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September 21, 2017
In the European Commission, they like having the power but not the responsibility. They like pressure even less. As NGOs and certain journalists go after glyphosate, the Commission is muddling through and passing the buck to the Member States without any hesitation. It is worth recalling that before the Lisbon Treaty, Member States formally possessed… » read more
Posted by Daniel Gueguen
By Viviana Spaghetti, Political Consultant It is a cardinal rule of influencing the policy-making process in the EU that the earlier you’re in the game, the better your chances of achieving your objective. In Brussels, it is vital to talk to the European Commission – the EU civil service – before a legislative proposal is… » read more
Posted by The Whitehouse Consultancy
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Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking |
Guest blog post by Mandeep Dhaliwal, Director of HIV, Health and Development at UNDP In the 1980s, reports of a mysterious illness surfaced in Los Angeles, California, when five young gay men were diagnosed with a very rare strain of pneumonia. In the following months, additional reports of gay men suffering from strange and… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
July 6, 2017
A robot is an automated machine made up of electronic and mechanical parts; the electronic side is operated by software programmed to perform a specific task. The software may include a number of alternative routes which, in all circumstances, are pre-defined. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a complex software system whose purpose is that to… » read more
Posted by Wishing on Europe
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blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Global Europe, Regional Policy |
June 22, 2017
One year ago people all over the world were still trying to understand the political earthquake of the Brexit-Votum and a few months later Donald Trump was elected as US president. At that time, the journalists Hannes Grassegger and Mikael Krogerus published an article in the Swish magazine “Das Magazin”, which immediately went viral in… » read more
Author: Vanya Vulperhorst, Oceana Today’s agreement by EU bodies on a new regulation governing the European Union’s extensive external fishing fleet is a momentous step towards building sustainable fisheries globally and deserves wholehearted praise. After almost two years of negotiations, the European Commission, the Parliament and the Council of Fisheries Ministers have agreed on a… » read more
Posted by Oceana Europe
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Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Fisheries, Global Europe, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
This month’s first-ever United Nations Oceans Conference and the upcoming Our Ocean meeting to be hosted by the EU, put robust governance of our oceans and sustainable use of marine resources to the forefront as perhaps never before. With this in mind, the world’s largest market for seafood, the EU, must ensure the most ambitious… » read more
Posted by Oceana Europe
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Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Fisheries, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
By Robert Clarke A planned Utopian society, free from the ‘sin’ of individuality. Huxley’s Brave New World depicts a plan for a centralized communitarian world government. A sinister result where ‘everyone belongs to everyone else’. A dismal prognosis for the future. In sharp contrast to our multicultural world, personal identity is erased. In the name… » read more
Posted by The Freedom Blog
May 29, 2017
From June 5th – 9th, coinciding with World Oceans Day, the United Nations will host at its headquarters in New York a high-level conference to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. The Ocean Conference aims to be the… » read more
Posted by Europa Media
May 23, 2017
The recent global ransomware attack ones more showed the world how dependent we are on digital infrastructure and how vulnerable this infrastructure is to the outside world. Anywhere in the world viruses, malware, etc. can be developed from a computer and start a chain reaction. Good reason to protect data from getting blocked, stolen or… » read more
Posted by Antonius Voluptarius
Right now, Europe’s auto makers are preparing for the introduction of the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure, better known by its acronym WLTP. WLTP is a more rigorous laboratory test for measuring pollutant and CO2 emissions from passenger cars that will come into force later this year. From September 2017, WLTP will officially apply… » read more
Posted by Eric-Mark Huitema
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking, Transport |
Guest blog post by Emma Woodford, Satu Lipponen and Tanja Gohlert, Lights for Rights All around the world scientists jumped into action last Saturday to march for science. In the face of its declining influence around the world, they hoped to inspire support for science itself, to gain recognition for scientific methods and to mobilise… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
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blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking, Science & Research, Social Europe |
by Johannes Hendrik Fahner The year 2016 was not a good one for Philip Morris. On 4 May 2016, the CJEU rendered its judgment in case C-547/14, in which it upheld the validity of the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU. On the same date, the CJEU also delivered its judgment in case C-477/14, in which it… » read more
Posted by RSIEAblog
April 5, 2017
I was thinking of calling this piece ‘In defence of internationalism’ but I decided that praise is the best form of defence. And we need to speak up in favour of internationalism. After decades of increasing openness, nationalism and xenophobia are on the rise in the West. We hear politicians coming out with statements such… » read more
Posted by Peter Bye
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blogactiv, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking, UK in Europe |
March 30, 2017
Why it is time to start talking about eugenics He hugged me. Tight. He always noticed when someone was sad. He’d look at me with his blue almond-shaped eyes, and it felt as though I was the only person in the world. Danny is special. He even has his own special day. On March 21st… » read more
Posted by The Freedom Blog
