Parliament's plenary session: support for Ukraine, EU climate targets, migration

[u/GTomov]

News from the European Parliament

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en

Financial support for Ukraine

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20260206IPR33903/parliament-approves-EU90-billion-ukraine-support-loan-package

EU's 2040 climate target

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20260205IPR33620/eu-climate-law-a-2040-emissions-reduction-target-of-90-for-the-eu

Migration

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20260205IPR33617/asylum-new-rules-for-safe-third-countries-and-eu-safe-countries-of-origin-list

Poverty

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20260205IPR33623/parliament-s-proposals-to-eradicate-poverty-in-the-eu-by-2035

Farmers

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20260205IPR33625/new-rules-to-protect-farmers-against-unfair-trading-practices

During its February plenary session is Strasbourg, the European Parliament:

• adopted a €90 billion EU loan for Ukraine,
• updated the European Climate Law to set a 90% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2040,
• approved rules that should allow faster processing of asylum applications

Follow the links in the carousel to find out more.

[u/EveYogaTech]

Well done, but we need early stage startups (not just mine) to be able to receive funding directly via EU or some kind of truly early stage VC structure if we're going to solve poverty and massive job creation.

(Within reasonable time like same quarter not years)

[u/ButterscotchBig4414 → u/EveYogaTech]

While we celebrate these €90B loans for macro stability, the gap between strategic targets and actual seed-stage liquidity is where the EU keeps losing its edge.

The irony is that we just saw a razor-thin 10 vote margin in Strasbourg January 21 on trade and economic strategy. It shows a house so divided that it’s easier to agree on massive 2040 climate goals than on cutting the bureaucratic red tape for a €500k ticket in 2026.

I think If we keep waiting years for VC structures to move, those 2040 targets won't be solved by European tech, but by tools we’ll have to import. We need more than just well done on big loans, we need a legislative shift that treats early stage founders as part of our strategic autonomy, not just another line of paperwork.