The European Commission didn't want to reveal which staffers worked on Covid vaccine contract negotiations with pharma companies to avoid them being targeted by “conspiracy theorists,” its lawyers said.
🌐 Today is #WorldObesityDay
- 3 billion people
- 400 million school-aged children
- 1.7 million premature deaths from NCDs/year
📃More details: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
📈 Infographic: www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...
In January, the European Council empowered the EC to provisionally apply the Agreement as from the first ratification by a Mercosur country.
Over the last weeks, I have discussed this intensively with Member States and the EP.
On that basis, the EC will now proceed with provisional application.
🗳️This evening, @envi.europarl.europa.eu elected MEP Pierfrancesco Maran (S&D, IT) as new Chair by secret ballot.
Read his statement here 👇
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
For some perspective on the glacial pace of progress being made by the EU, the Consumer Credit Directive is highlighted has set the rules on prohibiting the use of a person's cancer history for insurance policies to ***15 years***.
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📢Save the date: 2 February, 15.00 CET
🎗️ @sant.europarl.europa.eu will mark #WorldCancerDay through an exchange of views with experts on 🇪🇺 past & future actions the fight against cancer
📃Programme: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🗓️Tue 27/01, 15.45 CET - joint @sant.europarl.europa.eu & @envi.europarl.europa.eu meeting
💶Union Civil Protection Mechanism & Union support for health emergency preparedness and response (MFF 2028-2034)
- Commission presentation
🎥Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/sant-comm...
🗓️ Thursday 11 December, 13.00 CET - @envi.europarl.europa.eu conference:
From Promise to Action: 10 years of the #ParisAgreement
📄Details www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
✒️Programme & registration ⤵️
ep-events.europarl.europa.eu/events/10YOP...
📢 Wednesday 19 November, 10:30 BRT / 14:30 CET
Joint press conference with EP delegation chair Lídia Pereira & Climate Action Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu
📍Press Conference Room 1 (Blue Zone)
🎥Watch live: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/grid?...
🟢Follow the work of the EP delegation to #COP30 in Belém 🇧🇷
🎥Watch the latest video with Chair Lídia Pereira
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/video/eur...
🖼️More statements, extracts of meetings & photos
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/topic/cop...
🌍An official EP delegation led by chair Lídia Pereira & vice-chair @MChahim is in Belém 🇧🇷 from 17-21 Nov to attend #COP30
Details ⤵️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Multimedia materials
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/topic/cop...
Delegation members
www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/li...
🌍Today is #WorldDiabetesDay
Prevention, early diagnosis & affordable insulin are crucial to reducing the global impact of diabetes
More information: www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...
📽️Watch SANT Chair Adam Jarubas message on the importance of screening
🌍EU 2040 climate target
#EPlenary wants a 90% reduction target for emissions by 2040 compared with 1990 levels in EU climate law to achieve a climate neutral EU by 2050
🗳️Votes: ⬆️379⬇️248↔️10
Press release⤵️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Emissions from cooling are set to double by 2050 without the introduction of more sustainable practices, according to the report.
Italy plans levy on low-value parcels to protect fashion industry reut.rs/48ajs6r
La Belgique est-elle un mauvais élève européen en matière de médicaments génériques ?
MLex is looking for an Energy reporter in Brussels ⤵️
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🎥#MFF #Eplenary debate - live in a few minutes
Press conference to start after 18.00 CET👇
COP31 in Bonn? Nein danke, says Germany www.politico.eu/article/germ...
Climate change is not just an environmental issue 🌍 — it’s a health issue ❤️🩹
Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are leading to increased heat-related illnesses, injuries, and the spread of infectious diseases.
#climatechange #climatehealth #onehealth #climateresilience
Exclusive: Ethiopia to be approved as host for #COP32 climate summit in 2027. #COP30 - www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
EU's climate service now estimates global warming will breach 1.5°C in May 2029. When the Paris Agreement was signed, #Copernicus estimated it would not happen until March 2043. #COP30 #environment #globalwarming climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa...
With the results of the roll-call votes here
www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/2999...
🇪🇺🇲🇩 EP office in Chișinău officially opened today by @president.europarl.europa.eu
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
The @europarl.europa.eu office in Moldova is officially open 🇪🇺🇲🇩
Proud to inaugurate it today in Chișinău with the Speaker of Parliament Igor Grosu.
This is a clear sign of our commitment to Moldova’s path to EU membership.
Let’s make it happen.
Au Brésil, Lula lance un nouveau fonds pour rémunérer la préservation des forêts tropicales
Brazilian President Lula foreshadowed a potential effort to move beyond the commitment countries made two years ago to “transition away from fossil fuels.”
"We need road maps," he told world leaders at the #COP30 leaders summit.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#COP30 getting closer - I will accompany Parliament's delegation for media activities ⤵️
☕ Feel free to get in touch for a Brazilian coffee chat (I have high expectations on that front)
