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Welcome to EURACTIV's Beyond the Byline, your weekly curated update on news about EU politics and policy generated by our newsroom and network.
EURACTIV Digital & Media Editor Luca Bertuzzi gives a breakdown of the week’s biggest European tech news in the world of politics and policy.
Welcome to EURACTIV's health Brief, your weekly update on health policy in the EU from EURACTIV's health news team: Gerardo Fortuna, Giedre Peseckyte and Clara Bauer.
Welcome to EURACTIV's AgriFood Brief, your weekly update on all things Agriculture & Food in the EU from EURACTIV's Agrifood news team: Gerardo Fortuna and Natasha Foote
Cohesion Policy is the European Union’s mechanism that supports its economic and social cohesion. Its’ main subjective is to reduce the disparities between the various regions and reassure the competitiveness of the less expanded economies. The regional development funds, the “engine” of cohesion policy, are vital to each country’s economy because the define the development of many sectors, such as tourism, infrastructure, education and others. Cohesion policy is a key element in the Union’s ...
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CO2, H2 and O2 - Cornerstones of the energy transition?
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The EU aims to be climate-neutral by 2050 – an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. The transition to a climate-neutral society is both an urgent challenge and an opportunity to develop new technological pathways. In this regard, CO2, H2 and O2 are showcasing themselves as allies for decarbonisation, provided they are properly exploited.…
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Media Partnership - Women in the agri-food industry - How cross gender collaboration impacts a successful transformation of the sector
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Agri-food sector contributes to a great extent to climate change – 1/3 of all food purchased is wasted, 1/3 of all GHG emissions comes from the food industry and only 1/3 of the freshwater withdrawals are attributed to other sectors of the economy. We need to rethink our food system and in order to do that in a successful way we need innovators com…
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Learning from the Sun to decarbonise Europe’s power with fusion energy
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Deemed as the "holy grail" of energy production, fusion is the process that powers the Sun and other stars and can be a game-changer for the future of zero carbon energy as it does not emit greenhouse gases, is virtually inexhaustible and safe. Fusion science and technology have a long history in Europe. ITER, a collaborative research project betwe…
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Agri emissions, Mercosur update, honey queen
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This week, EURACTIV’s Agrifood team brings you the latest on the industrial emissions directive (IED) and leads you through the agenda of this week’s Agrifish Council with a focus on Mercosur talks in Europe. EURACTIV’s Julia Dahm speaks with Tadeja Vidmar, a beekeeper and small farmer from Slovenia who is the current honey queen as elected by the …
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Political advertising: progress and prospects as trilogues begin
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Over two years ago, the Commission announced its planned regulation on political advertising, designed to increase transparency and clamp down on disinformation in EU elections. Trilogue negotiations on the proposed regulation are now underway, with the Swedish Council presidency hoping to reach a general approach by June. On this week’s Tech Brief…
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EU’s sustainable packaging law under scrutiny
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On this special episode of the Beyond the Byline podcast we take a look at the EU’s packaging regulation – the issues it seeks to address, and whether it has any chances of succeeding where its predecessors failed. The European Commission tabled its packaging and packaging regulation in November last year in a bid to cut waste, promote recycling, a…
This week, EURACTIV's health journalists Marta Iraola and Gerardo Fortuna dig into the troubled implementation of the new framework for medical devices in Europe which entered into force in 2021. When developers of medical devices started experiencing problems in meeting the deadlines for implementing the key rules of the new regulation, the EU law…
This week, EURACTIV discusses a leaked draft of EU member states’ compromise text on the industrial emissions directive, and we hear from EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski for his take on the controversies surrounding the directive. We also speak with Isabel Paliotta, policy officer at the European environmental bureau, for her take …
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Greece: Train crash exposes government’s failings
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This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast we are looking at the train collision in Tempe, Greece, in which 57 passengers lost their lives. We also look at the impact of the crash on the upcoming elections and reactions from citizens, who have been demanding the government takes responsibility for the neglect of the railway network. Protests and cl…
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner plays a critical role in enforcing the EU General Data Protection Regulation. We discussed with Commissioner Helen Dixon enforcement trends, different legal interpretations with other data protection authorities and recent decisions on cross-border cases.By EURACTIV
This week, EURACTIV’s journalists Clara Bauer and Gerardo Fortuna sat with the EU’s health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to talk about women’s health on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The EU health chief also gave some anticipations on what is coming up next in the EU’s health policy agenda.…
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Tractor takeover, pest threat, baby shark
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This week, EURACTIV's Agrifood news team reports from a large-scale Flemish farmers' protest in Brussels and Natasha Foote speaks with Sybren Vos, a team leader at the European Food Safety Agency's Plant Health division, to learn more about the first appearance of the fall armyworm in Europe - a pest which can damage and destroy a wide variety of c…
All major EU institutions banned TikTok on work phones in the last week. We discuss the ban and the geopolitical context in which it takes part with Jade Nester, Head of Data Public Policy for Europe at TikTok, and Katja Muñoz, Research Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations.By EURACTIV
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Nuclear threat on the rise: Russia, US control 90% of nuclear weapons
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This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast focuses on the growing danger posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Iran has attracted particular attention as a recent UN investigation revealed that the country has high percentages of Uranium that could be used in the manufacture of nuclear weapons. Additionally, in late February, Russian Presi…
This week, EURACTIV’s health team brings you the nitty-gritty of the European Health Data Space together with one of the European Parliament's rapporteur on the file, the centre-right Croatian MEP Tomislav SokolBy EURACTIV
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The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation – The role of closed loop circularity
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At the end of November 2022, the European Commission released a proposed revision of the EU legislation on Packaging and Packaging Waste, with the aim of stopping the dramatic increase of packaging waste generation and increasing the proportion of finite resources recirculated back into our economy. But how do we define circularity? Does it need to…
This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team walks you through the Commission’s fisheries package which includes the ambition to ban bottom trawling from all marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2030, and EURACTIV’s Paula Andrés talks to Enrico Somaglia from the European trade union of food and agriculture (EFFAT) about the new social conditionality tool in the…
he European Commission finally opened its public consultation on the senders-pay initiative, also known as fair contribution and traffic tax. We discussed the direction taken by the initiative so far and the options on the table with Julia Maxwell, SVP for Viaplay group and a member of the EU VOD Coalition, and Alessandro Gropelli, Deputy Director …
This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast, we are looking at the war in Ukraine, one year on from Russia's full-scale invasion. On February 24 2022, in the early hours of the morning, Russia launched missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kyiv. What followed forged a new reality for both Ukrainians and the world. A year on, the…
This week, EURACTIV's health team dig into the European Parliament’s role in the ongoing saga on the transparency of the COVID-19 vaccine contracts between the European Commission and the pharmaceutical company Pfizer with MEP Tilly Metz.By EURACTIV
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Agrifood Podcast: Livestock leak, chat with MEP on pesticides
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This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team talks about the leaked Commission’s document that suggests some livestock sectors will be hit more than previously thought by the revision of the Industrial emissions directive (IED). We also speak about the clash between two European Parliament committees over the competence of the new EU’s pesticide rules. EURA…
The coming weeks will be fundamental for the DSA to take shape, as the European Commission is working on secondary legislation to define critical provisions of the regulation, and large online platforms are taking their first steps toward compliance. EURACTIV caught up with Mathias Vermeulen, Public Policy Director at AWO, and Asha Allen, Advocacy …
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EU countries split over strict fiscal rules reform
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This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast, we are discussing Ecofin after EU finance ministers met on February 14th in Brussels to exchange views on the EU’s debt and deficit rules. What did the Commission propose for the reform of the EU governance framework? Why is it essential to combine national plans and a common European framework, and why i…
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Agrifood Podcast: European Parliament’s pesticide LEAK and new toys
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This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team brings you the latest from the European Parliament’s front of the EU’s pesticide framework revision. We comment on the leaked draft document put forward by Austrian Green MEP and Parliament’s rapporteur on the file, Sarah Weiner and we listen to the take on the ongoing reform of the deputy director of the Europea…
In the past weeks, Big Tech companies have slashed their staff in preparation for an economic recession. What do these mass layoffs mean for the tech sector? Are we looking at structural adjustments or temporary fluctuations? And what does this all mean for Europe? We try to answer these questions with Chengyi Lin, affiliate professor of strategy a…
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Migration: The appalling side of pushbacks from Italy to Greece
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This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast we are discussing migration and more specifically, pushbacks. The topic is back on the priority list for EU leaders meeting on the 9th and 10th of February with the aim of reaching a joint EU system to manage migration. In the shadows of these discussions are the pushbacks from Italy to Greece and numerous…
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Restoring the Earth’s lungs - How can forests support climate change mitigation?
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The Nature Restoration Law, the first of its kind, is a proposal adopted by the European Commission in June 2022 which aims to restore damaged ecosystems and revive nature across Europe. The proposal is seen as instrumental in avoiding ecosystem collapse and preventing the worst impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss. According to the Euro…
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EU Energy transition - What role for critical raw materials?
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Critical raw materials (CRM) are essential components in many renewable energy technologies – wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles. Demand for CRM is growing dramatically as governments look to phase out over-dependence on fossil fuels. According to projections by the World Bank, the demand for high-impact minerals will increase by 500% b…
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Empowering consumers for a successful green transition
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In 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for amendments to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and the Consumer Rights Directive. The proposal aims to contribute to a circular, clean and green EU economy by enabling consumers to take informed decisions and contribute to more sustainable consumption. It also targets unfair commerc…
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Comment le nouveau gouvernement français envisage-t-il la mise en œuvre d'une PAC efficace ?
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La nouvelle politique agricole commune (PAC) de l'Union européenne entrera en vigueur en 2023. Les réformes - notamment en matière d'équité, de durabilité et de compétitivité - devraient être effectives dès le mois de janvier. Selon le ministère de l’agriculture, la nouvelle version du PSN (Plan Stratégique National) français veut « encourager une …
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Agrifood podcast: EU agri ministers get angsty & agri-trade talks
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This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team walks you through all the goings-on of the first meeting of EU agriculture ministers under the Swedish Presidency, including the latest on agri-trade with Ukraine and a push from ministers for more say over environmental matters, and EURACTIV’s Gerardo Fortuna talks to Arancha Gonzalez, former Spanish minister of…
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The European digital identity’s pilot project
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While the regulation to establish a European digital identity continues its legislative process, the European Commission has recently launched a pilot project to see how this could work in practice. We discuss the project and its potential impact on the legislation with Gregory Kuhlmey, digital identity programme manager at IDEMIA, the French secur…
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EU-Ukraine summit: Between show of support and dimmed accession hopes
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This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast we discuss top EU leaders travelling to Ukraine to hold talks with a candidate country, for the first time ever in an active war zone. Almost a year after Ukraine’s invasion by Russia, EU's top leaders are set to meet their Ukrainian counterparts to discuss the country’s progress on its path in the EU, the…
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Media Partnership - Decarbonizing the aviation sector: Aeroporti di Roma presents an Italian best practice
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On January 24, 2023, the event ‘Decarbonizing the aviation sector: Aeroporti di Roma presents an Italian best practice,’ was hosted at the European Parliament (Room ASP1G1), organized by Aeroporti di Roma (ADR). The purpose of the event was to explore at the European level the aim of the “Pact for the Decarbonisation of air transport”, promoted by …
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Mercosur Trade Agreement - Will 2023 be the year it is finally ratified?
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In June 2019, the EU and Mercosur, comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, reached a trade agreement after almost 20 years of negotiations. With the EU being Mercosur's number one trade and investment partner, a trade agreement was seen as beneficial for the economy of both regions. Industry argued that tariff liberalisation would resul…
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Agrifood Podcast: Ukraine trade liberalisation, Chinese fisheries, save the bees
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The one-year scheme to suspend import duty on all agricultural products from Ukraine is coming to an end. Now, the Commission is reconsidering the arrangement. EURACTIV Germany’s Julia Dahm spoke to EU agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski about this and Gerardo Fortuna talks about his chat with agriculture Director General Wolfgang Burtsch…
