What is striking about Brexit in general and its impact on science in particular is how it will eventually be judged as pointless. Considerable energy is going to be wasted
While Europeans were indulging in New Year celebrations, debate was growing within the new European Commission. France is once again seeking to impose its Nutri-Score system on other member states.
The European Parliament (EP) is split on whether or not to pass a resolution today that would declare a global climate emergency before a critical UN summit next week. The
While the European Union (EU) has progressively integrated several mechanisms to support the environment, proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020 are unlikely to improve the environmental, economic, and
Environmental pollutants have a large impact on children’s health in Europe, according to a new study published last month in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1).
Many European rivers and canals are contaminated with pesticides, according to a new analysis slated for publication on 20 June in Science of the Total Environment, a peer-reviewed journal (1).
Donald Trump gets mad As soon as the NATO summit opened on Wednesday 11 July, Donald Trump castigated his European “friends” for the inadequacy of their defence budget and gave
The European Commission has proposed changing intellectual property rules to allow generic and biosimilar drug manufacturers to sell their products in markets outside the EU before the patents expire in
The European Commission formally unveiled a proposal on Monday to ban many single-use plastics in the European Union after a first draft was leaked earlier this month. The EU executive
The European Union adopted a decision on Thursday to impose binding obligations on Russia’s Gazprom that will address competition concerns. The announcement settles a seven-year antitrust dispute with the state-owned