Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. TikTok sets up in-app ‘election centres’ to fight fake news Major online platforms must tackle disinformation, under new EU digital service rules that take effect Saturday. 14/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. MEPs seek to limit use of carbon offsets for corporate greenwashing Companies may have to think carefully before pledging to go 'carbon neutral' or reach 'net-zero' greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years as a deal between political groups in the European Parliament suggests the EU could soon introduce tougher restrictions on the use of carbon offsets. 13/02/2024
Now playing Next Business EU Policy. Bank crisis fund is now full, agency chief says Eurozone banks have been pouring billions a year into a controversial EU fund designed to limit taxpayer bailouts – but it still might not be enough, a senior official said. 13/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. Most EU members not implementing Huawei, ZTE 5G ban, data shows Just ten countries in the bloc so far excluded Chinese hardware makers from networks, following a EU Commission recommendation. 12/02/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Polish farmers block roads nationwide in mass EU policy protests Farmers in Poland have been blocking roads across the country to call out EU environmental policies and unfair competition from non-EU nations. 12/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. 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. 09/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Corporate sustainability rules face German, Italian qualms A supposedly routine vote on the EU’s due diligence law has been postponed, signaling trouble ahead. 09/02/2024
Now playing Next Health news EU Policy. Lawmakers agree to ban mercury-based filling for cavities by 2025 EU seeks mercury-free environment by phasing out dental amalgam, the largest remaining use of the toxic metal in the continent. 09/02/2024
Now playing Next Healthcare EU Policy. 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. 09/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Institutions bungled science in maritime ban, claim ethanol producers Biofuels producers accuse EU co-legislators of discrimination in using crop-based biofuels. 08/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. Online platforms to receive election guidelines ahead of June vote Online platforms are invited to give feedback to draft guidelines under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) on the integrity of elections, the European Commission said today (8 February). 08/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. German vacillation puts corporate sustainability law in doubt The bloc’s largest member has said it won’t support the green supply-chains law, causing jitters in Brussels and Berlin. 08/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. 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. 08/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. Meta files legal complaint about platform supervisory fee under DSA Meta has filed a legal complaint for having to pay a supervisory fee under the DSA. 08/02/2024
Now playing Next Health news EU Policy. Commission forges plan for European biopharma leadership – leak The EU executive is drafting a strategy designating biotech critical to the continent’s strategic autonomy, a leaked document seen by Euronews shows. 07/02/2024
Now playing Next Eco-Innovation EU Policy. 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. 07/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. 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. 07/02/2024
Now playing Next Business EU Policy. Controversial post-Brexit EU clearinghouse law finalised A new EU law agreed early this morning compels banks to use domestic financial infrastructure – but not everyone’s happy. 07/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Heating is missing link in 2040 emissions target, claim renewables Renewables’ advocates call for the diversification of heating technologies. 07/02/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. No plans to fix cows with anti-belch masks, says Commissioner Bloc’s agriculture commissioner reassured a concerned MEP that the EU executive is not mulling mandatory methane reduction masks for cattle, as touted by right-wing media. 06/02/2024