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Europe on Fire: Record wildfires burn over one million hectares
Europe is literally burning. This summer, wildfires have destroyed more land than ever before since records began, covering an area of more than 1 million hectares, which is larger than the island of Cyprus.
France vs. fast fashion: A blueprint for the EU?
On 10 June 2025, France passed one of the world’s most ambitious attempts to regulate ultra-fast fashion.
Is climate off the agenda?
In the major debate that followed Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ and led the EU to question which direction to take, now that it has lost its main trading partner, one major issue was notably absent: climate.
The challenge of a common strategic culture in the European Common Defence Project
The European security environment is changing rapidly following Donald Trump’s repeated statements. His administration has shown how Europe is not a U.S. priority anymore and many European leaders have declared their public commitment to a common European defence project as part of the EU policy of supporting Ukraine.
EU Mercosur Trade Agreement: Environmental Standards and Human Rights
The EU-Mercosur deal is set to be one of those controversial issues that will last for a long time. In terms of its impact on the environment, critics have warned that this deal will lead to an increase in indigenous land confiscation as a consequence of deforestation in the Amazon.