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The 2023 wildfire season ranks among the EU's worst in over two decades, fuelled by climate change. Fires devastated vast areas, threatening ecosystems and lives. As fire risks rise, Europe must prevent and prepare for intensifying wildfire seasons.
EU ministers have adopted EU rules prohibiting products in the EU market that are made using forced labour. The text forbids the placing and making available on the EU market, or the export from this market, of any product made using forced labour.
15 November is the EU’s Equal Pay Day, the day when women in Europe symbolically stop to be paid compared to men. Women in the EU earn on average 13% less than their male counterparts. The EU is working to close this pay gap.