While Italy's official proposal has yet to be released, a key component of the plan is to advance a review of the EU moratorium from 2026 to the first months of next year. www.politico.eu/article/ital...

Italy is all smoke and no roast on CO2 car emissions review

Rome claims to have the support of member countries for an earlier review of the policy, but EU diplomats tell a different story.

Germany will oppose EU duties on Chinese electric vehicles in a bloc-wide vote after Chancellor Olaf Scholz managed to strong-arm his Green coalition partners into doing his bidding, four German officials told POLITICO.

Scholz forces German ‘no’ vote in Chinese EV duty saga

Berlin’s change in stance could draw EU members to follow its lead, but Germany is still a long way from overturning the Commission’s tariff decision.

US supreme court will rule on $10bn suit Mexico filed against US gun makers

US supreme court will rule on $10bn suit Mexico filed against US gun makers

Mexico argues negligence from makers such as Colt and Glock has led to gun trafficking to drug cartels and criminals

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‘Blue plaque’ in Walthamstow Tesco honours lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss

Star of Daily Star’s web stunt given fake heritage mark after proving itself less perishable than Truss’s premiership

India government says criminalising marital rape 'excessively harsh'

India government says criminalising marital rape 'excessively harsh'

The government has opposed petitions in the country's top court that seek criminalisation of marital rape.

Boris Johnson has crawled out of the woodwork to join Nigel Farage in saying the UK needs a referendum on ECHR membership If UK media is going to give him a platform to spout this boll**** it’s up to all of us to call it out. Share this if you agree youtu.be/QOtcGqDccc4?...

Boris Johnson joins Nigel Farage in saying UK needs referendum on ECHR membership - enough!

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Vegan sausages and burgers have as much right to their names as their meatier counterparts, the European Union’s top court has ruled.

France can’t ban ‘sausage’ names for plant-based meat, EU top court says

Vegan sausages and burgers have rights, too, Court of Justice rules.

⚠️NEW INVESTIGATIONS ⚠️ TWO new bombshell reports take a deep dive into the fossil fuel industry's level of access to the European Commission. They paint a frightening picture of how EU climate policy gets stuck in the fossil fuel industry’s chokehold. transparency.eu/transparency...

So after all that, Boris Johnson has finally found something he regrets about Partygate

🚨NEW: the #ECJtransparency.eu/transparency...