Wind of change? EU wants big increase in offshore renewables by 2050
Brussels wants to massively increase Europe’s offshore wind farm capacity over the next 30 years.
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Danish Prime Minister selects new minister following mink culling scandal
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has appointed a new agriculture minister after Mogens Jensen resigned for illegally ordering the culling of all minks in Denmark.
EU economies need public investment-led stimulus, ECB President tells MEPs
MEPs quizzed ECB President Lagarde about the bank’s policies going forwards, how to factor in climate change, and looming high debt as a result of the pandemic.
Council approves conclusions on the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024
The Council has approved conclusions on the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024. The Action Plan sets out the EU’s level of ambition and priorities in this field in its relations with all third countries.
Management Board and Budget Committee meet virtually
The Management Board and Budget Committee meetings of the EUIPO took place online for the second time.
EU survey confirms citizens’ call for EU to have more powers to tackle pandemic
In the grip of the second wave of coronavirus, two thirds of EU citizens call for more EU competence and an EU budget with sufficient means to tackle the crisis.
Videgrad Group Could Power Ahead With Green Policies
Visegrad Group countries could use green policies to multiply the effects of measures taken to restart their economies after the coronavirus pandemic is over, and Hungary could be a winner in the region, according to mathematical modelling by Cambridge Econometrics which resulted in four types of measure to achieve this goal.
In the context of the civil war in Syria
In the context of the civil war in Syria, there is a strong presumption that refusal to perform military service there is connected to a reason which may give rise to entitlement to recognition as a refugee
Member State may not prohibit the marketing of cannabidiol (CBD) lawfully produced in another Member State when it is extracted from the Cannabis sativa plant in its entirety and not solely from its fibre and seeds
That prohibition may however be justified by the objective of protecting public health but must not go beyond what is necessary in order to attain it
In the opinion of Advocate General Juliane Kokott, the hunting of thrushes and blackbirds using limes
In the opinion of Advocate General Juliane Kokott, the hunting of thrushes and blackbirds using limes, which is authorised in southern France, may be compatible with the EU Birds Directive if it is of significant cultural importance and if all other conditions placed on a derogation from the general prohibition are fulfilled It must be […]