European Parliamentary Research Service Blog

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What if we sequenced all human genomes? [Science and Technology podcast]

Written by Luisa Antunes. The rapid growth of genetic databases worldwide, coupled with fast-decreasing costs and the rapid pace of technological

1 min read 2022-07-01 23:00:00

Written by Agnieszka Widuto. The Sustainable Development Goals were established in 2015 as part of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for

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Written by Clare Ferguson. The last plenary session before the summer recess takes place in Strasbourg on 4-7 July 2022, with Members set to

1 min read 2022-07-01 19:00:00

Written by Anna Caprile and Eric Pichon. At least one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations (UN) will be missed in

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Written by Frederik Scholaert and Karin Jacobs. The United Nations 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015, set

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Written by Vivienne Halleux (1st edition). The European Green Deal envisages a review of measures addressing pollution from large industrial

1 min read 2022-06-30 13:30:00

Written by Vivienne Halleux. Covering some 52 000 large agro-industrial installations EU-wide, the Industrial Emissions Directive is the main EU

8 min read 2022-06-28 23:00:00

Written by Ralf Drachenberg. The June 2022 European Council meeting marked a potentially historic moment: EU leaders granted Ukraine and Moldova

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Written by Angelos delivorias (1st edition). The second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the Markets in Financial

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Written by Marcin Grajewski. Inflation has risen to levels not seen in 40 years in the euro area or in many other countries, forcing some central

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Written by Clare Ferguson and Katarzyna Sochacka. The highlight of the June II 2022 plenary session was the vote to overwhelmingly endorse the

4 min read 2022-06-24 19:00:00

Written by Tarja Laaninen. ‘The war on Ukraine is also a war on information’, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF). On 16 June 2022, the

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Written by Carmen-Cristina Cîrlig with Romy Louisa Boden (1st edition). The European Commission proposed a revision of Directive 2008/99/EC on the

8 min read 2022-06-22 23:00:00

Written by Ralf Drachenberg. A series of sensitive topics feature on the agenda of the last regular European Council meeting before the summer break,

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Written by Suzana Anghel. On 23 June 2022, for the first time since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Heads of State or Government of the