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Greek NHS to see radical reforms after years of stalemate

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 06:59
The Greek health ministry’s new administration seems ready to establish radical reforms inan ailing national health system, but doctors warn that without investing in additional staff and training, nothing will be achieved.
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria tops global rule of law progress, Greece hits bottom

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 06:54
European Union member states continue to lead the way globally in the rule of law, with Bulgaria and Slovenia making the most positive progress in 2023. But it is not all good news as, with the rule of law falling...
Categories: European Union

Belgium: New agency to tackle fragmented health data collection

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 06:54
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Belgian government recognised the urgent need for improved access and availability of health data, including steps to facilitate the secondary use of health data. 
Categories: European Union

PSOE and Sumar sign coalition agreement, omit key point for Catalan backing

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 06:37
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and progressive Socialist leader and acting Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz overcame their disagreement over extending the working week and signed a coalition agreement on Tuesday which fails to mention the introduction of an amnesty law...
Categories: European Union

Czech FM: EU policy should focus on returning Crimea to Ukraine

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 06:35
Any speculation that Crimea could be traded off with Russia for peace is unsound and dangerous, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said during the Crimean Platform parliamentary summit in Prague on Tuesday. The platform gathers legislators from forty countries. In...
Categories: European Union

Italy earmarks €1 billion to boost dwindling birthrate

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 06:34
Inspired by the ‘Hungarian model’, the Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has approved a new budget earmarking €1 billion to encourage an increase in birth rates and introduce a new range of measures to support families and women...
Categories: European Union

Dutch anti-establishment newcomer party opposes further EU integration

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 06:33
The Dutch upstart anti-establishment party New Social Contract (NSC), which is currently leading the polls ahead of the upcoming general election, has vowed to oppose further EU integration in its election manifesto published on Tuesday while putting the option of...
Categories: European Union

EU Parliament nails down agreement on child sexual abuse regulation

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 19:34
The main political groups of the EU Parliament reached an agreement on the draft law to prevent the dissemination of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Tuesday (24 October).
Categories: European Union

Budapest tests NATO’s patience in holding up Sweden’s accession bid

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 18:37
Hungary has thrown a spanner in the works of swift parliamentary ratification of Sweden's NATO membership, just one day after Ankara sent a glimmer of hope by moving a step closer to green-lighting the membership.
Categories: European Union

Germany’s Habeck calls for ‘Zeitenwende’ on industrial subsidies

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 18:04
In a plea to coalition partners and the European Commission, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) called for more subsidies to secure industrial production and jobs.
Categories: European Union

Health committee approves final agreement on European Medicines Agency fees

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 16:28
The European Parliament's Environment and Health Committee (ENVI) adopted on Tuesday (24 October) with a large majority the final agreement on the regulation of the European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s fee system, paving the way for the endorsement in the plenary. 
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Moving on from Fridays For Future

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 16:21
As Fridays For Future gets bogged down in the latest Middle East conflict, supporters who marched along to the tune of climate action should begin to look elsewhere: The group is becoming unfit to provide the impulse necessary for the 2020s.
Categories: European Union

French electricity industry association urges EU to prioritise private party deals in EU electricity reform push

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 16:10
As the EU's electricity market reform enters its final phase of negotiations, the French French energy industry association reveals its recommendations in an exclusive interview with Euractiv France, the first of which is the need to prioritise private party contracting.
Categories: European Union

Macron proposes ‘international coalition’ against Hamas

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 15:27
During a visit it to Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron floated the idea of a coalition to fight Hamas modelled on the one that already exists against Daesh, a radical Muslim organisation that says it represents the Islamic State in the Middle East.
Categories: European Union

Irish doctors fume at government’s ‘insufficient’ 2024 health budget

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 15:27
A political firestorm is sweeping through Irish healthcare after Ireland’s government unveiled what it called a “substantial” €22.5 billion health budget for 2024, which some stakeholders have called insufficient and "a missed opportunity".
Categories: European Union

Brussels launches scheme to aid beleaguered wind turbine makers

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 15:25
The European Commission has put forward a package of non-binding measures designed to aid the bloc’s beleaguered wind turbine makers, who are under pressure from cheaper competitors abroad.
Categories: European Union

Bluetongue: Countries call for new vaccine, fear livestock export blow

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 14:58
The agriculture ministers of the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium have called on pharmaceutical companies to quickly develop a new vaccine amid an ongoing outbreak of bluetongue disease feared to hit sheep and cattle exports.
Categories: European Union

EU lawmakers agree on proposal to boost uptake of clean trucks and buses

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 13:01
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted Tuesday (24 October) to support Commission targets to reduce the carbon footprint of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), making it a near certainty that clean trucks will make up the majority of new HDVs post-2040.
Categories: European Union

EUSFI encourages the Commission to keep the momentum on sustainable food systems [Promoted content]

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 12:00
EU Specialty Food Ingredients emphasises that even with the current European Commission not proposing a Framework for Sustainable Food Systems, the food industry continues on its path towards building more sustainable and resilient food systems.
Categories: European Union

‘Double game?’ Migrants pour through Orbán’s Hungary

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 10:11
Most of the country's EU neighbours have reimposed border controls with Hungary -- with both Slovakia and Slovenia taking the exceptional measure in the last 10 days -- as the number of migrants passing through the country has risen sharply.
Categories: European Union

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