Phone and laptop (STRASBOURG) – The European Parliament approved Wednesday the EU’s telecoms package that caps intra-EU calls, makes super-fast 5G networks possible by 2020 and creates alert system for…
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Photo Staffan Vilcans (STRASBOURG) – The EU Parliament has backed plans for lorries to cut CO2 emissions by 2030, adopting a higher target (35%) than the Commission (30%) for new…
Wheelchair (BRUSSELS) – Key products and services such as smartphones, ticketing machines and banking services will have to be made more accessible to people with disabilities following a deal by…
Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks or cotton buds, will be banned from the EU market from 2021,…
Plastic waste (BRUSSELS) – Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery or cotton buds, making up over 70% of marine litter, will be banned under plans backed Wednesday in the…
Photo Rodrigo Senna (STRASBOURG) – A new law adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday aims to avoid duplicating national assessments to determine a medicine’s added value that help EU…
New rules to protect farmers against buyers unfair trading practices, approved Monday by the EU Parliament’s agriculture committee, have been criticised…
MEPs on the EU Parliament’s budget committee agreed Tuesday to cancel EUR 70 million in pre-accession funds earmarked for Turkey, as they say conditions to…
The EU Parliament demanded swift action from the European Commission Tuesday to cut Europe’s footprint on the world’s forests and its impact on…
The EU Parliament’s Employment Committee gave its backing Wednesday to approved paternity leave, non-transferable parental leave and measures to boost women’s…
