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Teen scientists are tracking plastic pollution across Europe’s rivers
Along a small stream in Spain, groups of teenagers are at work. One hovers around a black tarpaulin covered in wet pieces of plastic. Another stands on a small bridge,...
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Briefing – European Biotech Act I – Scope, Regulatory Framework, Market Landscape and Competitiveness Context – 01-07-2026
The European Biotech Act I, proposed in December 2025, is the EU’s first standalone legislation regulating health biotechnology across its full lifecycle, from research to market placement. This briefing sets...
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Press release – EU-wide survey: An insecure world raises high expectations on the EU
• 75% of Europeans think that the EU is a place of stability in a troubled world, up 8 percentage points since autumn 2025. • 74% of Europeans view EU...
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Briefing – Cities and regions at the heart of Ukraine’s reconstruction: The role of the European Alliance of Cities and Regions – 03-07-2026
The European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine brings together local and regional authorities at the centre of Ukraine's post-war recovery and reconstruction efforts. The Alliance...
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Briefing – European Peace Facility – 03-07-2026
With an extra-budgetary financial ceiling of more than €17 billion for the period 2021-2027, made up of contributions from the EU Member States, the European Peace Facility (EPF) was created...
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Briefing – Topical Digest – SDGs: The EU and the Sustainable Development Goals – 02-07-2026
The SDGs are 17 interconnected and indivisible goals, each with a series of specific targets, agreed by the United Nations in 2015 and to be attained by 2030. Both developed...
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Briefing – The Board of Peace – 03-07-2026
The Board of Peace (BoP) is a United States-led international organisation, initially endorsed by a UN Security Council Resolution in November 2025 as a transitional administration to oversee the redevelopment...
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Press release – Electricity grids: MEPs back plans to accelerate energy project permit process
• Changes to help building of renewable energy projects, electricity grids, storage facilities, recharging stations • Shorter deadlines, higher capacity thresholds, tacit approval • Complicated permitting procedures are a bottleneck...
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Briefing – Research for JURI committee on Legal Assessment of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive – 02-07-2026
This briefing, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Justice, Civil Liberties and Institutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), provides a legal assessment...
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Briefing – International Agreements in Progress: EU–UK agreement on Gibraltar – 02-07-2026
The agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) in respect of Gibraltar would complete the legal framework of the relations between the EU and the UK...