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The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
The Agreement between the EU and the UK, which came into force on January 1, 2021, sets out preferential arrangements between both parties in areas such as trade in goods…
EU must take leadership to regulate platform economy
The European Union must take leadership to regulate working conditions in the so-called platform economy, such as food delivery services through mobile phone applications to safeguard new forms of precarious…
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,…
Political interference in public health matter which may cost dear
The decision to sack public health consultant Kenneth Grech just days after he advised postponing the re-opening of schools after the Christmas holidays is shocking, worrying, if not shameful. This…