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EU to take China trade battle to WTO, accuses Beijing of trumped up dairy claims
The EU Commission has hit back at moves by China to potentially impose tariffs on European dairy products, accusing Beijing of “unfair actions” based on “questionable allegations and insufficient evidence”. Read on »
The UN official trying to fix Global South debt, climate finance and AfghanistanInterview
EUobserver talks to the UN's head of development for Asia and the Pacific, Kanni Wignaraja, about the prospects for this year's COP29 in Baku, debt-servicing of the Global South, and a looming drought catastrophe in Afghanistan.Read on »
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Sweden and Finland start push to link rule of law to EU farming funds
As spending priorities for the next legislative term come into focus and discussions about the next EU budget heat up, Sweden and Finland are pushing to link the rule of law standards to EU farming funds. Read on »
What is Robert Fico now up to in Slovakia?Opinion
Despite protests at home, Robert Fico has been waging culture wars against urban liberal elites – firing the leadership of the National Gallery and the National Theatre, and cosying up to the Russian ambassador in Bratislava at public events.Read on »
Campaigners call out EU Commission over Greece's Mediterranean oil and gas projects
After Greece gave the green light to offshore oil and gas drilling projects in protected natural areas, environmental NGOs asked Brussels to hold Athens to account. But the EU Commission is expected to take no action, campaigners warn.Read on »
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The centre-right European People’s Party has upped the pressure on the EU Commission to postpone plans to apply new due diligence rules in order to tackle deforestation, describing the new regime as “a bureaucratic monster”. Read on »
Becoming adults: quarter of young Europeans face housing problems
With affordable housing getting harder and harder to find and the cost of living hitting hard young people, Gen Z and millennials are struggling to leave their parents' homes — and are moving into overcrowded households.Read on »
EU Commission bans group of ‘forever chemicals’ from consumer products
The European Commission has announced a ban on certain 'forever chemicals' in consumer products such as rain jackets, food packaging or cosmetics. But despite widespread concerns, industry will get up to a five-year transition period.Read on »
New EU Commission unveiled — and controversial picks will spark MEPs' scrutinyInfographic
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled her list of commissioners nominees and their portfolios — after delays, gender-balance problems and intense personal criticism. But who is most likely to face tough scrutiny from MEPs?Read on »
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