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Commission mulls response to threat of water shortages and flooding
The EU executive is preparing to launch a 'water resilience' initiative, with a drought emergency in north-eastern Spain providing a glimpse into one possible future for a Europe increasingly exposed to the adverse effects of climate change.
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Commission’s staffing and financing of AI Office raises eyebrows in capitals
The European Commission’s plan to hire some 100 staff members for its new AI Office and finance it with a reshuffled budget from the Digital Europe Program has raised questions from EU member states, according to minutes of a meeting seen by Euronews.
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Lawmakers back fix absent deal to block child sexual abuse material online
The European Parliament today voted in favour of extending a temporary solution to combat child sexual abuse material online, as a deal on proposed legislation will unlikely be reached before the end of the mandate of this European Commission.
Earth News
Fiscal rules could block essential spending on green transition
The co-president of the Greens in the European Parliament has warned the EU's transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions is doomed to fail unless the bloc relaxes rules on government debt and deficit spending, as he presented a new report highlighting the scale of investment needed.
Europe
Euroviews. EU budget cuts threaten the union's global leadership
The money the EU invests in global challenges abroad is the tangible manifestation of our European values in action, reflecting the international commitments the union has made, Pascal Lamy, Andris Piebalgs, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Neven Mimica and Charles Goerens write.
Healthcare
Belgian minister commits to framework for health data - interview
For its presidency of the EU Council, Belgium wants to wrap up the EU Health Data Space dossier before the European Parliament ends its term, but concluding negotiations with MEPs on the issue remains tricky, Belgium’s federal health minister told Euronews.
Tech News
Euroviews. There is a better way to engage people in infrastructure development
Local dividend systems could positively transform infrastructure projects’ costs and timeline to completion, but also revitalise communities’ engagement in their own future, in ways that were never possible before, Taavi Kotka writes.
Europe
Euroviews. Can the EU AI Act embrace people's needs while redefining algorithms?
The EU's flagship AI legislation doesn’t cover all cases, scenarios, or terminology, but it may complement existing legislation of the member states, including accessibility, equality or social protection laws, Yonah Welker writes.
Earth News
Denmark enlists ten more in push for 'ambitious' EU climate target
Denmark, the only EU country so far to explicitly back a 2040 target of cutting the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions to 90% below 1990 levels, has persuaded Germany, France and eight others to back a call for an "ambitious" target in a joint statement that points towards a similar figure.
Europe
Euroviews. The EU has to make a U-turn on teenagers driving lorries
Encouraging some 13,500 teenagers to start driving lorries would be a dangerous experiment, leading to many more of the highest-risk group of drivers behind the wheel of vehicles that cause the most devastation when crashed, Antonio Avenoso writes.