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MEPs voted to simplify the EU’s deforestation law, which was adopted in 2023 to ensure products sold in the EU are not sourced from deforested land.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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MEPs voted to simplify the EU’s deforestation law, which was adopted in 2023 to ensure products sold in the EU are not sourced from deforested land.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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MEPs are calling for ambitious EU action to protect minors online, including an EU-wide minimum age of 16 and bans on the most harmful addictive practices.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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MEPs are calling for ambitious EU action to protect minors online, including an EU-wide minimum age of 16 and bans on the most harmful addictive practices.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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The changes come as Brussels enters a period of heightened political tension over efforts to finalise the EU-Mercosur trade deal, which many see as a potential driver of Amazon deforestation

Facing a resurgent Russia, France unveils plans to recruit more young people into the military

The Arctic region should remain governed by the principles of international law, say MEPs, who call on the EU to assume a robust, security-oriented strategy.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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The Arctic region should remain governed by the principles of international law, say MEPs, who call on the EU to assume a robust, security-oriented strategy.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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The Arctic region should remain governed by the principles of international law, say MEPs, who call on the EU to assume a robust, security-oriented strategy.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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National experts will examine a 195-page compromise text on Friday ahead of a planned political green light in mid-December

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Tuesday, the UN published a landmark report on femicide. It states that a woman or girl is killed by a family member or intimate partner every ten minutes. The numbers are gruesomely high and yet "only the tip of the iceberg" according to the report. Europe's press reflects.

Belgium has been paralysed since Sunday evening by a nationwide strike against the government's reform plans. The work stoppage is expected to continue until Wednesday evening. The multi-party coalition had agreed on various measures to reduce the budget deficit by 9.2 billion euros, including increasing VAT on certain products and services and imposing cuts on pensions and public spending.