The European Commission announced on 6 November a total funding of 2.9 billion for 61 cutting-edge projects, six of them Spanish, in net zero emission technologies under the Innovation Fund. The Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the deployment of innovative zero net emission and low-carbon technologies. It is financed […]
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Proxy voting in Parliament’s plenary during pregnancy and after childbirth
The Committee on Constitutional Affairs has put forward a proposal to allow MEPs to vote in plenary by proxy during pregnancy and in the months following childbirth. The proposal, seeks to introduce a clearly defined exception to the current rule that all votes in Parliament’s plenary sessions must be cast personally. This would allow Members […]
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President Costa to travel to Latin America for COP30 and EU-CELAC Summits
In early November, the President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Brazil to attend the COP30 Climate Summit and also to Colombia, where he will co-chair the fourth CELAC-EU summit and the EU-Caribbean leaders’ meeting. COP 30 – 6 and 7 November The UN COP30 Leaders’ Summit will be held in the […]
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Enlargement Package 2025 shows progress towards EU membership by the main enlargement partners
On 4 November, the European Commission adopted its annual Enlargement Package, which presents a comprehensive assessment of the progress made by the enlargement partners over the last twelve months. This year’s package reaffirms that the momentum of enlargement is high on the EU’s agenda of priorities. It also confirms that the accession of new Member […]
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Commission launches ‘Resource for AI Science in Europe’
Last November 3, at the European AI in Science Summit in Copenhagen, organised by the European Commission and the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva launched the pilot of RAISE – the Resource for Artificial Intelligence Science in Europe. This new virtual institute is a flagship initiative under the Apply AI Strategy and […]
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Commission invests EUR 2.9 billion from the Innovation Fund to boost net zero emission technology projects
The European Commission today announced a total of €2.9 billion in funding for 61 cutting-edge zero net emissions technology projects. The funding comes from the Innovation Fund, which uses revenues from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). These grants follow a first call for net zero emission technologies (call IF24), launched in December 2024, […]
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La UE libera 21,5 millones de euros en nuevas ayudas ante el agravamiento de las crisis en Venezuela y Haití, y en respuesta al huracán Melissa
La UE libera 21,5 millones de euros en ayuda humanitaria mientras Venezuela y Haití se enfrentan a crisis humanitarias cada vez más graves y el Caribe se tambalea tras la devastación causada por el huracán Melissa. La financiación ayudará a los socios a proporcionar asistencia esencial, como alimentos, atención sanitaria, protección y ayuda de emergencia […]
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EU trade agreements accelerate EU export growth and support diversification
According to the fifth Annual Report on Implementation and Enforcement of EU Trade Policy published last November 3, the EU’s large network of trade agreements helps companies find alternative markets for their exports, while reducing dependencies in a challenging geopolitical environment. The report, covering 2024 and the first half of 2025, concludes that EU trade […]
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Commission releases €8.5 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support 5,800 dismissed workers in Sweden
The European Commission has proposed to mobilise €8.5 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to help 5,800 workers dismissed after the bankruptcy of Northvolt in Sweden. Founded in 2016, Northvolt faced major production challenges and global oversupply in the battery market. Its bankruptcy in March 2025 led to nearly 6,500 job losses. […]
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