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Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) was set up on 10 March 2022. Chaired by MEP Jeroen LENAERS, PEGA Committee investigated infringements and maladministration in application of EU law in relation to the use of Pegasus and equivalent spyware surveillance software. Spyware and other hacking techniques are critical threats to privacy, data protection and democracy in the EU. They serve oppressive agendas against journalists, political activists ...

A key function of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to serve for its members as a forum for the negotiation of global trade rules. However, since the WTO's foundation in 1995, WTO members have largely failed to meet their self-defined negotiating objectives as set out in the comprehensive 2001 Doha Development Agenda (DDA). By the time of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Ministerial Conference, WTO members had settled on merely two multilateral agreements in almost 30 years: a 2013 agreement on trade facilitation ...

Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis and Commissioner Gentiloni are invited to the 15th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) Regulation. The previous RRD took place on 5 February 2024. This briefing comments on the Commission’s RRF midterm review in section 1, focuses on some of the Commission’s recent preliminary assessments related to payment requests submitted by Czechia, Denmark, and Malta in section 2, summarises the state of play of the implementation ...

This study presents an overview of how the issue of obstetric and gynaecological violence is currently being apprehended in the EU. Based on research carried out across the EU 27 Member States, it identifies issues and challenges; looks at the legal framework currently applicable to this form of violence; examines ongoing political and legal developments; and gathers initiatives carried out at the national level to improve understanding and prevention of this form of gender-based violence by healthcare ...

From 19 April to 1 June 2024, 968 million Indian voters are eligible to elect the members of the Lok Sabha (lower house). Voting is to take more than six weeks in seven phases across states and territories, concluding with a final round on 1 June; the votes are set to be counted on 4 June. Since 1999, elections to the Lok Sabha have coincided with those for the European Parliament. In 2023, India overtook China as the world's most populous country. The government has been able to lower India's poverty ...

Alternative proteins are of increasing interest in terms of their potential to improve food security and reduce the environmental impacts of food and feed production. This study assesses the current state and future prospects of protein production globally and in the EU to 2050, with a focus on conventional and alternative protein sources for food and feed. While projections show increased conventional protein needs up to 2050, climate change necessitates exploring non-linear scenarios and the potential ...

En novembre 2022, la Commission européenne a présenté une proposition de révision de la directive relative aux emballages et aux déchets d’emballages (directive 94/62/CE). Au cours de sa plénière d’avril II 2024, le Parlement doit se prononcer sur l’accord politique conclu par les négociateurs du Parlement et du Conseil le 4 mars 2024.

Le Parlement doit mettre aux voix l’accord conclu avec le Conseil sur une nouvelle directive qui fixe des normes minimales pour améliorer les conditions de travail des personnes travaillant par l’intermédiaire de plateformes numériques. Ce texte établit les premières règles de l’Union relatives à la gestion algorithmique sur le lieu de travail. Fruit de négociations difficiles, la directive indique aux chauffeurs de taxi, aux livreurs de repas et aux travailleurs domestiques que l’Union entend mettre ...

Au fil du temps, l’Union européenne en est venue à accorder une attention redoublée à la libre circulation des personnes handicapées, qui représentent une personne sur quatre dans l’Union. Le 6 septembre 2023, la Commission européenne a lancé une initiative législative en vue de créer une carte européenne du handicap et une carte européenne de stationnement, qui devraient être reconnues dans l’ensemble des États membres. Le texte définitif convenu en trilogue devrait être mis aux voix au cours de ...