Europe cannot reach climate neutrality without getting its roads off fossil fuels. Road transport is the EU’s largest source of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions, and electric vehicles are central to the solution, local and regional leaders say.
European regions and cities are calling on the EU to provide legal certainty for millions of displaced Ukrainians beyond the temporary protection they currently benefit from.
The race to develop more capable AI models is outpacing efforts to test and control the rapidly growing technology, according to the European Commission’s digital chief. For Henna Virkkunen, the next step must be a coordinated international response rather than isolated national rules.
Limits on rent increases and restrictions on holiday rentals can provide quicker relief for households struggling with housing costs, MEP Irene Tinagli said, while warning that lasting solutions require investment in affordable homes.
Europe must protect proposed security funding and speed up joint arms purchases, the European Parliament’s defence committee chair Strack-Zimmermann said, as she called for continued support for Ukraine.