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It is hard to find many critics in Brussels of the EU’s new carbon levy that came into force in October. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is one of the few major pieces of law passed by Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission that secured cross-party support in the European Parliament. 

A cross-party coalition of Members of the European Parliament demanded that the European Commission take action following the revelations that sensitive data from European leaders was being sold to the highest bidder.

After EU member states failed to reach a majority for or against the re-authorisation of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate, the Commission is now planning to unilaterally authorise it for 10 years. And while there’s still debate over environmental and health...

Ukraine joining the European Union in the future would result in the 'death' of the family farm as we know it, according to German Farmers' Union President Joachim Rukwied.

Scarce e-fuels and sustainable biofuels should be reserved for hard-to-decarbonise transport modes such as shipping, rather than going to trucks and buses where electrification is a viable option, shipowners argue.

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The Hungarian government on Friday (17 November) launched a "national consultation" billed as "protecting" the country against alleged European Union policies, including war-torn Ukraine's potential membership of the bloc.

The Spanish presidency of the EU Council wants an opt-out option for the primary use of health data in emergency situations and two mandatory ‘harmonised components’ for health record systems (EHRs) in the EU's health data regulation, according to a position paper obtained by Euractiv.

UN aid deliveries to Gaza were suspended again on Friday (17 November) due to shortages of fuel and a communications shutdown, deepening the misery of thousands of hungry and homeless Palestinians as Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the enclave.

2014 was the year when I, as European Commissioner for Environment, introduced the circular economy in the European policy space. It was not a new concept, or unknown to science, but it was new to policy makers. Today, in less than 10 years, the concept is well known, fairly well understood and broadly accepted globally.

From the Conference on the Future of Europe to the European Citizens’ Panels, in recent years, the EU institutions have been promoting a stronger participatory approach to their decision-making processes. The European Parliament and other EU bodies are now pushing...

The European Commission is considering to use its "trade instruments" as the EU's wind industry continues to struggle with fierce compeition from China, high raw material prices, rising interest rates, and slow permit-granting processes.

In cancer care, increasing survivorship comes with its own set of challenges, which include addressing the lasting physical and psycho-social impacts of the disease. In these articles, Euractiv looks at what is needed so that cancer survivors live their lives...

While the number of cancer survivors in the EU is increasing due to medical advances, patient organisations have highlighted the need to better incorporate financial and psychosocial aspects when addressing quality of life. The European Cancer Organisation estimates that there...

EU legislators agreed new rules on Thursday (16 November) to tackle potential cases of manipulation or insider trading on the bloc’s wholesale electricity market, granting new powers for regulators to investigate potential cases and crack down on offenders.

Italy has a strong case to be awarded the European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), but it will have to do more than tackle financial crime to convince its European peers, writes Maria Nizzero. Maria Nizzero is a research fellow at...

The center of the Bulgarian capital looked like a warzone on Thursday evening (16 November) as demonstrations demanding the resignations of senior football executives went out of control and ended in violent clashes with the police.

I grew up with the idea that a career was linear, progressive, just like the ladder it is often associated with. My father worked all his life in the same company, as did most of the people I looked up to when I was younger. Read more in Euractiv's Economy Brief.

European Union legislators reached agreement on Thursday (16 November) on a new directive that will see jail sentences of up to 10 years for the worst polluters and companies fined up to 5% of their global turnover.

A German court ruling that forced Berlin to freeze €60 billion in planned green investment spending is unlikely to have much impact on the reform of EU fiscal rules now under review, senior euro zone officials said on Thursday (16...