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AGRI Committee adopts changes to the Plant Health Law

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Theodoros Benakis -
MEPs propose an emergency team, shorter period for surveys and better use of an electronic notification system in their report on the revision of...

Parliament accepts proposals to better prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles

ENVIRONMENT Theodoros Benakis -
Every year, 60 million tonnes of food waste (131 kg per person) and 12.6 million tonnes of textile waste are generated in the EU. Clothing and footwear alone...

Parliament backs new rules to ensure the safety of children’s toys

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Theodoros Benakis -
Despite the EU market being among the safest in the world, dangerous toys still find their way into consumers’ hands. According to the EU Safety...

Parliament: Safeguards agreed on general purpose artificial intelligence

TECHNOLOGY Theodoros Benakis -
MEPs have endorsed at committee level the provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act that ensures safety and complies with fundamental rights. On Tuesday, the...

Sociologist-criminologist Lili Krámer explains the degrading treatment of prisoners in Hungary

INTERVIEWS Theodoros Benakis -
On Monday, 5 February, the European Parliament debated the conditions of the Hungarian prisons. It is not the first time Hungary is at the...
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