Europe News 'You tweet about Santa Claus!': MEPs spar over Nature Restoration Law The gloves were definitely off during a debate in the European Parliament about the contentious Nature Restoration Law. 11/07/2023
World News Euroviews. The EU nature restoration law would improve food security — full stop Like all food companies, Danone and Nestlé are heavily reliant on nature and its well-being to procure our agricultural raw materials. When nature suffers, our supply chain is strained, Facundo Etchebehere and Bart Vandewaetere write. 11/07/2023
Europe News MEPs call for EU search and rescue mission over Med 'disgrace' Members of the European Parliament will vote Thursday on a motion calling for a new EU-wide search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean. 11/07/2023
World News Euroviews. The EU nature restoration law is meant to help cities, not hinder them As European cities continue to heat up faster than the rest of our countries, let the Nature Restoration Law be our unified response and our commitment to a sustainable, resilient future, Linda Voortman writes. 07/07/2023
Europe News Frontex chief: Suspending activity in Greece would cost lives Withdrawing Frontex from Greece, as suggested by the agency's own Fundamental Rights Officer following one of the deadliest shipwrecks in Europe, could restrict "our capabilities to save lives," the agency's chief said on Thursday. 06/07/2023
Europe Decoded MEPs call for revamp of artists’ rights across EU and AI protection The European Union should do more to mitigate the "very irregular" employment situation" and the challenges posed by AI and digitalisation that artists and other professionals in the creative sector face, lawmakers have demanded. 01/07/2023
World News Euroviews. Faced with devastating droughts, the EU is in dire need of a Blue Deal It’s time to get serious: we need to label water as one of the EU’s critical raw materials, something that every citizen has a basic right to – and we need to take action to secure and defend future access to it, MEP Emma Wiesner writes. 30/06/2023
Europe News No second chance if Nature Restoration Law falls, warns Timmermans The European Commission is closely following the legislative discussions around the Nature Restoration Law. 28/06/2023
World News Euroviews. The EU must restrict fossil fuel lobbyists’ access to our institutions The countdown before climate mayhem has started, and it is high time to phase out the fossil fuel industry's influence on public institutions, MEPs Manon Aubry, Michael Bloss and Pierre Larrouturou write. 28/06/2023
Europe News Liberal lawmakers take the lead at this year's MEP Awards Lawmakers from Renew Europe, the European Parliament's third-largest group, snatched four prizes at the 2023 MEP Awards. 28/06/2023
Europe News MEPs vote down the Nature Restoration Law, threatening its survival The European Parliament's environment committee on Tuesday voted down an amended version of the Nature Restoration Law. 27/06/2023
Green News EU ‘right to repair’ laws may save millions of phones from landfill Smartphone manufacturers make their batteries hard to replace. Tough new EU rules will change that. 22/06/2023
Europe News Nature Restoration Law survives crucial vote but uncertainty remains The Nature Restoration Law, a key piece of the European Green Deal, sets legally binding targets to rehabilitate degraded habitats and lost species. 15/06/2023
Europe News The European Green Deal faces its moment of truth: nature restoration The Green Deal, described by Ursula von der Leyen as "Europe's man on the moon moment," is about to undergo a litmus test. 14/06/2023
Europe News MEPs endorse blanket ban on live facial recognition in public spaces Members of the European Parliament endorsed on Wednesday a blanket ban on AI-powered facial recognition in public spaces. 14/06/2023
World News WWF fights for EU Nature Restoration Law despite pushback from MEPs The proposal says all damaged ecosystems should be repaired by 2050. But the centre-right European People's Party has opposed the bill, claiming it would endanger food security in the continent. 12/06/2023
World News Euroviews. The EPP Group is wrong to spurn the EU's nature restoration law It’s time politicians abandon these cynical games and tackle the challenges we are facing seriously, Olivier De Schutter and Emile Frison write. 09/06/2023
Europe Decoded Could crisis force European-wide issues into EU election campaigns? Since 2019, the European Union has faced multiple crises -- does that mean that EU-wide issues will dominate the 2024 European election campaigns? 06/06/2023
Europe News Pedro Sánchez postpones key speech before MEPs due to snap election The Spanish PM's speech was initially scheduled to take place on 13 July and will now be moved to September. 02/06/2023
Europe News European Parliament lifts immunity of Greek MEP accused of rape The European Parliament also waived the immunity of Maria Spyraki, who is suspected of having committed fraud. 01/06/2023