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Health 18-03-2024

Compromises on the Pharma Package provide balance, say MEPs ahead of ENVI vote

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The European Parliament's ENVI committee is scheduled to convene today, 19 March, to discuss the new pharmaceutical framework and vote on the compromised text regarding the draft regulation and the revised directive.

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Health 18-03-2024

Bulgaria tries fighting corruption with mobile access to personal health files

Est. 4min

Bulgarian health authorities are preparing to introduce permanent fast access for citizens to their health files via mobile phones, as a measure to combat widespread corruption and healthcare budget abuses.

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Health 18-03-2024

EHDS is not just an agreement; it’s a promise to patients and researchers, says Vandenbroucke

Est. 5min

Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke and MEP Tomislav Sokol have brought Europe's ambition to establish a European Health Data Space (EHDS) to a pivotal moment, with a provisional agreement empowering patients and researchers.

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Health 18-03-2024

Reducing regulatory data protection isn’t a successful strategy, says Roche Netherlands GM

Est. 5min

Reducing regulatory data protection and limiting intellectual property rights isn’t a successful strategy, says Roche Netherlands' General Manager, while encouraging the Dutch government to follow Germany with a pharma strategy summit.

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Health 18-03-2024

Investigation into Slovak pandemic management tainted by anti-vaxxer leadership

Est. 5min

The Slovak National Party (SNS) has initiated a probe into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the investigation enters its second month, led by a prominent anti-vaccination proponent, many procedural details remain unknown.

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Health 18-03-2024

Swedish doctors push medical limits to save Ukrainian soldiers’ limbs

Est. 5min

Ukrainian soldiers evacuated to Sweden often face amputation as a result of trauma from artillery shells and mines, but Swedish doctors are going the extra mile to save and restore the function of patients’ limbs.

Competition 18-03-2024

Council strengthens call to make influencers accountable for their actions

Est. 3min

The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU is taking a stronger position on the accountability of influencers for content shared online, according to a draft document dated 13 March and seen by Euractiv.

Energy 18-03-2024

New law to protect European energy consumers from market manipulation

Est. 2min

On Monday 18 March, the Council adopted a new law to protect wholesale energy markets from manipulation. The new regulation aims to strengthen market surveillance and guarantee open and fair competition in the European Union.

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#Media4EU 18-03-2024

Is the European media sector ready for AI?

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The rapid rise in artificial intelligence led to the first-ever legal framework on AI at the end of 2023, the EU's AI Act. This report explores the role of media in today's new AI landscape.

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AI won’t replace quality journalism, but sector needs safeguarding, says socialist think tank head

Est. 8min

Despite the rapid rise in Artificial Intelligence and large social media platforms, the President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) Maria João Rodrigues believes that quality journalism still has a clear role in Europe.

Elections 18-03-2024

Renew’s chief Valérie Hayer confirmed as EU liberals’ lead candidate 

Est. 4min

French President Emmanuel Macron's closest ally in Brussels, Valérie Hayer, has been confirmed as the third Spitzenkandidat of a Franco-German team that will guide the EU liberals throughout the campaign for June's EU elections.

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New packaging rules set to become law despite Commission objections

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EU national governments agreed on Friday (15 March) to a new regime of packaging waste rules, following a dramatic few weeks during which the European Commission threatened to veto an agreement reached between governments and the European Parliament.

Global Europe 18-03-2024

The Brief – The budding ‘peace camp’ for European elections?

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The war in Ukraine is laying the ground for a divide between “war” and “peace” camps at the national and European level which may replace the usual political division between left and right.

Agrifood 18-03-2024

Polish farmers launch new blockade on Germany border

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Polish farmers blocked two major border crossings with Germany on Monday in a protest against farm imports from outside the European Union and the bloc's environmental red tape.

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Economy 18-03-2024

Industrial Competitiveness

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Despite the passing of the Critical Raw Materials Act in 2023, Europe's reliance on importing critical raw materials remains a concern. In this series, Euractiv explores the EU's different routes to close the competitiveness gap in raw materials and decrease reliance on unpredictable suppliers.

Economy 18-03-2024

Industrial competitiveness, the mantra of a von der Leyen second term?

Est. 6min

As she closes out her first term, Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission has seen industrial competitiveness come into sharp focus with new initiatives to better connect industry to the European Green Deal, but what effect will they have?

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Politics 18-03-2024

Women’s rights and gender equality in the EU

Est. 1min

On International Women's Day, the European Commission released its 2024 Report on Gender Equality in the EU, offering insights into the advancements made in implementing the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. This report looks at women's rights and gender equality in the EU.

Elections 18-03-2024

Diversity and representation centre-stage at European Free Alliance assembly

Est. 5min

Heralding a manifesto steeped in diversity and regional representation, the European Free Alliance (EFA) General Assembly 2024, held on International Women’s Day in Brussels was presented by co-spitzenkandidaten, Maylis Roßberg, and Raül Romeva.

Agrifood 18-03-2024

Campaigners take legal action against European Commission over animal cages

Est. 3min

The promoters of the citizens’ initiative ‘End the Cage Age’ on Monday (18 March) filed a case at the European Court of Justice against the EU executive for failing to deliver a promised proposal to phase out cages for farm animals by the end of 2023.

Road safety 18-03-2024

20,000 road deaths a year – European auditors call for closer coordination

Est. 4min

Europe is way off track to meet its target of halving road deaths by 2030 (versus 2019), a new European Court of Auditors (ECA) analysis has concluded. Instead fatalities are projected to fall by just -25%, compromising Europe’s ultimate goal of close-to-zero road deaths by 2050.

Economy 18-03-2024

Media Partnership – Rebuilding Europe’s business case: working against the clock

Is the race for the future already run & lost? Find out at the launch of the latest edition of ERT’s bi-annual Competitiveness and Industry Benchmarking Report.

Agrifood 18-03-2024

EU Commission wants to strengthen farmers’ position in the food chain

Est. 4min

The European Commission presented a set of ideas aimed at bolstering farmers in the food supply chain in a document shared with EU member states, responding to demands growers voiced in recent protests for fairer compensation for their work.

Global Europe 18-03-2024

Occupied Georgian region is ‘discussing’ becoming part of Russia

Est. 2min

South Ossetia, a region that broke away from Georgia and calls itself an independent state, has discussed becoming part of Russia with Moscow officials, Russian news agency RIA cited the head of South Ossetia's parliament as saying on Sunday (17 March).

Politics 18-03-2024

German coalition cracks deepen over Ukraine policy

Est. 6min

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the German coalition splitting over the country's Ukraine policy, the European Commission bemoaning Kosovo and Serbia for lack of progress on EU integration, and so much more.

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