EU Policy
Exclusive: Trade officials confident of stalling packaging waste law
Green
14.03.2024
Exclusive: Trade officials confident of stalling packaging waste law
There is a strong chance a new law designed to reduce the huge volumes of packaging that end up in…
Exclusive: Belgium triples corporate due diligence thresholds in bid for last-ditch deal
Green
14.03.2024
Exclusive: Belgium triples corporate due diligence thresholds in bid for last-ditch deal
The Belgian government has now proposed to triple a turnover threshold to cut the number of companies cut by a…
Trade unions ask Parliament to ban all lobbyists working for Amazon
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14.03.2024
Trade unions ask Parliament to ban all lobbyists working for Amazon
Trade unions have written to the European Parliament administration asking for a ban on all lobbying organisations working for Amazon…
Governments need to triple rate of emissions cuts
Green
13.03.2024
Governments need to triple rate of emissions cuts
The EU is “on the right trajectory” to meet the raft of climate, environmental and ecological goals it has set…
Commission sues Ireland for failure to protect habitats
Green
13.03.2024
Commission sues Ireland for failure to protect habitats
Ireland will need to answer for its failure to protect peat bogs, swamps which act as ‘carbon sinks’, following a…
Commission to kill CAP’s green farming obligations
Green
13.03.2024
Commission to kill CAP’s green farming obligations
The commission is fine-tuning tweaks in the green architecture of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after member states’ agriculture ministers…
E-commerce platform Temu quizzed by Irish regulator
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13.03.2024
E-commerce platform Temu quizzed by Irish regulator
Online marketplace Temu, operated by Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings, has received additional questions about its business related to the…
Lawmakers approve AI Act with overwhelming majority
My Europe
13.03.2024
Lawmakers approve AI Act with overwhelming majority
Lawmakers in the European Parliament today (13 March) approved the AI Act, rules aimed at regulating AI according to a…
European Commission slammed for ‘tepid’ response to rapidly changing climate
Green
12.03.2024
European Commission slammed for ‘tepid’ response to rapidly changing climate
Governments, regional authorities, the business community and European citizens as a whole must face the fact that, even if world…
Misleading green claims to cost up to 4% of companies’ annual turnover
Green
12.03.2024
Misleading green claims to cost up to 4% of companies’ annual turnover
Lawmakers backed tougher rules to punish greenwashing companies claiming to be “eco-friendly” or “less polluting”, after a vote in the…