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Biodiversity: MEPs demand binding targets to protect wildlife and humans

An EU Biodiversity Law is needed to set the biodiversity governance framework until 2050, the Environment Committee agreed on Friday. The committee adopted its position...

European Parliament greenwashes farming subsidies and recovery funds

On December 14, the European Parliament rubber-stamped an agreement on EU farm support for the next two years and on how recovery funds will...

To save biodiversity, MEPs call for binding targets at global and EU level

MEPs want the upcoming global biodiversity conference COP 15 to agree on legally binding targets, as was the case for the Paris agreement on...

Five burning questions for the EU’s forest policies in 2020

In 2019, forests and forest peoples’ rights rose up the global political – and spiritual - agenda, and the European Union (EU) made high profile commitments to protect forests abroad and...

Bees: MEPs call for reduction in use of pesticides to save Europe’s bees

MEPs call on the Commission to beef up its Pollinators Initiative and to come up with new measures to protect bees and other pollinators. In...

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Ireland’s qualified welcome to White House St. Patrick’s celebration

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Hungary’s bid to revamp citizenship rights

Prompted by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary's governing Fidesz party...

New scandal involves MEPs and Chinese tech giant Huawei in Brussels

Belgian prosecutors announced on Thursday that they've arrested several...

Uzbekistan on Trial: Radha Stirling on the Crisis of Trust in the Judiciary

Earlier this year, Uzbekistan found itself at the centre...

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