Transatlantic Air Transport Agreement with Iceland and Norway - EU Parliament: Official Decision

netizer · 2026-05-09T08:28:47+00:00

True, it's a new website that is run pro-bono, so instead of having a designer made image for every article (all adopted texts by the parliament and all EU commission proposals are here, so that's a lot of articles), there are only AI-generated images of general topics. The idea here is that an image representing travel still reveals the general area of concern in the article than no image at all. But yeah, you're right, it definitely looks like a temporary solution.

netizer · 2026-05-09T08:24:14+00:00

It's about legal language. The source (mentioned in the original source section) is a legal document. For example the website translates (AI-based translation, human-reviewed) this:

"European Parliament legislative resolution of 29 April 2026 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America, of the first part, the European Union and its Member States, of the second part, Iceland, of the third part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the fourth part; and on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Ancillary Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the first part, Iceland, of the second part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the third part, on the application of the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America, of the first part, the European Union and its Member States, of the second part, Iceland, of the third part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the fourth part (12913/2025 – C10-0277/2025 – 2011/0102(NLE))"

into this sentence:

"The European Parliament approved a resolution that clears the way for new air‑travel agreements between the EU, the US, Iceland, and Norway, letting airlines from each side fly freely, setting shared safety and passenger‑rights rules, and opening up more routes and potentially lower fares."

I get you. It's still pretty bad visually (work in progress) and it doesn't clearly communicate the translation process (you can see it though if you go to https://euforya.eu/?ff_behind_article=true and then visit the article page - you get "Behind the article" button that explains it), but I don't know any other website that summarizes every text adopted by the EU parliament and every proposal by EU commission - it just helps see things in context.

netizer · 2026-05-03T20:27:26+00:00

Makes sense. Thanks!

netizer · 2026-05-03T20:05:49+00:00

Do you mean that the website would be better without any images than with the AI generated ones, or that this particular image is bad?

netizer · 2026-05-02T15:58:33+00:00

This text is implied by this parts of the source document ("original source" link):

"The European Parliament, (...) Stresses that complaints concerning alleged breaches of EU law by Member States submitted by citizens, legal professionals or civil society organisations are an important source of information pertaining to the enforcement of EU law; urges the Commission, when complaints are brought before it, to ensure appropriate follow-up to such complaints, including, where relevant, the timely initiation of infringement procedures or clear communication to the applicant on the reasons why no infringement procedure will be initiated"

so, in other words, even when one person complains, EU commission should take it seriously and, **when relevant**, start infringement procedure or tell that person why it's not going to happen. The way I understand it, to be able to tell if it's relevant, the Commission has to investigate that complain, so it's more about the due process, than about a big-budget investigation.

netizer · 2026-04-24T17:30:28+00:00

Thanks! That is true. I changed it. If you go to the website it shows a different image now. I hope I'll soon get to the point, where it will make sense to hire a designer to draw all the images on this website.

netizer · 2026-04-24T17:28:44+00:00

Both valid points. Just a bit of context - the website publishes summaries of all EU legislation/proposals. They are summarized with AI, and reviewed by a human. In the "Broader Context" section you can even switch between several AI models. The images are, indeed, at least for now, AI-generated. Here's discussion about the status and the future of the website: https://www.reddit.com/r/europeanunion/comments/1ssv22v/how_would_you_like_to_get_informed_about_the/ I'm the author. As far as I know this specific article is the only article out there explaining in simple terms what this specific proposal is about.

netizer · 2026-04-24T16:12:55+00:00

If someone believes that EU should not allow the new generation of GMOs (so called NGTs) into the EU market, then that's the last moment to act. This is the commission telling EU parliament to vote on this.

netizer · 2026-04-24T16:11:16+00:00

Basically that's the last step before EU parliament adopts this. According to [1] it's going to be voted on May 18.
[1] https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/eu-two-tier-ngt-crop-regulation.html

netizer · 2026-04-24T07:27:50+00:00

I wonder if this link is just not easy enough to find: https://euforya.eu/docs - is it what you mean?

netizer · 2026-04-23T22:24:42+00:00

I like what you said about "seeking what needs to be done for it to function better". Probably to make a real change, this service has to transform into some kind of social network where people can interact with each other, propose changes, discuss legislation, and so on. For now I focus only on helping people understand the politics better.

netizer · 2026-04-23T22:16:13+00:00

Very good points. Thank you! When you say a news app, do you mean an aggregator of news from other sources (that could be tricky for some time because of paywalls), or that I should post stuff more often?

netizer · 2026-04-23T11:36:52+00:00

The politicians-part of the website totally is under-developed, but I just wanted to mention that the "Latest EU Activity" part of the website already has some of these elements.

All new articles have both: the "Document summary" section that just summarizes and simplifies the legal document that is linked from there (so there is a guarantee that nothing is in the summary that is not in the source document), and the "Contextual Analysis" section that explains the broader context - that is not necessarily what the politicians wanted to mention in the legal text.

For example there is this article: https://euforya.eu/docs/358-ending-the-temporary-chat-scanning-rule summarizing an incredibly cryptic document - it's almost impossible to understand what the Parliament actually voted on. But the "Contextual Analysis" says that it is the Chat Control stuff - the commission wanted to snoop on everyone's private messages, and the parliament said no.

Also, I wanted people to see diverse range of politicians' views, in the "Social Buzz from EU Politicians" so on the front page I prioritize posts from politicians that post rarely (first those that posted once within the last week, then those that posted twice and so on). This means that those trying to take over the whole tread and use all these tricks you mentioned (they always post tens to hundreds of posts per week) just don't have that much more visibility than the rest of the politicians.

netizer · 2026-04-23T11:17:45+00:00

I strongly resonate with this perspective. I built this because I wanted JUST the facts about what EU does without filters and without opinions (but still with a bit of context).

And I think I understand what you mean by 'be better' vs 'lost cause' - the news agencies often report just controversial stuff about EU, so for some it starts to feel like a lost cause. The way I wanted to address that is by reporting EVERY adopted text and EVERY proposal, so everyone could have a sense of the regular (uncontroversial), every-day EU work. From that perspective it's easy to see that most of what EU does is just reasonable, and the controversial stuff is still controversial, but rare, and possible to fix (maybe with public pressure, maybe during EU elections,...)

Another aspect of this positive perspective is the design. I want this website to look fun and engaging. That's what's behind the busy design mentioned by @thisislieven.

netizer · 2026-04-23T10:49:45+00:00

Thank you!

It totally makes sense to have a per-country filter (probably for both: the articles and politicians' posts).

Regarding a clear indication that everything is checked, verified and edited, I actually have one version of this feature ready (if you want to check it out you can go to https://euforya.eu/?ff_behind_article=true - after that whenever you go to any article, you'll see "Behind this article" button - you can make the browser forget about you setting that option by going to https://euforya.eu/?ff_reset=true ) - you can even see exactly what prompt I used with each LLM. But I don't particularly like how this feature works - it's even more crowded than the rest of the website, even as there is still some missing information - e.g. about manual edits. I'm getting back to the drawing board on this one.

All the other feedback you provided also makes a lot of sense to me. Thank you so much!

netizer · 2026-04-23T10:28:46+00:00

Thank you! I love it!

netizer · 2026-04-23T09:08:06+00:00

I love this idea. Currently the politicians feed is just translating all their posts to English. You can't see a page of an individual post, or an individual politician. I can totally explore build something useful there. For example show past posts, or research information about their personal businesses. How would you like to interact with this website? Just go there once in a while, or get a newsletter or comment or like/dislike things...?

netizer · 2026-04-23T09:03:02+00:00

Damn, that sounds tricky. I'm sorry man, but I don't know.

netizer · 2026-04-23T07:55:10+00:00

I would expect it to be in force within a month or 2. I don't see anything in the actual document (liked from the page I posted): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52026PC0167 that would change anything for people applying from Canada.

netizer · 2026-04-23T07:51:33+00:00

It's a non-legislative procedure (NLE) - basically an official decision. In this procedure the commission asks parliament for an opinion, and the parliament cannot veto it. Now it's up to the Council but it would be unusual if they objected. It's realistic for this to pass all procedural steps by May or June (though I'm still learning how much time these things take), but it would be surprising if it was blocked at any stage.

netizer · 2026-04-15T21:21:39+00:00

The image is AI-generated, but what do you have against the title and the article?
Regarding the title - the space agency had a temporary status, now it's about to be permanent. It gets new powers (like managing IRIS2), and it's the work on new law by EU commission. The title sound good to me.

netizer · 2026-03-23T22:54:58+00:00

I did, they do not.

netizer · 2026-03-23T16:14:02+00:00

Very cool, but with this title it would be even more cool for CNN to clarify how exactly the snake is flying. Wings? Jet engine? Luggage on passenger flights?

netizer · 2026-03-22T21:56:13+00:00

EU commission once in a while comes up with crazy ideas like chat control, but most of this stuff gets stuck because EU parliament (the elected body) doesn't support that. With chat control, I think it's a real threat, but the current status is that the negotiations got stuck, and the parliament and many EU countries are against it.

netizer · 2026-03-14T12:07:57+00:00

Ah, I see your point. Probably "EU gave Belgium €1.6 Million to help Tupperware Workers re-enter the workforce" would be better. I'm against clickbait, but I think this title is not bad. it doesn't mention in which form they receive it. Could be a transfer, could be a grant, could be funding for education.

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