The European Union and Switzerland have signed a new cooperation agreement to strengthen ties. In Switzerland, which is not a member of the EU, both the public and politicians are divided over deepening ties with the 27-nation bloc.
On January 1, 2025, Poland will take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. At a pivotal time of geopolitical uncertainty, Poland intends to build its six-month mandate around the concept of EU security from multiple dimensions.
In a remarkable year for elections, nearly half of the world’s population has been called to the polls, including in eight out of the ten most populous countries. In Europe, the elections for the European Parliament took place in June and a number of national elections have been held across the continent.
Despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s growing power on the world stage, progress in expanding the European Union to include new member states has been slow.
The European Parliament has awarded Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González the Sakharov Prize, an award for human rights and freedom of thought created in 1988.