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Navalnaya tells MEPs to 'stop being boring' to defeat Putin's regime

The European Parliament needs to "stop being boring" if it wants to stand up to Vladimir Putin, Yulia Navalnaya told the hemicycle on Wednesday.

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'Press pause' on SEPs proposal, Patent Office chief urges lawmakers

EPO President says proposal for streamlining standard essential patents is not yet fit for purpose.

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Amazon lobbyists banned from European Parliament, lawmakers decide

Withdrawal of badges comes after demand from lawmakers on the Employment committee.

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UNRWA funding must continue to avoid 'collective punishment': Lenarčič

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) must continue to receive "adequate funding" to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Gaza, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, has said.

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Microsoft's deal with Mistral AI faces criticism and further scrutiny

Some critics in the European Parliament are mad about the deal but there are also questions about what happened and the EU plans to look into it

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Lawmakers ban foreign ad sponsoring three months before EU vote

The rules will add to measures already in place for online platforms under the Digital Services Act.

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MEPs defy right-wing opposition and approve Nature Restoration Law

The European Parliament gave on Tuesday the green-light to the Nature Restoration Law, defying a conservative push to bring down the bill.

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Euroviews. The new €700-million plan for the Western Balkans still needs fixing

EU money shouldn't simply continue to flow, for its own sake or on the force of its own inertia, without the ability to guarantee that that money is making the positive difference intended and indeed required, MEP David Lega writes.

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MEPs greenlight health budget cuts, with deferral

Lawmakers were only able to exercise damage limitation on EU leaders' proposal to sacrifice one-fifth of the bloc’s health funds in support of Ukraine, pushing back attempts to overturn cuts to the next term.

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Frankfurt wins bid to host new anti-money laundering authority

The German financial centre beat off competition from eight others as the EU puts the final touches to dirty-money reforms.

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Amazon lobbyists one step closer to European Parliament ban

Final decision on whether to withdraw access badges is expected next week.

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No work with 'Putin's friends' after EU elections, von der Leyen vows

Ursula von der Leyen has ruled out working with political parties that are "Putin's friends" if she is re-elected president of the European Commission.

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Euroviews. Citizens across Europe need equal access to contraception

Contraception is key to achieving gender equality. Individuals must be able to make informed choices about their bodies and their sexual health, MEP Robert Biedroń writes.

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MEPs approve measures to tackle impersonation scams

New EU rules aim for easier access to cash with fairer charges, Poland’s Marek Belka said.

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EU reaches new deal to salvage law on platform workers

The European Parliament and the Council struck on Thursday a new deal on a draft law to improve the conditions of platform workers, after the previous agreement had been derailed in a last-minute revolt.

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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.

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Zemmour’s far-right party joins ECR group in the European Parliament

The Reconquête! party of controversial far-right French politician Éric Zemmour has joined the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament.

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EU agrees law on violence against women. But rape is not included

There is no common definition of the crime of rape in the European Union's first ever law to combat violence against women, agreed between member states and lawmakers on Tuesday.

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ESMA securities regulator to be handed new green rating powers

Analysts who seek to classify environmental, social and governance performance will be scrutinised directly by EU watchdogs under a new legal deal.

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EU corruption scandal: Inspector’s leaked secret remarks threaten case

A secretly recorded conversation, to which Euronews has had access, shows a leading police investigator in the so-called Qatargate probe questioning the integrity of both the repentant and the judges.