
EU Parliament Gives Gas and Nuclear ‘Green’ Status
For hard-core environmentalists and countries that have already weighted their energy production away from both gas and nuclear, the taxonomy is considered ‘greenwashing.’

For hard-core environmentalists and countries that have already weighted their energy production away from both gas and nuclear, the taxonomy is considered ‘greenwashing.’

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión noted that the request to remove pro-life lobbyists was based on the assumption that abortion is a fundamental human right, though it has never been enshrined as such in European law.

The result of the vote on 23 June 2022 confirms the prevailing consensus among MEPs on the need to maintain control over public freedoms in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Israel-based NSO Group is the maker of Pegasus, a spyware that can infiltrate smartphones and other devices, extract information from them, and even control their functions such as turning on a camera.

Sometimes climate-focused policies do not meet with overwhelming approval in EU parliament, and their adoption can be hit or miss.

“Wow, the headline of this resolution already says it all. You’re talking about a global threat. It just always has to be superlatives with you, doesn’t it?” German MEP Christine Anderson of the Identity and Democracy Group stated.

The EU Parliament resolution specifies the changes to the treaties it wants: repealing the unanimity vote required on certain decisions is one of them.

An opinion from the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy expressed doubts about the ban on combustion engines. It pointed out that uncertainty still surrounds the future of electric cars.

Turkey’s open defiance of the rules upheld by the European Court of Human Rights has been a thorn in the EU’s side.

The squatting phenomenon is not fuelled by desperate people seeking shelter, but by gangs that often intentionally usurp lived-in homes.