Tourism is a major economic factor in the EU. Visitor numbers are mostly back to pre-pandemic levels, and earnings from tourism provide a significant chunk of the GDP and pour money into public coffers. But all is not well in Europe’s tourism sector.
According to a report, the Asian tiger mosquito is becoming more present in the EU – currently spotted in 16 countries – due to more favourable climatic conditions such as rising temperatures.
After being left out in the cold for US President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, European leaders were back at the table in the White House on Monday.
The programme involves the European Commission and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Germany has pledged to accept more than thirteen thousand refugees within two years.
Although China and the EU drew closer at a summit in Beijing last month, trade disputes over electric vehicles, dairy, pork and brandy are dragging on.