Last night - Tuesday 28 November - the European Parliament, Council, and Commission successfully concluded negotiations on the revised Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). This agreement marks a crucial step forward in ensuring robust measures for environmental and human health protection, by preventing and reducing toxic emissions into air, water, and soil from a wide array of industrial sources*.
Great news, last night in Brussels the European Parliament and the European Council reached an agreement on the Gas Market Directive. It will make Europe fit for hydrogen and paves the way towards climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest.
Brussels, 28 November 2023 – The outcome of yesterday’s EU Trade Council meeting shows that the EU and the U.S are still far from reaching an agreement to advance climate protection, fight trade distortions in the global industry and solve the EU-U.S. trade dispute by the end of 2023, as originally agreed upon by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Joe Biden in 2021.
Brussels, 23 November 2023 – The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has elected a new Board, President and Vice-Presidents (see Annex). Henrik Adam has been appointed as President of the organisation for a two-year term. He succeeds Francesc Rubiralta Rubió, who has led EUROFER since 2022. The Steel Association of Ukraine has also been accepted as a member.
Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, the Socialists and Democrats urged today in the plenary debate for more concrete actions at an EU level to protect women who continue to be attacked, assaulted, or murdered for the mere fact of being women.
Today, the Socialists and Democrats call attention to the pressing issue of money laundering in Europe, exposed once again by the latest scandal of this kind – the Cyprus Confidential Files.
