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EU advisers urge Europe to prepare for heatwaves as deaths top 16,000

As Europe counts over 16,000 excess deaths due to this summer’s soaring temperatures, the European Union’s health security committee is calling for a fundamental shift in how governments prepare for h...

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Wishing you could bring your pet on holidays? 🐾✈️☀️ When travelling within the EU, you can! Here's everything you need to know before packing for your four-legged travel buddy link.europa.eu/JpYXYN

🎗️ SAVE THE DATE - 2 September, 15.00 CEST Excellence in health science: Childhood cancer awareness #GoldSeptember Opening remarks by @president.europarl.europa.eu Roberta Metsola 📃Details: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...

🚩Chair Maran raises ENVI concerns on Member States’ use of #EUETS revenues in letters to @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu & @cy2026eu.bsky.social – calls for clear framework with reporting rules guaranteeing traceability, transparency & visibility auctioning revenues & regular compliance checks Details⬇️

Hungary, Poland, Romania to face Pfizer in Brussels over COVID vaccine contracts

Hungary, Poland, Romania to face Pfizer in Brussels over COVID vaccine contracts

Pharmaceutical giants says contracts must be honored

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Welcome to the EEA, Moldova 🇲🇩! Fiți bineveniți! The Republic of Moldova is now the EEA's 7th cooperating country and the 39th member of the Eionet network — a concrete step in its European integration journey: www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...

✅ @sant.europarl.europa.eu adopted the trilogue deals on the pharmaceutical package Regulation ⬆️29 ⬇️3 ↔️6 www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202... Directive ⬆️30 ⬇️2 ↔️6 www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202... ⏩Next steps: Council 1st reading adoption (end Sept) / #EPlenary adoption earliest October II

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🤝 @sant.europarl.europa.eu negotiators led by Chair Adam Jarubas and rapporteurs @woelken.eu & Dolors Montserrat reached a provisional deal with @eu2025dk.bsky.social to revamp the EU pharmaceutical legislation Details in the press release ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

"European Union’s climate efforts are vital for its independence & security" says @envi.europarl.europa.eu Chair, Pierfrancesco Maran, in an interview with @ziaweise.bsky.social 👇 www.politico.eu/article/eu-g...

Iran war shows Green Deal ‘fundamental’ to EU security, says new top environment MEP

Renewables and circular economy are part of EU’s strategic autonomy, argues ENVI Committee chair Pierfrancesco Maran.

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🗓️ This week in #EPlenary 🚚Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles (reporting periods 2025 to 2029) 🗳️Vote on request for urgent procedure: Tue 10/03, 12.30h ⏩If adopted, vote on content: Thu 12/03, 12.00h 📃Procedure file: link.europa.eu/XHhNhT

The European Commission didn't want to reveal which staffers worked on Covid vaccine contract negotiations with pharma companies to avoid them being targeted by “conspiracy theorists,” its lawyers said.

EU didn’t want to reveal names of Covid jab negotiators for fear of antivax reprisals

Commission defends itself in court against claims that it should have revealed more information about its contracts with Big Pharma.

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🌐 Today is #WorldObesityDay - 3 billion people - 400 million school-aged children - 1.7 million premature deaths from NCDs/year 📃More details: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e... 📈 Infographic: www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...

Full story on the provisional application.

Von der Leyen to implement Mercosur deal despite MEPs' legal challenge

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen moved Friday to provisionally implement the contentious Mercosur trade deal, defying a judicial review launched by MEPs that had halted the ratification proce...

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In January, the European Council empowered the EC to provisionally apply the Agreement as from the first ratification by a Mercosur country. Over the last weeks, I have discussed this intensively with Member States and the EP. On that basis, the EC will now proceed with provisional application.

🗳️This evening, @envi.europarl.europa.eu elected MEP Pierfrancesco Maran (S&D, IT) as new Chair by secret ballot. Read his statement here 👇 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

For some perspective on the glacial pace of progress being made by the EU, the Consumer Credit Directive is highlighted has set the rules on prohibiting the use of a person's cancer history for insurance policies to ***15 years***. www.vitalsigns.news/right-to-be-...

Right to be forgotten: Commission offers guidance, not guarantees, to cancer survivors

On World Cancer Day, the European Commission reaffirmed support for the right to be forgotten for cancer survivors, but stopped short of binding action

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📢Save the date: 2 February, 15.00 CET 🎗️ @sant.europarl.europa.eu will mark #WorldCancerDay through an exchange of views with experts on 🇪🇺 past & future actions the fight against cancer 📃Programme: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e... 🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🗓️Tue 27/01, 15.45 CET - joint @sant.europarl.europa.eu & @envi.europarl.europa.eu meeting 💶Union Civil Protection Mechanism & Union support for health emergency preparedness and response (MFF 2028-2034) - Commission presentation 🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/sant-comm...

Committee on Public Health Joint meeting - Multimedia Centre

The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...

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🗓️ Thursday 11 December, 13.00 CET - @envi.europarl.europa.eu conference: From Promise to Action: 10 years of the #ParisAgreement 📄Details www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e... ✒️Programme & registration ⤵️ ep-events.europarl.europa.eu/events/10YOP...

📢 Wednesday 19 November, 10:30 BRT / 14:30 CET Joint press conference with EP delegation chair Lídia Pereira & Climate Action Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu 📍Press Conference Room 1 (Blue Zone) 🎥Watch live: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/grid?...

🟢Follow the work of the EP delegation to #COP30 in Belém 🇧🇷 🎥Watch the latest video with Chair Lídia Pereira multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/video/eur... 🖼️More statements, extracts of meetings & photos multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/topic/cop...

European Parliament Delegation to COP30, Belém (Brazil): Statement by Lídia PEREIRA (EPP, PT), Chair of the EP Delegation; meeting with Kentaro DOI, Vice-Minister of Japan for global environmental aff...

Member of the European Parliament arrive in Belém to take part in the COP30 climate change conference, which seeks to accelerate global climate action in line with the Paris Agreement goals. An offici...

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🌍An official EP delegation led by chair Lídia Pereira & vice-chair @MChahim is in Belém 🇧🇷 from 17-21 Nov to attend #COP30 Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... Multimedia materials multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/topic/cop... Delegation members www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/li...

Parliament delegation joins COP30 climate talks | News | European Parliament

MEPs arrive in Belém today to take part in the COP30 climate change conference, which seeks to accelerate global climate action in line with the Paris Agreement goals.

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🌍Today is #WorldDiabetesDay Prevention, early diagnosis & affordable insulin are crucial to reducing the global impact of diabetes More information: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e... 📽️Watch SANT Chair Adam Jarubas message on the importance of screening

🌍EU 2040 climate target #EPlenary wants a 90% reduction target for emissions by 2040 compared with 1990 levels in EU climate law to achieve a climate neutral EU by 2050 🗳️Votes: ⬆️379⬇️248↔️10 Press release⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

EU 2040 climate target: MEPs want 90% emissions reduction in EU climate law | News | European Parliament

Parliament wants a 90% reduction target for emissions by 2040 compared with 1990 levels, to achieve a climate neutral EU by 2050.

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Emissions from cooling are set to double by 2050 without the introduction of more sustainable practices, according to the report.

UN COP30 report says sustainable cooling essential to save lives

Emissions from cooling are set to double by 2050 without the introduction of more sustainable practices, according to the report.

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Italy plans levy on low-value parcels to protect fashion industry

Italy is working to adopt a tax on low-value postal packages from non-European countries, politicians said, as part of measures to protect its fashion industry from low-cost foreign imports mostly from China.

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La Belgique est-elle un mauvais élève européen en matière de médicaments génériques ?

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🎥#MFF #Eplenary debate - live in a few minutes Press conference to start after 18.00 CET👇

Budgets Committee@budg.europarl.europa.eu · 9mo ago

☝️This afternoon #EPlenary debates the 2028-2034 EU budget #MFF with Commission president von der Leyen and Danish Council presidency. 📺Streaming: link.europa.eu/VXp3XR 🎙️After the debate, follow the press conference with co-rapporteurs Siegfried Mureșan & Carla Tavares here: link.europa.eu/xgTjfD

COP31 in Bonn? Nein danke, says Germany www.politico.eu/article/germ...

Germany seeks to avoid becoming next UN climate host by accident

Australia and Turkey both want to host the COP31, and if neither back down the talks will be held in Germany.

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Climate change is not just an environmental issue 🌍 — it’s a health issue ❤️‍🩹 Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are leading to increased heat-related illnesses, injuries, and the spread of infectious diseases. #climatechange #climatehealth #onehealth #climateresilience