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The European Parliament will replace the manual registration of lawmakers' attendance with a system based on scanning their badges and, on a voluntary basis, fingerprints, according to document about a bureau meeting on Monday (5 February), seen by Euractiv. 

The EU is already struggling to meet its 2030 climate and energy targets, so it needs to put farmers as well as the social and environmental benefits first in order to project itself forward to 2040, write Zsolt Lengyel and Erica Johnson.

The approach of 'competitive sustainability' is key to understanding how a measure of competitiveness is needed in the new global context marked by massive US green subsidies and an aggressive industrial strategy from China, writes Martin Porter.

With IT innovations and financial technologies expected to be an important part of Ukraine's reconstruction, foreign investors should grab the opportunity early on, writes Maksym Koretskiy.

The European Commission presented its recommendations for the EU’s 2040 climate target on Tuesday (6 February), arguing for a 90% cut in emissions compared to 1990, and paving the way for carbon capture technology to abate remaining emissions from industry.

Germany will abstain from another EU transport law, despite initially signalling agreement, an industry source told Euractiv, as the liberal FDP party is blocking the agreement to the proposed new CO2 standards for trucks which would see the number of diesel trucks drastically reduced.

Representatives of the EU Council, Commission, and Parliament agreed on a compromise text of the Gigabit Infrastructure Act: the tacit approval remains a voluntary principle while the abolition of intra-EU communication 'surcharges' is set for 2029-2032. 

Turkey's government is scrambling to prove it has fulfilled promises to re-home victims of a devastating earthquake from February 2023. But a year on, survivors are still in temporary housing, facing the prospect of having to buy their potential new homes.

In a major blow to the EU's Green Deal and Farm to Fork framework, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday (6 February) that she will withdraw the Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR), which sought to halve pesticide use by 2030.

As we move closer to the European elections in June, work on legislation in Brussels is slowly coming to an end. This week, the European Parliament and EU countries are holding multiple negotiations, known as 'trilogues', to close deals before the EU-wide ballot.

The EU on Tuesday unveils its climate targets for 2040 and a roadmap for the next stage of its energy transition, four months before European elections and with the bloc reeling from a farmer revolt against green reforms.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will try to build on the momentum from Europe's success in agreeing new aid for war-torn Ukraine when he heads to Washington this week, where President Joe Biden is struggling to overcome opposition to a US package.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Fidesz party boycotting a parliamentary session called by the opposition to vote on Sweden’s accession to NATO, the Czech media landscape shifting as Babiš’s sells his media house, and so much more.

Privacy has dominated the discussion over the regulation curbing child sexual abuse online - at the expense of children's rights, writes Liora Lazarus.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for greater protections for food producers through a 'European Egalim' law, a reference to French legislation that regulates trade negotiations with supermarkets and manufacturers.

Viktor Orbán's ruling Fidesz party boycotted an extraordinary parliamentary session called by the opposition to vote on Sweden's accession to NATO, as the Hungarian prime minister made clear he prefers to impose his own tempo.

The Greens in the European Parliament have urged the Commission to take action on agriculture, becoming the latest party seeking to woo farmers ahead of June's EU elections, as a new study confirms the growing grip of Eurosceptic parties on rural areas.

It’s been 25 years since the four Mercosur nations and the EU vowed to sign a free-trade agreement. Twenty-five years of political to-ing and fro-ing, now compounded with pro-environmental imperatives pushing negotiations to the brink of collapse.

After weeks of blockades and demonstrations, part of the farmers’ front take a pause, others continue rallying, while several organisations across Europe are calling for further mobilisation in the next weeks.

Lobbyists from US tech giant Amazon should have their access badges to the European Parliament revoked “until the company’s management is willing to engage in genuine dialogue with the Parliament,” members of the Parliament's employment committee have written in a letter to the institution's president, Roberta Metsola.