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Supermarkets are the gatekeepers stacked against people who grow what we eat
Green
07.02.2024
Supermarkets are the gatekeepers stacked against people who grow what we eat
By now, everyone in Europe is likely aware that farmers across the continent have embarked on the largest protests of…
Schengen visa price hike: Here’s how much more you might have to pay to visit the EU in 2024
Travel
07.02.2024
Schengen visa price hike: Here’s how much more you might have to pay to visit the EU in 2024
The European Commission has submitted a proposal to increase the basic fee for a Schengen visa in 2024. If it…
Can Europe resist the anti-LGBT politics of hate?
World
06.02.2024
Can Europe resist the anti-LGBT politics of hate?
Right-wing, anti-gender rhetoric is surging across Europe. From Hungary’s Viktor Orban, who has been vocally opposing what he frequently describes…
New EU rules will criminalise ‘paedophilia handbooks’ and deepfakes of child abuse
My Europe
06.02.2024
New EU rules will criminalise ‘paedophilia handbooks’ and deepfakes of child abuse
The revision of the 2011 directive, unveiled on Tuesday afternoon, attempts to close the loopholes opened by the sudden advent…
Brussels recommends new EU climate target: a 90% cut of all greenhouse gas emissions by 2040
My Europe
06.02.2024
Brussels recommends new EU climate target: a 90% cut of all greenhouse gas emissions by 2040
The 90% reduction, as compared to 1990s levels, would entail a massive deployment of renewable systems, the irreversible abolition of…
Europe’s clean industrial strategy demands more strategic investment
Green
06.02.2024
Europe’s clean industrial strategy demands more strategic investment
With pivotal elections around the corner, Europeans are wrestling with a cost-of-living crisis and heightened anxiety over the health of…
Von der Leyen announces withdrawal of contentious pesticide law, the first defeat of the Green Deal
My Europe
06.02.2024
Von der Leyen announces withdrawal of contentious pesticide law, the first defeat of the Green Deal
The so-called Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR) was first tabled in June 2022 with the ambitious goal of slashing the use of…
Stop exporting weapons and send them to Ukraine instead, Borrell urges EU countries
My Europe
05.02.2024
Stop exporting weapons and send them to Ukraine instead, Borrell urges EU countries
«Not only do we have to support Ukraine for as long as it takes but for whatever it takes. (It’s)…
Farmers’ protests have sprung up across Europe, even as some cease
World
03.02.2024
Farmers’ protests have sprung up across Europe, even as some cease
Countries across Europe — the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Poland — all have one point in common. Their farmers are unhappy…
EU law on platform workers gets new chance to survive in race against the clock
My Europe
03.02.2024
EU law on platform workers gets new chance to survive in race against the clock
Ambassadors to the EU agreed on Friday to a revised mandate, which enables the Council, represented by Belgium, to head…