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Lawmakers from three political families of the European Parliament reached on 10 January a compromise to cap the level of crop-based biofuels at the level that each member state reached in 2017 and “kill” palm oil as a transport fuel from 2021, EURACTIV.com has learnt. Read the original article

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker called today (8 January) for the EU-27 to pay more money into the bloc's joint long-term budget, after the UK leaves a gap in the common finances following Brexit. He also warned that the hole the UK punches in the post-2020 budget should not be filled in by substantially cutting existing EU policies such as cohesion funds or the common agriculture policy, which make up more than 50 percent of the budget. Read the original article

Six member states (France, Belgium, Greece, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Malta) that opposed the re-authorisation glyphosate sent a letter to the European Commission last month asking the EU executive to conduct a study and look into alternatives to the controversial substance. Read the original article

German regulators have concluded the country could legally introduce a national ban of the controversial weed killer glyphosate, despite the European Union’s decision to authorise its use for a further five years. Read more

The European Parliament has voted down proposals to block the use of phosphates in meat cooked on spits. Read more