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When: Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 15.00 CET Where: European Parliament in Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201) How: Accredited media representatives can attend the press conference physically. Journalists wishing to ask questions remotely need to connect via Interactio (https://ep.interactio.eu/1dxr-tkkf-mpje). The press conference will also be web streamed live and recorded on … Read more

When: Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 14.00 CET Where: European Parliament in Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201) How: Accredited media representatives can attend the press conference physically. Journalists wishing to ask questions remotely need to connect via Interactio (https://ep.interactio.eu/1dxr-tkkf-mpje). The press conference will also be web streamed live and recorded on the … Read more

The Legal Affairs Committee adopted on Wednesday, with 13 votes for, no votes against and 10 abstentions, its position on new rules to support the so-called standard-essential patents (SEPs). These patents protect cutting-edge technologies, such as Wi-Fi or 5G, which are essential to a technical standard, meaning that e.g. no Internet of Things (IoT) products … Read more

The Legal Affairs Committee adopted its position on new rules to ensure EU-wide protection from vexatious lawsuits against public participation with 15 votes in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention. The new draft rules contain safeguards against strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) and threats thereof. These are unfounded and abusive legal actions to silence … Read more

The new directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, informally agreed by EU co-legislators on Thursday, sets obligations for companies to mitigate their negative impact on human rights and the environment such as child labour, slavery, labour exploitation, pollution, deforestation, excessive water consumption or damage to ecosystems . They will have to integrate so called “due … Read more

The provisional agreement on the liability of economic operators for damage caused by defective products aims to respond to the increase in online shopping (including from outside the EU) and the emergence of new technologies (such as AI) as well as to ensure the transition to a circular economic model. In order not to stifle … Read more

When: Thursday, 14 December 2023, 11.00 CEST (to be confirmed) Where: European Parliament in Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201) How: Accredited media representatives can attend the press conference in person. Journalists wishing to ask questions remotely need to connect via Interactio (https://ep.interactio.eu/66e2-hy1p-1w4u). The press conference will also be web streamed … Read more