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Changing the directive was one of the recommendations from the report by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Europe’s declining competitiveness. An important step to improve that competitiveness, according to Draghi, was to relax the anti-look-away law.

EU anti-look away law relaxed by European Parliament right

The EU anti-look away law (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive), the dream of the EP left and green and a heritage of the in the meantime disappeared from the scene Commission Vice-President Timmermans, includes that business should not make its money by exploiting labour and destroying the environment.

The muted European responses reflect the overbearing shadow of Washington’s influence on the continent, triggered by fears that Greenland will be the next stop for Trump’s adventurism or of the dire consequences of U.S. abandonment of Ukraine.

The Cost of Europe’s Weak Venezuela Response

International rules are only as strong as the democratic states supporting them. In the wake of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela, Europeans have a vested interest in making a compelling case for international law but shy away from doing so.

The UK is already lining up with Brussels on some rules around food and agriculture to allow access to the economic European trading zone known as the single market.

Starmer ready for closer EU alignment ’in the national interest’

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK should move towards closer alignment with EU markets "if it’s in our national interest".

Firms across the world have been changing their production lines and investing billions as governments try to persuade people to drive greener cars to meet environmental targets.

EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035

Current rules state that new vehicles sold from that date should be "zero emission", but carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions.

Romania hosts key command-and-control structures and has become a permanent pillar of the Alliance’s southeastern posture. In defense-industrial terms, that matters: long-term security relevance translates into long-term industrial confidence.

Why Romania Is the Next Defense Factory of Central and Eastern Europe

Step by step, Romania embedded itself into some of the most demanding industrial supply chains in the world, delivering at scale for German, French, American and Turkish manufacturers.

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