EU ministers to ignite debate on electric cars [de] [fr]
EU ministers will trigger a debate on an EU strategy for electric cars this week amid warnings by green groups that the electricity used to charge the vehicles could prove as polluting as the fuel engines they are supposed to replace.
EU lawmakers to tackle media concentration, funding [de] [fr]
The EU should pay more attention to the content placed in the media and take into account concentration issues and financial support for filmmakers, argues French MEP Jean-Marie Cavada. The chair of the European Parliament's newly-established media intergroup spoke to EurActiv in an exclusive interview.
EU 2020 seeks to balance green growth and jobs [de]
Governments, industry and stakeholders have weighed into the debate on the EU's new growth strategy, urging a stronger social dimension and the completion of the internal market.
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