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Now playing Next Tech News EU Policy. EU consumer groups call for DSA probe into Temu The Chinese online marketplace would lack information about product safety, among other things. 16/05/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Commissioner touts launch of critical raw material joint purchasing EU executive will set a procurement system to secure supply of more than 30 critical raw minerals, similar to that applied to natural gas. 15/05/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Industry backers say Europe needs a carbon capture tsar With real-world development lagging far behind the rhetoric of policy makers in Brussels, industry groups and big oil agree the EU needs a 'CCS tsar' to make the case for a climate solution that still attracts a lot of mistrust 15/05/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. 8 MEPs who could dominate economic and finance policy The EU’s 720 lawmakers will spend the next five years pondering issues including a digital euro and capital markets reform – but which MEPs will likely stand out? 15/05/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Estonia blocks plan to put VAT on Airbnb, Uber-style online platforms The Baltic nation wielded a veto over laws intended to modernise tax for the digital economy. 14/05/2024
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. Berlin and Dublin spearhead move to unblock Nature Restoration Law Eleven EU members are urging their peers to sign off on a new Nature Restoration Law - perhaps the most important piece of environmental legislation to fall foul of a backlash against the European Commission's green deal agenda. 14/05/2024
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Now playing Next Green News Why is this Belgian city giving away free trees? The free-tree scheme in Antwerp is part of an initiative by the local council called Neighbourhood in Bloom. 13/05/2024
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