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COVID-19 vaccines: MEPs call for more clarity and transparency
Members of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety quizzed Sandra Gallina, the EU’s lead negotiator on COVID-19 vaccine contracts, on the latest developments regarding contracts, transparency, authorisations,…
MEPs present plan for post-COVID-19 SME recovery
The European Parliament has called for measures to help small and medium enterprises deal with the crisis and the twin challenges of digitalisation and decarbonisation. The appeal was made in…
EU Budget 2021 approved: supporting the recovery
For next year’s budget, MEPs obtained better support for key EU programmes that create jobs, tackle the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and boost climate action. Commitment appropriations for 2021…
Parliament approves seven-year EU budget 2021-2027
The European Parliament gave its go-ahead to the EU budget, known as Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period between 2021 to 2027. The approval means that EU citizens may start benefitting from this financial package as from the start of the forthcoming year. €15 billion…
New tool to combat terrorism online agreed
A new law that will help to fight the dissemination of terrorist content online has been agreed by Parliament and Council. It targets texts, images, sound recordings or videos that…
Asylum: MEPs call for more solidarity among EU counties
The 2013 Dublin III Regulation on asylum puts a “disproportionate responsibility on a minority of member states, in particular when high numbers of arrivals occur”, a draft European Parliament resolution has…
Class-action lawsuits to become EU law
The European Parliament endorsed a new law that will allow groups of consumers to join forces and launch collective action in the EU. The new rules introduce a harmonised model…
87% of the Maltese think EU should have more say in handling Covid-19
Coronavirus against European Union grunge flag. Virus causing epidemic concept Nine out of every ten Maltese citizens believe that the European Union should have more competences to deal with the…
A major step for an EU health programme
A European Commission proposal to step up the EU’s action in the health sector through the so-called EU4Health Programme has been approved by the European Parliament with 615 votes to…
EU consumers should enjoy a “right to repair” and enhanced product safety
A series of measures meant to grant consumers a “right to repair” by making repairs more appealing, systematic, and cost-efficient have been proposed by a European Parliament committee. The initiative…