The Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on the general product safety regulation (GPSR). This regulation updates the current rules to ensure that products sold both offline and online are safe and live up to European standards. This regulation will help to reduce the number of dangerous products sold both offline and online […]
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European Parliament: cost-of-living crisis requires targeted support and reforms
Dragoș Pîslaru, a Renew Europe member from Romania and chair of Parliament’s employment and social affairs committee, and Luděk Niedermayer, a Czech EPP member and vice-chair of the economic and monetary affairs committee, spoke live on social media on 23 November about solutions to the cost of living crisis gripping most of Europe. Finding the right […]
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Environmental impact assessment required if a development project is located on a UNESCO World Heritage site
PRESS RELEASE No 191/22 Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-575/21 | WertInvest Hotelbetrieb Advocate General Collins: an environmental impact assessment may be required where an envisaged urban development project is located in a UNESCO World Heritage Site That the project does not attain a certain size threshold laid down in national legislation cannot exclude the […]
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Council adds the violation of restrictive measures to the list of EU crimes
The Council unanimously adopted a decision to add the violation of restrictive measures to the list of ‘EU crimes’ included in the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. Pavel Blažek, Czech Minister of Justice: The EU has responded with determination to Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine. It has adopted an unprecedented number […]
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Enhancing autonomy and safety in future uncrewed aviation
Successful flight demonstrations show what a detect and avoid (DAA) system on board an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) can achieve in real-life collision scenarios. Live flight demonstrations were recently carried out with the rotary-wing UAV SKELDAR V-200 using a DAA system that can automatically manoeuvre the UAV around intruder aircraft. An important milestone in the […]
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New world-class European supercomputer opens in Italy
The Commission has inaugurated the latest European supercomputer model together with the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC Joint Undertaking), the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research and the CINECA consortium: LEONARDO, located at the Tecnopolo in Bologna (Italy). LEONARDO is a world-class supercomputing system developed and assembled in Europe. When fully operational, it […]
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Europol: European drug super-cartel smashed in six countries
Between 8-19 November, coordinated raids were carried out across Europe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), targeting both the command-and-control centre and the logistical drugs trafficking infrastructure in Europe. A total of 49 suspects have been arrested during the course of this investigation. The drugpins considered as high-value targets by Europol had come together to […]
Read MoreHuman rights breaches in Afghanistan, Belarus and Democratic Republic of Congo
Last Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in Afghanistan, Belarus and Democratic Republic of Congo. Human rights situation in Afghanistan, especially the deterioration of women’s rights and attacks against educational institutions The staggering regression in women and girls’ rights under the Taliban qualifies as gender apartheid, warn MEPs. […]
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Throwing mud at everyone and hoping some of it sticks
Since 24 February of this year, Russia has gone all out in using its diplomatic network to push its disinformation narratives across different social media platforms. For example, last week the EU launched the European Union Military Assistance Mission (EUMAM) in support of Ukraine. The aim of the mission is to boost the military capabilities […]
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