The first lawsuit under the French supply chain law has failed. The ruling raises the question of whether the law and lawsuits can help prevent human rights violations and environmental damage at all.
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The Swedish Presidency's proposals for the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) fully reflect the interests of the Swedish forest industry, writes Kenneth Richter, NABU's bioenergy officer. This endangers climate targets and the future of forests.
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The European Bubble will meet next week in the Alsatian capital for a plenary session. On the agenda are three acronyms from the mammoth Fit for 55 package. And as is so often the case, these technically challenging dossiers conceal major political disputes. Today, they take us to the Swedish forests.
By Claire Stam
In a new column in Europe.Table, CEP Director Henning Vöpel writes about what concrete effects new regulatory interventions at the EU level will have on companies – and makes recommendations for action. This first installment, with co-author Stephan Biallas, Senior Partner at EY, focuses on the Data Act.
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The negotiators will meet next Monday for the trilogue on the Renewable Energies Directive. The status of nuclear energy will be negotiated – an explosive political discussion that will take us right up to the Franco-German border.
By Claire Stam
Tomorrow, Tuesday, Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, is expected in Brussels. He is following the invitation of MEP Charlie Weimer (ECR), who will use the occasion to give a speech in the European Parliament. Iranian exiles in Europe are far from pleased with Pahlavi's visit.
By Claire Stam
Budgetary discipline is central to the stability of the euro and the financial and macroeconomic stability of the EU. The EU Commission's draft for reforming the EU's economic governance framework should actually be a coherent set of rules for this. However, the Commission's new proposals unfortunately fall well short of expectations.
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Europe's dependence on just a few suppliers to extract and process critical raw materials threatens our prosperity. If the mistakes made in the procurement of natural gas are not to be repeated, now is the time to act, write Veronika Grimm and Christina von Rüden. They look at the planned draft for an EU Critical Raw Materials Act.
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To date, ecocide is not recognized in European law. However, the idea of an environmental crime is not new; the UN was already discussing it in the 1960s. One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Green MEP Marie Toussaint is campaigning to get the issue back on the table of EU decision-makers. An interview.
By Claire Stam
What has long been discussed in the scientific community should be urgently incorporated into artificial intelligence legislation: The AI Act should use humans to monitor AI only when effective, Johannes Walter explains in his position.
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