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Commission invites industry to join support platform for mini nuclear
The European Commission has invited interested companies to help "to facilitate and speed up the development, demonstration, and deployment" of small modular nuclear reactors, a fledgling technology it hopes will help the EU achieve its goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
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Healthcare
First European disability card coming, slowly
Lawmakers struck a deal on an EU-wide standardised disability card which will allow people with disabilities to enjoy the same benefits and facilities in public and private services throughout Europe – but it will not come into effect within three and a half years.
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MEPs back GMO deregulation while governments divided over patenting
The European Parliament has narrowly agreed to ease restrictions for crops developed using new genome editing techniques, but a German federal agency warns there is no scientific basis, and EU countries have yet to agree a position amid a row over whether the new class of GMOs should be patentable.
Eco-Innovation
Carbon capture key to net-zero goal, but climate chief urges caution
A warning from the climate commission Wopke Hoekstra that carbon capture is no magical cure for global heating comes as new policies show the EU is banking on a huge and rapid deployment of the 'unproven' technology to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.
Tech News
Platform rules to apply this month as member states lag on oversight personnel
The Digital Services Act, Europe’s platform rules, will apply to all companies later this month, but the majority of EU countries still haven't appointed national regulators or transposed the rules into domestic law.
Tech News
Amazon invites lawmakers to warehouses in face of ban from Parliament
Amazon remains prepared to throw open the doors of its warehouses for EU lawmakers, the tech giant said today (6 February) as politicians called for its lobbyists to be kept out of the European Parliament after failing to appear at a recent hearing.
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Governments caught off guard by von der Leyen’s U-turn on pesticides
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen's decision to withdraw a proposal that would have forced farmers to drastically reduce their reliance on chemical pesticides marks an abrupt end to Belgium's attempt to recast the legislation as a tool to promote greener alternatives.