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A new survey finds that 89% of EU citizens want the EU to act with unity and ambition in the face of global threats. In particular, they are increasingly anxious about active conflicts (72%), terrorism (67%), natural disasters (66%), cyber-attacks (66%) and uncontrolled migration (65%).
A new EU strategy on migration will help guide the EU’s work on asylum and migration, notably sustaining the reduction in illegal arrivals, while at the same time encouraging legal pathways to the EU. A new EU visa strategy will help attract skilled workers to the EU and ease legitimate travel.
A new report highlights the urgent need to halt ‘forever chemicals’ contamination to avoid enormous costs to society. Current levels of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) pollution could cost the EU around €440 billion by 2050. PFAS chemicals harm both human health and the environment.
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