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Party leaders aspiring to be president of the Commission offered few clear insights on agriculture policies during an electoral debate held on Monday evening (29 April) in Maastricht. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen led other candidates in swerving questions on agriculture during the debate and dodged the issue when asked on the withdrawal of a proposal setting up obligatory pesticide reduction targets in the EU. She deferred decisions on the course to be set for agriculture policy over the next five years to the outcome of a strategic dialogue for the future of agriculture, a reflec...
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The EU may need a bigger budget as it fronts up to problems including aid to Ukraine and investment in the military, a senior official said at a conference in Brussels today (29 April). Brussels’ existing budget comes to just over €1 trilllion, and the Commission is due in June of next year to come out with its plans for the next seven-year period ending in 2034. There should be a “budget matching our ambition for a stronger, more competitive and secure Europe,” EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn said. "We should avoid getting stuck into the obsession that the budget cannot exceed 1% of EU G...
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Responsible policymakers are informed by evidence, especially in times of uncertainty. To navigate complex trade-offs, deal with unpredictability, and balance the interests of the present, the near- and the far-future, evidence-based strategic foresight is a powerful compass to guide decisions. Used well, Europe’s advanced foresight tools can give it a long-term competitive edge. That’s why it’s so alarming that EU heads of state and government appear to be ready to ignore the wealth of evidence at their disposal, if the leaked priority-setting document for the next five years of the EU instit...
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The EU has faced recent shortages of various critical drugs, including paracetamol and some antibiotics, due to a range of supply-chain issues, from low production capacity to shortages in key raw materials combined with a rise in demand across the bloc. During the launch of the Alliance in Brussels (24 April), Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said that though shortages are not a new phenomenon, they have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical challenges. “We have to be able to anticipate possible disruptions for the future, to boost our strategic autonomy and also ens...
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A Chinese security equipment company hit by yesterday's raid - the first carried out by the European Commission under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation - is subject to an investigation begun by the EU executive of its own volition 'ex officio', according to a source familiar with the issue. The FSR applied since July 2023 and aims to ensure a level playing field for all companies operating in the single market. The EU Commission carried out the inspections in two member states together with its national counterparts, as reported, but has not revealed the name of the company or its origin. A sou...
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Brussels has long accused Beijing of employing distorting and discriminatory practices that make it all but impossible for European companies to win public contracts in China in the valuable sector of medical devices, where the bloc still retains a competitive edge. These practices include slow certification processes and opaque approval systems for foreign manufacturers, as well as policies to beef up the national economy. In addition, the EU's medical device industry has repeatedly reported that Chinese public tenders previously open to imports now specifically request China-made products. G...
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The European Commission on Tuesday carried out unannounced inspections at a company in the security equipment sector, the first to be done under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. The new rules, which applied since July 2023, aim to tackle distortions caused by foreign subsidies and ensure a level playing field for all companies operating in the EU market. So far, the Commission has opened several investigations under the regulation, including into Chinese solar panel manufacturers and wind turbine producers, but this is the first time it has acknowledged raiding premises. "The Commission has i...
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Earlier in April, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (the ECON Committee) was supposed to be voting on its report on the establishment of the digital euro. The Committee report is the first and most important step in shaping the position of the European Parliament on the digital euro, which will then be used to negotiate with the European Council and European Commission on the final text of the law. However, the vote mysteriously disappeared from the Committee’s agenda, and inside sources explained that nine months after the publication of the proposal by the ...
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Emblaveo, developed by Pfizer and approved today by the European Commission, can be used to treat complicated intra-abdominal and urinary tract infections, hospital-acquired pneumonia and infections caused by certain types of drug-resistant bacteria. “This newly approved medicine will fill an important gap where there are currently a very limited number of treatment options,” said the EU executive in a press release. This authorisation comes a month after the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion and recommended its marketing authorisation. The antibiotic was evaluated under EMA...
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For decades, the EU was reluctant to use trade agreements as a Trojan Horse for environmental and other “non-trade issues”. Don’t mix trade with other issues. It's not a means to an end. “Render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar” was how one European Commissioner dubbed it. That worked until the 1999 WTO Ministerial, where dockers, NGOs and unions conspired — egged on by the US — to destroy the Ministerial (as well as the window of Starbucks where I was sheltering from teargas) due to WTO’s apparent lack of care for environment, human rights or development. The “Battle of Seattle” led to seriou...
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