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The European Commission has asked advisors to rework the EU’s green finance taxonomy rules after member states rejected draft implementing guidelines, unhappy about the exclusion of gas as a “transition” activity towards net-zero emissions. “On Wednesday, 20 January, we requested the Platform on Sustainable Finance to provide further input on the taxonomy framework,” said Aikaterini Apostola, an EU Commission spokesperson. “They will provide this input by mid-March,” she told EUR...

Revenues from the European Union’s upcoming carbon border charge will be “recycled” to replenish the EU budget and finance the bloc’s green transition, senior officials have said. However, this won’t be the main goal, they cautioned, saying the new levy must pursue environmental objectives to comply with WTO rules.

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BRUSSELS has been urged to clamp down on Britain after it decided to ignore an EU ban on the use of pesticides.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament have raised concerns about possible UK regression on pesticides and gene editing at a meeting on the new EU-UK trade agreement on Thursday (14 January). At the session, European Commission representatives explained the impact of the trade agreement on energy, environment and health, but MEPs were left asking for more clarification over pesticides and gene editing. “My personal opinion on the answer regarding pesticides is very poor. You basically didn’t ...

The UK is seen as having stolen a march on the rest of Europe by vaccinating tens of thousands of citizens after approving two types of vaccine.

Two days after the UK left the EU’s single market, England was placed into its third national lockdown on 3 January, joining Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland who had already imposed their own restrictions. With people confined to their homes once again across the whole of the UK, the consequences of Brexit have only really been felt by the freight and haulage industries, who reported major delays and vehicles being turned away for having the wrong paperwork. The fact that the UK has moved...

The UK has been quicker than the European Union in approving COVID-19 vaccines but it also took greater risks with pharma firms by accepting all liability in case of complications, French MEP Pascal Canfin told EURACTIV.com in an interview.

Negotiations on the European Climate Law – including the bloc’s proposed 55% greenhouse gas reduction target for 2030 – are expected to wrap up before the end of June as Portugal makes a climate agreement the “big priority” of its six-month EU presidency, which started on 1 January.

Last modified on Tue 26 Jan 2021 05.17 EST European capitals have welcomed agreement on what most hailed as a good post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU – but described it as the least-worst outcome and warned they had yet to study the fine print. Emmanuel Macron said European “unity and firmness have paid off” but Paris would now be checking to make sure the deal protected the French fishing industry. The 2,000-page treaty was “essential to protect our citizens, our fisherme...