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1 day ago
Oil giant Repsol has halted all major green hydrogen projects in its native Spain and moving some plans to Portugal. The company says they were cancelled due to Spain's planned extension of windfall taxes on energy companies and banks.
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2 hours ago
The European Parliament approved a €35bn financial assistance package for Ukraine, though voting data reveals MEPs sympathetic to Russia.
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MEPs are preparing to reinstate plans for around €1.8bn in spending on some of the EU’s flagship projects on Wednesday (23 October) — setting the scene for a stand-off with national treasuries on next year’s EU budget. 
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Agenda

Plenary debate about the situation in Azerbaijan and the violation of human rights and international law in relations with Armenia

Plenary debate about providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine

Plenary debate on situation of animal health in Europe and how to prevent future sanitary crises in agriculture

Plenary debate on state sponsored terrorism by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Plenary debate on ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission

Plenary debate about the situation in Tunisia

Plenary debate about China continuous military provocations around Taiwan

Annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Found

Plenary debate on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025

Plenary debate on Foreign interference and hybrid attacks in the EU

Plenary debate on managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns

Plenary debate on continuous war crimes committed by the Russian Federation, notably killing Ukrainian prisoners of war

Vote on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025

Plenary debate about boosting competitive and sustainable European steel and maintaining quality jobs

Annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Found in Washington DC

Plenary debate on EU sanctions against the Russian shadow fleets

Annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Found in Washington DC

Plenary debate on abuse of new technologies to radicalise young people

Plenary debate on the persistent threats to marine protected areas in the EU

President von der Leye meets with the Albanian president Bajram Begaj

Vote on the situation in Azerbaijan and relations with Armenia

G20 Anti-Corruption Ministerial Meeting in Natal, Brazil

President von der Leyen visits flood-affected areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina

President von der Leyen meets with the North Macedonian president Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova

Plenary debate about the ways to support people in the digital and green transitions o ensure inclusive growth and competitiveness in line with the Draghi report

Annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Found in Washington DC

President von der Leyen meets Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić

Annual meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Found in Washington DC

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Capital Markets Union will not foot Europe’s climate bill, says report

3 months ago
In an effort to save money, the EU hopes private financiers will foot "most" of the climate bill. But a new report dispels these hopes, calling them "wishful thinking."
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

13 days ago
Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.
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A 'silent pandemic' the EU is not prepared for

2 years ago
"Mental health is the silent pandemic," Irish centre-right MEP Maria Walsh, who spearheads several parliament initiatives on mental health, said, arguing that the EU needs to have a strategy implemented in "weeks, not years".
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