Now playing Next Health news EU Policy. Parliament calls for extended regulatory protection for pharmacos The committee on environment and public health voted to increase the Commission’s proposal for regulatory protection for new pharmaceutical legislation by one-and-a-half years. 20/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. Could the microplastics ban be rewritten after its entry into force? Alarmingly, EU officials are bending over backwards to accommodate industry demands — with the real risk that what was once considered a sweeping ban will be gnawed away by caveats and exemptions, Hélène Duguy writes. 20/03/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. Social media empowers disinfo operations. What can the EU do about it? Brussels has started to recognise that social media platforms are not just digital town squares, but the profit-driven allies of the enemies of democracy. It is high time to act accordingly, Domonkos D Kovacs writes. 19/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Biotech strategy launch, Newsletter This week's key events presented by senior health reporter Gerardo Fortuna 18/03/2024
Now playing Next Health news EU Policy. Exclusive: Commission eyes Biotech Act to boost bloc’s life science sector The EU executive is to announce new measures, including establishing a Biotech Hub, paving the way for a legislative initiative designed to ease biomanufacturing approvals across the bloc, according to a leaked document seen by Euronews. 18/03/2024
Now playing Next Health news EU Policy. Deal on landmark health data space clinched in the eleventh hour European lawmakers agreed on a pioneering bill easing exchange and access to personal health data across the EU – with some privacy safeguards on data sharing to non-medical third parties. 15/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Ireland defends its handling of peat bogs Dublin talks of progressive improvement in habitat quality on raised bog in special areas of conservation despite the recent EU executive lawsuit. 14/03/2024
Now playing Next Health news EU Policy. Parliament approach to IP rights amid health crises raises critics An EU-wide mechanism to override IP rights to deliver live-saving medicines during crises will prove tricky to enforce if amendments proposed by MEPs are retained, intellectual property rights experts warn. 14/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Parliament sues Commission over release of frozen funds to Hungary The European Parliament has made good on its threat and will file a lawsuit against the European Commission over the release of €10.2 billion in frozen funds to Hungary. 14/03/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Commission to kill CAP's green farming obligations The EU executive is set to change the current farming subsidies framework, demoting green requirements from mandatory to voluntary. 13/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. Will the Brussels spyware scandal finally convince the EU to act? The incoming EU lawmakers have a choice: confront and act against the menace of spyware to ensure our safety and the integrity of our democracy or become its next targets, Shubham Kaushik and Chloé Berthélémy write. 13/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Framework for Ukraine, Moldova's accession talks ready: EU Commission Ukraine and Moldova could soon make some headway in their paths towards EU membership after the European Commission on Tuesday sent its draft frameworks for accession talks to member states. 12/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News MEPs gear up to sue Commission over release of €10 billion for Hungary The European Parliament has moved forward with its plan to launch a lawsuit against the European Commission for the release of €10.2 billion in cohesion funds for Hungary, which had been blocked over rule-of-law concerns. 12/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Brussels recommends EU membership talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina The European Commission has recommended opening EU accession talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina, eight years after the Western Balkan country applied to be a member of the bloc. 12/03/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. EU Commission ordered to bring Microsoft 365 use in line with EU law The commission will have to demonstrate compliance with the orders by 9 December 2024. 11/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News The European Free Alliance sets out its key demands ahead of elections These include protecting the rights of minorities and the right of a state to self-determination. 08/03/2024
Now playing Next Health news EU Policy. Lawmakers call for extra time to iron out wrinkles on health data Differences over patients’ right to opt out of health data transmission to third parties scuppered all-night talks on the last health file of the term. 08/03/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Commissioner Breton lashes out against EPP, raising ethical questions Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for the single market, has found himself in hot water after he shared a scathing post against the European People's Party (EPP), raising ethical questions ahead of the elections. 08/03/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. Court ruling casts doubt on bloc’s standards bodies' funding A landmark ruling by the EU’s top court could put a brake on lucrative business for private standardisation entities across Europe. 07/03/2024
Now playing Next Nature EU Policy. Bloc expert group to stop plant pests crossing borders Lawmakers revising EU plant health framework agree to create emergency team to tackle import of foreign pests. 06/03/2024