urgently needs holistic strategy [Advocacy Lab Content]
With several EU member states facing the impacts of drought conditions and the bloc’s water ecosystems under pressure, experts have voiced the need for a “holistic approach” to increase Europe’s water resilience.
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LIVE NOW! Media Partnership – The future of EU industry: resilience or dependence
In a new era marked by climate disruptions, geopolitical conflicts and economic tensions, fundamental questions arise: do we still need industry in Europe? Or can the EU rely solely on fragmented value chains for its strategic autonomy?
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Breton puts his weight behind EU’s forthcoming Solar Charter
The EU’s Single Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has expressed his support for the European solar charter, a new document designed to boost support for domestic solar manufacturers.
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European Parliament committees vote to withdraw EU from the Energy Charter Treaty
The ECT was created in 1994 as a way to foster cooperation between countries on energy matters as well as generate and protect investment in energy ventures in post-Soviet countries.
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EU leaders to insist on Cyprus talks progress amid calls for two-state solution
EU leaders are expected to stress the importance of making progress in the Cyprus settlement talks, according to draft conclusions, seen by Euractiv, for an EU summit on 17-18 April, amid new calls from Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar for a 'two-state solution' for the divided island.
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Former Catalan president to leave politics if he doesn’t win regional elections
Former Catalan president and leader of the right-wing separatist Together for Catalonia (JxCat), Carles Puigdemont, will quit politics if he does not win the snap regional elections on 12 May, he announced on Tuesday (9 April).
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Dissatisfied with the EU? New list aims to renegotiate Sweden’s EU membership
Swedish European People's Party MEP Sara Skyttedal and former Social Democrat lawmaker Jan Emanuel presented on Tuesday (9 April) a list for June's European elections that seeks to unite all those dissatisfied with the EU with the aim of re-negotiating Sweden's EU membership.
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EU parties and Commission sign campaign rulebook against foreign interference, disinformation
All European political parties will sign on Tuesday (9 March) to a set of code of conduct rules, brokered by the European Commission, as part of broader efforts to shield June’s EU elections campaign from foreign interference and disinformation.
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Gagging the European Parliament?
The parliamentary questions system operated by the European Parliament is a pale imitation of the traditional PQ system, is extraordinarily bureaucratic, operates at a snail’s pace, and produces responses that would not be tolerated in other parliaments, writes Dick Roche.
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Europe needs more funds for defence as wider war ‘no longer a fantasy’, Borrell warns
A full-scale conflict in Europe is “no longer a fantasy” and Europeans must find new ways to financially prepare for a potentially wider war on the continent, the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday (9 April). “War is...
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European states sign pledge to protect North Sea infrastructure
Britain and other major European countries with maritime borders on the North Sea on Tuesday (9 April) signed an agreement to work together to protect underwater infrastructure, including from possible Russian attacks.
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EU Parliament shows tough love to Europe’s ‘problem child’
Euractiv's Transport Brief brings you the latest roundup of news affecting the transport sector in Europe.
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March marks yet another record in global heat
The world just experienced its warmest March on record, capping a 10-month streak in which every month set a new temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Tuesday (9 April).
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