Christian Ernhede

Faced with lengthy delays to a planned EU-wide ban on ‘forever chemicals’, the Swedish government has said it aims to impose a national ban for several product classes by 2028.

The European Commission’s environment chief has urged member states to adhere to a looming end of summer deadline for putting forward draft National Restoration Plans.

Conservative and liberal lawmakers have urged the European Commission to table a dedicated new permitting ‘omnibus’ to directly amend the EU’s “rigid and disproportionate” environmental legislation.

Possible misappropriation of EU agricultural subsidies soared last year after the adoption of “simplifications” that limited checks for compliance with green conditionality rules, the European Commission has indicated.

Possible misappropriation of EU agricultural subsidies soared last year, the European Commission has indicated, after the adoption of “simplifications” that limited checks for compliance with green conditionality rules.

The EU executive has prolonged the approval of several pesticides found to be harmful to human health, while confirming plans to ultimately withdraw authorisations for some of the most controversial substances.

The EU executive has prolonged the approval of several pesticides found to be harmful to human health, while confirming plans to ultimately withdraw authorisations for some of the most controversial substances.

Six member states have called for a tax on excess profits of oil companies amid surging global prices, to “ease the burden” of keeping domestic energy costs in check.

The EU executive has resisted a recent push from several major member states for an EU initiative to tax excessive profits of oil companies, insisting that it is up to national capitals to determine their taxation policy.

Left-wing MEPs have pushed back against a proposal to cut red tape for environmental releases of genetically modified bacteria, fungi and viruses, warning of the potential for the organisms to cause “uncontrollable” damage to ecosystems and human health.