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European doctors and scientists ask the European Commission for tobacco regulation based on scientific evidence
A group of 26 European scientists has urged the European Commission, chaired by Ursula von der Leyen, to review tobacco and nicotine regulation to align it with scientific evidence, warning that equating all nicotine products with conventional cigarettes "is not supported by evidence."
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The Commission opens the door for governments to assume 70% of the energy shock due to the war in Iran
Brussels will allow Member States to cover up to 70% of the increase in energy costs for key companies, especially in agriculture, transport, and industry, by relaxing state aid rules amid the escalating conflict with Iran, although without providing direct funding and leaving the burden of expenditure to national budgets.
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The EU accuses Meta of opening the door to minors under thirteen on Instagram and Facebook
The European Commission concludes that the company does not apply effective measures to prevent access by minors under 13 years of age, questions its age verification systems, and warns of possible sanctions of up to 6% of its global turnover if it does not correct the detected deficiencies.
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The ECB asks banks to prepare for the risks of Anthropic's new AI model
Anthropic's Mythos model, capable of detecting failures, forces the ECB to intensify supervision of banking digital resilience
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Europe wants to change, once and for all, its way of legislating
The European Commission is driving an offensive to simplify the legislative process, reduce regulatory fragmentation, and strengthen legal certainty, with the aim of improving the competitiveness of the single market, limiting over-regulation by Member States, and ensuring that laws are clearer, more accessible, and more effective from their design to their final application.
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Spain wants moderation in minimum tobacco taxes ahead of the directive Brussels is negotiating
Madrid requests a balanced adjustment of the directive that protects the stability of the domestic market against the Commission's proposal to double the minimum rates, while also demanding more precise tools in Article 32 to distinguish personal use from covert commercial flows of new tobacco products.
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Catalan companies demand Brussels maintain nuclear power "to guarantee electricity supply"
Foment del Treball defends prolonging the useful life of nuclear power plants and warns that the energy transition cannot put industrial competitiveness at risk
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The European Parliament approves its position on the Financial Framework: more spending, new own resources and rejection of the Commission's centralized model
The Eurochamber backs a maximum strategy that raises the budgetary ceiling to 1.27% of GNI, calls for the creation of a basket of new own resources to finance priorities and the debt of Next Generation EU, and distances itself from the "single plan" model proposed by the European Commission by defending greater participation of the regions and less centralized management of community funds.
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The EU approves the first rules to protect dogs and cats: mandatory microchip and ban on abusive breeding
The European Parliament gives the green light to a pioneering regulation that will require the identification and registration of all pets, prohibit abusive breeding practices, and strengthen import controls to curb animal cruelty in the Union
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The European Parliament lifts immunity from Alvise for the case of harassment of the hate prosecutor in Valencia
Strasbourg upholds the Supreme Court's request by not seeing a link between the investigated facts and his activity as a Member of the European Parliament, in the case that analyzes the alleged harassment of prosecutor Susana Gisbert after the dissemination of messages on her Telegram channel that triggered the massive sending of comments, many of them insulting
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