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UK, EU battle over plastic straw ban

Britain’s Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, has taken to Twitter to battle with Brussels over a plastic straw...

MEPs debate post-2020 EU budget reform

The European Parliament’s Budget Committee MEPs have set out their position for negotiating the next long-term EU budget, which should finance new priorities as...

EU fishing sector braces for ‘perfect storm’

The challenges faced by the European fishing sector were outlined by the president of Europêche, Javier Garat, in Brussels on February 21. He blamed...

Making it easier for EU citizens to do paperwork online

Imagine a single digital gateway that would help citizens and firms access information and administrative procedures online, from requesting a birth certificate to registering...

EU-wide rules to protect consumers sold a faulty product

The European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee approved a single set of rules to ensure consumers making a purchase online or at...

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