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December 16, 2025

EU Parliament: Budget Work
Can make law
Jobs

Goal: Help workers, strengthen battery

Sweden Workers Get €8.5 Million to Re‑enter Green Jobs

The European Parliament approved a resolution that gives Sweden €8.5 million from the Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help workers who lost their jobs when Northvolt went bankrupt, funding training, job‑search support and other services so they can find new work in green and digital industries.

Workers & Manufacturing Workers
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Ensure ESG accountability

Big Companies Now Must Report Their Impact on People, Planet, and Profit

The EU Parliament resolution adopts a directive that limits sustainability reporting and due‑diligence rules to only the biggest companies, simplifies audit and digital reporting requirements, sets new penalties, and offers a voluntary path for smaller firms.

Entrepreneurs
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Jobs

Goal: Promote regional stability

Jordan Gets €500 Million in Loans to Strengthen Its Economy

The EU Parliament just approved a €500 million loan for Jordan to finish its IMF deal, boost the economy and push reforms, but only if Jordan stays democratic, follows a solid reform plan, and the money is closely monitored and repaid over a long period.

Women & Workers
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Health

Goal: Boost EU biotech innovation

EU Biotech Act: Clear Rules, Support, and Safety for Innovation

The European Biotech Act is a law that simplifies rules for biotech, helps companies get money and skills, and keeps products safe, so the EU can grow its biotech industry faster and more securely.

Entrepreneurs & Tech Startups
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Environment

Goal: Simplify food safety

Simplifying Food Safety Rules Across Europe

The EU Food & Feed Safety Simplification Proposal 2025 is a new regulation that cuts paperwork, speeds up approvals, and keeps safety high, saving money for businesses and farmers.

Farmers & Entrepreneurs
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Health

Goal: Make healthcare tools easier to get

Speeding Up Medical Device Approvals and Cutting Red Tape

The resolution updates EU medical device safety rules to make them less expensive and time-consuming for companies while keeping devices safe, so patients can get the medical equipment they need faster and small companies won't go out of business trying to follow complicated requirements.

Entrepreneurs & Health Professionals
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Decarbonisation

Goal: Reduce transport emissions

Corporate Fleets Going Electric by 2035

This EU regulation sets national targets for companies to buy more zero‑emission cars and vans, phases out subsidies for polluting vehicles, and aims to cut transport emissions while saving companies money.

Logistics Companies & Manufacturing Workers
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Food Safety

Goal: Simplify market rules

Easier Rules for Safer Food and Feed

The EU’s Food and Feed Simplification Regulation cuts red‑tape for farmers and food businesses by speeding up approvals, easing cross‑border rules, and lowering paperwork for plant protection and feed products, while keeping safety high.

Farmers & SMEs:Small Businesses
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Decarbonisation

Goal: Reduce fleet emissions

Corporate Fleets Going Electric

This EU regulation tells big companies to buy more electric and low‑emission cars and vans for their fleets, sets national targets, stops subsidies for non‑electric ones, and aims to cut road‑transport pollution and boost the EU car industry.

Logistics Companies & Construction Companies
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Food Safety

Goal: Cut paperwork, enable drones

Easier Food Safety Rules and Drone Spraying for Farmers

The EU is proposing a new directive that removes old plastic‑container rules, cuts duplicate paperwork for farmers, and lets drones spray pesticides more easily, all while keeping safety for people, animals and the environment.

Farmers & Tech Startups
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Decarbonisation

Goal: Simplify vehicle rules

Making Car Rules Simpler and Cheaper for Electric Vehicles

The EU is passing a new rule that cuts a bunch of confusing car regulations, making it cheaper and easier for makers to build and sell electric vans and small cars while keeping safety and pollution standards the same.

Entrepreneurs & Truck Drivers
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Health

Goal: Simplify biotech rules

Simplifying Rules for GM Microbes and Organ Processing

This Directive updates EU rules on genetically modified microbes and organ processing to make approvals easier for companies and hospitals, adding new low‑risk categories, simplifying paperwork, and ensuring safety for new preservation methods.

Health Professionals & Researchers
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
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Goal: Protect company investments

Extending Protection for Biocide Research Data Until 2030

The European Commission is extending the data‑protection period for biocidal product reviews until 2030 so that companies who submitted research can keep their data safe and can ask for compensation if others use it before protection ends.

Farmers & SMEs: Small Businesses
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Decarbonisation

Goal: Encourage electric van use.

Electric vans can now drive faster without a speed‑limit device

This resolution amends EU rules to exempt electric vans weighing 3.5–4.25 t from needing a speed‑limit device, cutting costs and encouraging more zero‑emission trucks on the road.

Small Businesses:SMEs & Logistics Companies
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Lower vehicle emissions.

Making Cars Greener: New Rules for Emissions and Labels

The EU is updating its car rules to lower CO₂ limits, give makers more time and credits, allow more tech options, and add a clear label so buyers know a vehicle’s emissions.

Manufacturing Workers & Truck Drivers
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Environment

Goal: Simplify plant protection rules

Simplifying Food Safety Rules

This EU resolution simplifies and speeds up approval of plant protection products, especially natural pest‑control agents, by giving them unlimited approval periods, clearer definitions, less paperwork, faster risk checks, and digital labeling, saving billions in costs.

Farmers & Entrepreneurs
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Health

Goal: Boost EU biotech.

EU’s New Plan to Supercharge Biotech Innovation

The European Biotech Act is a new rule that speeds up approvals, brings more money, and cuts red‑tape so EU biotech companies can develop and sell medicines and foods faster.

Entrepreneurs & Tech Startups
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Decarbonisation

Goal: Make compliance easier

Truck Makers Can Earn Credits by Meeting Yearly Emission Goals

This resolution amends EU rules so that truck and bus makers can earn carbon credits based on yearly CO₂ limits instead of a stricter trajectory, giving them more flexibility to hit the 2030 climate goal while keeping the overall emission targets unchanged.

Truck Drivers & Logistics Companies
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Food Safety

Goal: Simplify organic rules

Simplifying Organic Rules for Farmers and Consumers

This new EU rule lets organic products from other countries use the EU organic logo, cuts paperwork for small growers, lets them use any safe cleaning product, updates animal rules, and extends the time for trade agreements until 2036.

Farmers & Exporters

December 15, 2025

EU Commission: Official Decision
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Goal: Accelerate Ukraine reforms

New Committees to Help Ukraine Modernise Its Government

This resolution creates a new EU‑Ukraine sub‑committee and a joint consultative committee to help Ukraine modernize its public administration and speed up reforms by sharing ideas and coordinating actions.

NGOs & Researchers