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MEPs approve first EU programme for defence industry

The new European Defence Industrial Development Programme, with a budget of €500m for 2019-2020, was approved by the European Parliament’s Industry and Research Committee...

‘Poland’s logging in primeval forest violates EU law’

Poland violated European Union law by logging in its primeval Białowieża forest, according to European Court of Justice Advocate General Yves Bot. Bot said that...

MEPs propose new EU corporate tax plan

To eliminate the current practice of firms moving their tax base to low-tax jurisdictions in the European Union, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary...

MEPs want to stem flow of funds to terrorists

The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee on February 21 agreed that the only way to cut off the flow of funds to terrorists is...

How to empower EU consumers

The European Parliament’s Industry and Energy Committee amended four legislative proposals on the bloc’s electricity market. Their aim is to secure more efficient competition...

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