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The European Union will ban imports of Brazilian meat starting Sept. 3 after a unanimous vote citing the use of antimicrobials to promote growth, removing Brazil from the list of countries compliant with EU animal-safety rules as the EU-Mercosur trade deal enters into force.
The European Parliamentary Research Service warns that VPNs are increasingly used to bypass online age-verification rules, calling it a regulatory gap as Europe tightens child-safety measures. Proposals range from requiring VPNs to verify age to privacy-preserving methods like double-blind verification, but experts caution that identity checks could weaken anonymity. The EU is considering updates to cybersecurity/online-safety laws, with parallels in the UK and Utah’s age-verification efforts and prior security flaws found in an EU verification app.
Climate change is causing significant economic damage in Europe, costing around €43 billion, with recent events like wildfires in Spain and Portugal becoming much more likely due to extreme weather driven by climate change. EU policy decisions on climate targets and forest laws are facing deadlock, complicating efforts to address these issues ahead of international climate gatherings.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is using his veto power to disrupt European Union plans and push for financial concessions and policy changes. Orban, a nationalist-conservative leader, has been a long-standing critic of the EU and is now leveraging his influence to assert his country's interests within the bloc.
The Greek coast guard is facing accusations of causing the recent ship tragedy off the coast of Kalamata, Greece, which has resulted in 81 deaths so far. Survivors of the accident are being housed in a registration center for asylum-seekers near Athens, where they are being watched over by private security guards. The Greek coast guard has denied the accusations, but the incident has raised questions about the EU's policy of deterrence toward asylum-seekers and the need for independent monitoring mechanisms to safeguard fundamental rights and address systemic border violence.