EU Council closes in on product liability rulebook
The EU Council of Ministers is close to formalising its position on the new product liability rules, based on a compromise text circulated this week, seen by EURACTIV.
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May 24, 2023 EU countries give lukewarm reception to cyber defence strategy
EU defence ministers adopted on Tuesday (23. May) conclusions on cyber defence, pointing out the need to avoid duplications in the institutional architecture, and stating their priorities on skills development and voluntary coordination in the defence sector.
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May 23, 2023 Franco-German friendship meeting overshadowed by nuclear divide
The Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly on Monday, where 50 French National Assembly members and 50 Bundestag members meet bi-annually to foster cooperation between the countries, was overshadowed by their divides on nuclear energy.
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May 21, 2023 MEP: EU must encourage ‘responsible’ use of new genetic techniques
The EU must work towards regulation that enables the responsible use of new genomic techniques (NGTs) to innovate the farming sector while remaining centred around the precautionary principle, according to centre-right MEP Norbert Lins.
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May 20, 2023 Energy Taxation Directive: Europe’s key climate law stuck in a quagmire
Talks to revise the 20-year-old Energy Taxation Directive are moving at a snail’s pace amid resistance from EU countries in a matter that requires unanimity among the 27.
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May 19, 2023 Labour vows to take UK into EU’s asylum regime
Should the opposition Labour party win the next UK election, it would take the country back into the EU’s Dublin Agreement, which regulates how countries decide on asylum applications, as part of a series of moves to bring the UK closer to the bloc, though without seeking to rejoin.
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May 18, 2023 Belgium joins Council of Europe Register of Damage for Ukraine
EU member states – including Belgium – and the EU have announced they will participate in establishing the Register of Damage announced by the Council of Europe on Wednesday.
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May 17, 2023 EU lawmakers kick off cybersecurity law negotiations for connected devices
Manufacturers’ obligations, reporting, compliance and enforcement are the main areas of the first compromise on the new cybersecurity law EU lawmakers will discuss next week.
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May 16, 2023 Commission vice-president faces protest from Italian farmers
On Monday (15 May), a group of Italian farmers protested to the cry of ‘No Europe without agriculture’ outside the venue where Commission executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans was delivering a speech.
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May 15, 2023 EU food systems law proposal hits first stumbling block
The impact assessment on the proposal future framework for sustainable food systems (FSFS) has failed to win approval from the Commission’s quality control board, according to sources, although this is not expected to delay the presentation of the proposal.
