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People across Europe come together to reject EU austerity policies in Brussels and other European capitals next week

When the EU Summit takes place in Brussels on the 14th of March it will be in the midst of protests all over Europe and in the Belgian capital itself. “For a European Spring” – a coalition of movements from 13 countries – is calling for actions to denounce the EU approach to the eurocrisis.

The European Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the European Commission's alleged failure to prevent conflicts of interest among staff as a result of the revolving door - where EU staff take up jobs with lobby firms and vice versa.

Op 30 januari vindt de conferentie “Feeding the World” plaats in het Amsterdamse Hilton hotel. Op deze controversiële bijeenkomst van het tijdschrift The Economist, waar  de industriële landbouw als oplossing van de wereldhonger gepresenteerd wordt, staat prinses Máxima naast pesticidenfabrikant Monsanto op het podium. Critici vinden de voorstelling van zaken in het Hilton misleidend.

The Commission's proposed reforms of the EU Emissions Trading System fail to address its obvious flaw - the ETS is not fit for purpose and should be dropped, according to a coalition of environmental NGOs, including Corporate Europe Observatory, Cuonter Balance and FERN. They argue that the ETS has failed to achieve its own objectives, has generated windfall profits for polluting corporations, and postponed the needed transition from fossil fuels, locking the EU into a carbon-intensive future.