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December 17, 2025
Goal: Cut red tape.
Businesses Must Show Their Products Are Deforestation‑Free
The EU 2025 Deforestation‑Free Products Regulation is a rule that makes it easier for small producers to prove their goods don’t cause forest loss, forces traders and sellers to register, keep five‑year records, verify compliance, sets inspection percentages, big fines for violations, and plans regular reviews to keep the system working.
SMEs & Small Businesses
Goal: Strengthen research ties.
EU and Jordan Join Forces on Mediterranean Research Network
The European Parliament approved a new science‑and‑tech deal that lets Jordan join the Mediterranean research partnership PRIMA, and asked EU leaders and Jordan’s government to move forward with it.
Researchers & IT Specialists
December 16, 2025
Goal: Fair trade, farmer protection
EU’s Quick Safeguard Rules for Farmers Facing Mercosur
The EU Parliament passed a resolution that speeds up monitoring and investigations, tightens the rules for stopping imports, adds extra health, safety and environmental checks, and cracks down on companies trying to dodge the rules, all to better protect EU farmers and consumers in the EU‑Mercosur farm trade.
Farmers & Environmental NGOs
Goal: Protect people and nature
Hold off on selling a risky GM sugar beet until safety is proven.
EU Parliament’s December 16, 2025 resolution says the EU must cancel the approval of the GM sugar beet KWS20‑1 until more thorough safety, environmental and farmer‑fairness data are available and the GMO decision‑making process must be reformed to include proper checks and member‑state votes.
Farmers & Environmental NGOs
Goal: Build partnership, uphold rights.
A New Partnership with Saudi Arabia: Energy, Rights, and Global Goals
The European Parliament’s new resolution pushes for a big partnership with Saudi Arabia that expands trade, energy and tourism ties, while insisting the country step up on human rights and labor standards as a key part of the agreement.
Workers & SMEs
Goal: Protect health, democracy.
GMO Maize NK603: Safety Concerns Block New License
The European Parliament resolution says the renewal of GM maize NK603 should be stopped until more long‑term safety and environmental data are available, and that the decision‑making process for GMOs must be more democratic and transparent.
Farmers & Workers
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
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.
SMEs & Small Businesses
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