Minister MacNeill urged the European Commission to bring forward the revised Tobacco Products Directive, she also called for an early agreement on the EU Pharma Package.
It could spark an institutional clash with the Council of the EU which is reluctant about regulations.
Cement imports from Ukraine to Poland surged 540 percent, from 101,700 tonnes in 2022 to 652,300 tonnes in 2024, threatening Polandโs and Europeโs cement industries.
L’Italien a luttรฉ contre la mafia sicilienne. Mais peut-il affronter la fabrique de la loi de l’UE ?
Giuseppe Antoci battled the Italian mob. But can he take on EU policymaking?
In todayโs edition of The Capitals, read about Greeceโs energy mastermind facing trouble after a โserious mistakeโ, Poland considering a new tax on big tech, the EU court sanctioning Bulgaria for a delayed directive, and so much more.
For Mette Frederiksen, controlling “mass migration” is just as important as deterring Russia.
Matteo Zamboni (human
rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a partner to the
Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of London)
Photo: The towers of the Court of Justice in the Luxembourg fog (c)…
57 MEPs from five political groups are urging the Commission to defend the Audiovisual Media Services Directive against the US.
Dr Joy A. Debski, Lecturer in Law, School of Law and Social Sciences, Robert
Gordon University
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Synoptic Data Inquiry and
Understanding the Directive
Although women
constitute about 51%…
Opening the Habitats Directive for wolves amendment could break the floodgates. Member states are urged to improve compensation bureaucracy.
And while TikTok rolls out new protections for teens, industry backs Poland on CSAM negotiations.
Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen will justify the withdrawal of the AI Liability Directive on 9 April in the JURI Committee of the European Parliament.
The purported cyberattack comes amid a groundswell of unrest over his crusade to slash the federal government.
In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Swedish migration minister Johan Forssell anticipated innovative ideas for the upcoming EU legislation for migrant returns that will be presented on Tuesday, 11 March, in Strasbourg.
Opening up the legislation that protects more species and habitats may have wider implications.
Law championed by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would lower the protection status of Europe’s wolves.
Amman this week welcomed the first convoy of sick and injured children from Gaza.ย
The president convened his secretaries, with Musk, to clarify power.
In a world-first, the EU created legislation to regulate Artificial Intelligence, called the AI Act. But it nowย seemsย to be moving away from effective protection for those harmed by this technology by abandoningย a proposed AI Liability Directive.
The minerals deal is still on the table. So are deals with Russia.
Dr Meltem Ineli
Ciger, Associate
Professor, Suleyman Demirel University
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by Konstantin Brizhnichenko, via Wikimedia
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On 27 February 2025, the Court of Justice delivered its ju…
The Polish capital struggled with new waste directive requirements for mandatory waste separation.
A government-backed analysis seen by POLITICO argues Beijing could remotely shut down wind farms unless Germany bans its suppliers.
Antje Kunst*
*Antje Kunst is
an international lawyer and barrister of Garden Court North Chambers, admitted
to the Bar of England and Wales, and the Bar of Berlin, advising and
representing individuals in a wide range of matters related to …
4 of 5 companies would be exempt from EU corporate sustainability reporting as part of Brussels’ anti-red tape drive.
Stephen Feinberg, at his confirmation hearing, signaled heโs unlikely to challenge the Pentagonโs striking shift.
High noise levels have a significant impact on the health of Europeans, especially those living in urban areas. A recent study by the European Court of Auditorsย drewย attention to the risks of neglecting this type of pollution that contributes to premat…
Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of
London
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Commons
Is the Italy/Albania deal on housing
asylum-seekers a model of the future, to be emulated by the rest of the EU, and
the UK โ or is …
Paolo Biondi Photo credit: Mstyslav Chernov, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction The 1951 Refugee Convention is a pivotal document in international refugee protection, outlining the rights of asylum seekers and …
Tiago Sรฉrgio Cabral*** PhD Candidate at the
University of Minho | Researcher at JusGov | Project Expert for the Portuguese
team in the “European Network on Digitalization and E-governance”
(ENDE). Authorโs opinions are his own.Photo credit:…
President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.
Many businesses would be exempt from complying with sustainability reporting under the hotly anticipated omnibus proposal.
The Court of Justice of the EU will now look at the case and rule in a few months.
EU tries to make farming sexy again โ and keep farmers from revolting.
Lโoffensive antirรฉglementation du prรฉsident a semรฉ le doute sur son hรฉritage ร matiรจre dโรฉcologie et suscitรฉ la colรจre de nombreux membres de son propre parti.
The French president’s anti-regulation push has thrown his environmental legacy into doubt and angered many in his own party.
The Green Claims Directive must balance ensuring transparency with enabling businesses to make credible climate commitments. A well-designed regulation must support voluntary carbon markets and unlock private investment for decarbonisation and nature p…
AU MENU โ Le jour dโaprรจs, la petite musique de la dรฉrรฉgulation de lโIA continue de monter. โ Un rapport parlementaire pointe les avantages de Starlink pour connecter les trains. โ Nouveau retard au dรฉcollage pour la PPLย anti-fast fashion. Bonjour ร toutes et ร tous, nous sommes jeudi 13 fรฉvrier, et vous lisez Tech Matin [โฆ]
EPP rapporteur Axel Voss slammed the Commission for creating a ”Wild West” that only benefits Big Tech.
โFarmers” raked in millions of euros for land they didnโt own or work.
The Commission justified its removal by saying it could see ”no foreseeable agreement” on the directive.
SNEAK PEEK โ The EU plans to raise the American pushback against tech law with the U.S., said tech boss Henna Virkkunen. She also promised a more โinnovation-friendlyโ AI regulatory framework. โ Rolling out AI should mean talking to workers and helping them gain new skills, said EESC president Oliver Rรถpke. Failing to get it [โฆ]
Proposed EU rules could see almost 100% of solid fuel local space heaters disappear from the European market, destroying European jobs, growth and competitiveness, warns CEFACD
It represents another major effort to expand presidential authority.
Dr. Ayลe Dicle
Ergin, Assistant
Professor, Bilkent University Faculty of Law
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Ridgwell, Voice of America news, via Wikimedia
Commons
As of today, the vast majority of
approximately 2.8
million Syrians in Tรผr…
Europe has the potential to play an important role, but it will have to move fast, and be smart and more united than before.
Green lawmakers claim the U.S. president’s son shot a rare duck in an EU conservation zone.
As Poland’s textile collection mandate takes effect under an EU directive, many Poles legally bypass it by using mixed waste bins.
The post Poles evade textile collection rules as EU directive takes effect appeared first on Euractiv.
The Directive should not create additional burdens on companies, JURI rapporteur Axel Voss told Euractiv.
The post EU Parliament deeply divided over AI liability directive appeared first on Euractiv.
Poland accuses Russia of election interference via the dark web, and the European Commission seems to be slow-announcing a space regulation.
The post AI Liability Directive today, Virkkunen’s sovereign cloud tomorrow appeared first on Euractiv.
With the Commission set to officially publish its work programme on 11 February, the status of the EU Space Law as a regulation or a directive will be officially confirmed.
The post Commission unofficially announces EU space market regulation appeared …
Brussels hopes simplifying green compliance rules will boost Europe’s flagging economy. Green groups fear something more sinister.
The new directive puts some aid organizations at risk of bankruptcy.
PARIS/BRUXELLES โ La France fait pression pour retarder lโentrรฉe en vigueur de deux rรฉglementations europรฉennes majeures pour les entreprises. Ces textes leur imposent notamment de fournir des informations sur lโempreinte environnementale de leur activitรฉ et leur exposition au risque climatique, et de vรฉrifier que leurs fournisseurs respectent les rรจgles en matiรจre dโenvironnement et de travail [โฆ]
And is Meta censoring #TheLeft?
The post Zelenskyy slams Europe on Tech, full EP timeline for AI Liability Directive appeared first on Euractiv.
EU institutions have been โwalking on thin iceโ when adopting the minimum wage directive, wrote Nicholas Emiliou, advocate-general of the CJEU.
The post EU’s work โdignityโ goal might be soon over appeared first on Euractiv.
By providing specialized data and research, Eurofound has long contributed to a stronger, fairer Europe โ in todayโs climate, its mission has never been more essential
What the EU will be squabbling about in VDLโs second term.
Curious about how this fiesta of consumerism is impacting the environment? We have the festive details. Humbug!
EU plans to hike airlines’ green taxes are “complete bullshit,” says lobby chief Willie Walsh.
“I’m not bluffing” in LNG threat, Qatari Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi tells the FT.
Workers in family-run businesses earn less on average and have fewer opportunities to progress into senior jobsSanta has a great reputation. Generous, jolly, snazzily dressed. But heโs obviously a terrible employer. The elves are entirely unpaid for th…
Energy minister warns Doha โnot bluffingโ over hefty penalties in corporate sustainability directive
Dr Meltem Ineli
Ciger, Associate
Professor, Suleyman Demirel University
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Commons
On 19 December
2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union gave its judgment in Joined
ca…
Paolo Biondi, EU Asylum
Agency
Photo
credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia
Commons
Introduction
The 1951
Refugee Convention is a pivotal document in international refugee
protection, outlining the rights of as…
Alan Desmond, University of Leicester
Kevin Fredy Hinterberger, Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour
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via Wikimedia Commons
Introduction
The 2008 Return
Directive sets out common standards and procedures…
France demands nuclear-friendly replacement for Renewable Energy Directive
Alessandra Fratini and Giorgia
Lo Tauro, Fratini Vergano European lawyers
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Introduction
On 4 October 2024, the Grand
Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment
i…
With 42 days left in office, Biden avoids unscripted moments or press questions.
Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of
London
Photo credit: Ggia,
via Wikimedia Commons
Introduction
Member Statesโ ministers (the EU
Council) are likely to agree a negotiating position this week on replacement of
existing EU law …
Businesses and politicians are using legal intimidation to stifle dissenting voices, and many cases go unreported, report by the Coalition Against SLAPPs says.
The decision by Bern Convention members is a major win for the EU and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The next step for the EU will be changing the Habitats Directive, a move that NGOs fear can have further implications.
One of the policies under discussion is restricting the freedom of movement of migrants set for deportation.
The vote is symbolic but lawmakers still couldn’t come to an agreement.
Danish Green MEP Rasmus Nordqvist, a designer who has collaborated with many architects, spoke with Euractiv after the New European Bauhaus white paper presentation in the European Parliament about what it means for Europeโs urban spaces.
Whoโs at the top of the class and who flunked? Here are POLITICO’s grades for each 2019-2024 European commissioner.
Ylva Johansson reflects on five years leading one of the EU’s thorniest portfolios.
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur la tech en France. Par รMILE MARZOLF Avec OCรANE HERRERO & KLARA DURAND Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand, Emile Marzolf et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โย Guillaume โMuskโ Kasbarian part ร lโassaut de la bureaucratie. โ Dรฉmarchage tรฉlรฉphonique [โฆ]
Hungaryโs Commission nominee still avoided saying what he would do to ease access to abortion.ย ย
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur la tech en France. Par KLARA DURAND Avec OCรANE HERRERO & EMILE MARZOLF Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand, Emile Marzolf et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โ Lโintelligence artificielle, star de la โJournรฉe de la donnรฉeโ ร Bercy. [โฆ]
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par KLARA DURAND Avec OCรANE HERRERO & EMILE MARZOLF Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand, Emile Marzolf et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โ Harcรจlement : Gabriel Attal lance son association. โ Le Sรฉnat dรฉsigne dรฉjร [โฆ]
Treading carefully, Austria’s pick for commissioner pledged new legislation for migration โ and little more.
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par KLARA DURAND Avec OCรANE HERRERO, EMILE MARZOLF et TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand, Emile Marzolf et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โย Harcรจlement : la ministre de lโEducation nationale se saisit du sujet. [โฆ]
Josep Borrell said legislation going into effect in 2027 would require compensation to victims of abuses, after POLITICO revealed links between TotalEnergies and a massacre in Mozambique.
Discussions on revising the EU’s Return Directive and tripling Frontex’s standing corps to 30,000 could lead to a wider overhaul that would strengthen the agency.
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par KLARA DURAND Avec OCรANE HERRERO & TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โ Maintien de la vidรฉosurveillance algorithmique : le dรฉbat dรฉchire dรฉjร . โ Budget : les [โฆ]
Algorithmic Management is reshaping the landscape of European workplaces. Two-thirds of workers already experience AM tools, leading to less autonomy, a greater workload, more stress, and job insecurity. Workers’ co-determination and extending the rule…
An EU fraud investigation into a โฌ46 million waste treatment project remains stuck in bureaucratic gridlock.
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par KLARA DURAND Avec OCรANE HERRERO et TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โ Budget 2025 : les obstacles ร franchir sont connus, lโissue aussi. โ Les รฉditeurs [โฆ]
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCรANE HERRERO Avec KLARA DURAND et TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โ Cybersรฉcu : la transposition de la directive NIS2 enfin lร . โ โFair shareโ, CIRโฆ [โฆ]
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCรANE HERRERO Avec KLARA DURAND, TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โย Budget : pour sโengager sur le CII, Clara Chappaz veut dโautres รฉconomies. โย Les plateformes tardent ร [โฆ]
Ministres, PDG ou lobbyistes, ils faรงonnent le dรฉbat public sur le sujet.
Professor Steve Peers, Royal
Holloway University of London
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via Wikimedia
commons
Introduction
Along with judgments on Afghan
women asylum seekers (discussed here)
and the status of Turkey as a โsafe third coun…
Aolan Li*
*The author is a third-year PhD
candidate in Law at Queen Mary University of London. Her ongoing doctoral
thesis research delves into the application of Article 6(1)(f) of GDPR from a
comparative perspective. Email: aolan…
Roughly a dozen national security aides from the Trump White House are feared to be Iranโs hit list. Itโs hard to protect them all.
Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London
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Commons
Hamster idiom credit: Adam Sharp
(Thanks to Zoe Gardner for discussion of the case;
the following analysis is my own)
Introduc…
A new out-of-court body certified by Irish authorities to settle disputes related to the DSA has strong ties to Meta and the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU suggests a potential revival of the review of the e-Privacy directive in draft Co…
Ministers will discuss ways returns can be made more efficient at an informal, closed-door lunch, with a focus on ‘return hubs’ for processing irregular migrants outside of the EU, diplomats told Euractiv.
