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Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Tech compliance reports, Newsletter This week's key events presented by senior tech and industry reporter Cynthia Kroet 06/05/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. Council denies French request for legal opinion on cyber certificate A deal on the pending EUCS scheme could come at the earliest at the end of May. 06/05/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. Which key tech lawmakers will stay in Brussels? We've listed the most influential incoming and outgoing members of the EU Parliament on digital issues. 06/05/2024
Now playing Next Economy EU Policy. The untapped potential of Europe's public procurement market The EU needs more competitive and strategic public procurement to unlock the full potential of a €2 trillion market (14% of EU GDP) - and that will require a revision of the existing framework, according to Enrico Letta's recently published report on the single market. 06/05/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Revealed: MEPs’ millions in outside earnings Transparency International has called for stricter controls on EU lawmakers, as a report shows many hold lucrative positions with firms that also lobby Brussels. 06/05/2024
Now playing Next Health news EU Policy. Commission’s hospital exemption divides health sector The inclusion of the hospital exemption for advanced therapies in the new pharmaceutical regulation does not satisfy health organizations and industry amidst accessibility concerns. 03/05/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Clean tech sector and NGOs produce alternative election manifestos Election manifestos are not the preserve of political parties vying for seats in the European Parliament: the run-up to the 6 June poll has seen industry lobbies, interest groups and NGOs produce wish lists of their own. 03/05/2024
Now playing Next Health news EU Policy. What is the ‘hospital exemption’, and why does it matter? A proposed overhaul of EU pharmaceutical rules would impact on the principle of hospital exemption for advance therapies and increase the requirements to ensure uniform implementation. 03/05/2024
Now playing Next Nutrition EU Policy. Italy to challenge Nutri-Score with constitution Giorgia Meloni’s party is proposing a tweak in the country's constitution that would complicate adoption of the colour-coded front-of-packet labelling in Italy - and Europe. 03/05/2024
Now playing Next Economy EU Policy. New EU fiscal rules in force, what are the next steps? After being suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a long political battle within the euro area, the revised economic governance framework aims to ensure a better balance between debt reduction and investments and reforms across the EU. 02/05/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Green leader sees ‘huge danger’ to climate policy as elections loom A trio of leading Green MEPs have presented a proposal for a Green Industrial Deal supported by a trillion-euro EU fund and preferential interest rates from the European Central Bank, while warning a swing to the right in June could see five years of climate legislation begin to unravel. 02/05/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Scandal, bullying and iconoclasm: How MEPs lost their political way From romance to football, alleged corruption to insulting the boss: MEPs can lose their political moorings in a variety of ways. By the close of this European Parliament, 50 MEPs were without groups – how did they get there? 01/05/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. More than 70% of key resources imperilled by climate - report Global production of crucial raw materials may be at risk of disruption due to climate change and businesses need to find adaptation solutions in order to timely deliver clean technologies for the green transition. 30/04/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. How Europe’s energy crisis is feeding the election campaign The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy was already a central pillar of the European Green Deal before a belligerent Moscow triggered an energy crisis; now the question of how best to ensure secure, affordable energy is dividing political camps as EU citizens head to the polls in June. 30/04/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Facebook and Instagram probed over disinformation handling The European Commission says the platforms’ tools to protect the EU elections are not sufficient. 30/04/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Group leaders dodge farming bullets at election debate Candidates were elusive on agriculture flash points and offered no food policy vision for the next five years. 30/04/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Bulgaria and Poland to increase climate adaptation and just transition Bulgaria and Poland's energy and climate plans still need to fill some gaps. 29/04/2024
Now playing Next Business EU Policy. Over 90% of wealthiest bankers are men, EU figures show The number of banking millionaires is on the rise, according to the European Banking Authority – but women don’t seem to be benefiting. 29/04/2024
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Brussels’ trillion-euro budget may need expanding, Commissioner says EU resources are under strain, given the need to invest in defence, climate change and a possible expansion to Ukraine. 29/04/2024
Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. Austrian NGO files privacy complaint over ChatGPT OpenAI accused of being unable to correct to false information used by its popular chatbot. 29/04/2024