As the European Week of Regions and Cities is in full swing, Committee of the Regions President Vasco Alves Cordeiro urges the need to strengthen the EU’s Cohesion Policy – and with it the fight against poverty and social exclusion that many Europeans face every day.
Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has become the new Secretary General of NATO. With Russia’s war against Ukraine raging on and Donald Trump’s possible return to the US White House, Rutte faces a tough balancing act between the military alliance’s 32 members and other international partners such as the European Union.
Slowing the production of cars with internal combustion engines down and at the same time drive the production of cars with electric engines forward – these are the goals set by the European Union and its member states. Despite subsidies for EVs introduced in some countries, sales of electric cars are crashing and the European car market is plunging into crisis.
With Germany ramping up border controls earlier this month and other EU countries contemplating stricter migration rules, the Schengen zone of free movement – and no internal border checks – seems to be crumbling.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen embarked on her eighth trip to Kyiv since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Ahead of winter, she presented a proposal for the EU’s share of a G7 loan, as well as fresh money for the country’s energy security.
Ursula von der Leyen presented her candidates for the future EU Commission. Many women are in top jobs, but she did not meet her gender parity target.
Last week, the long anticipated report of former Italian Prime Minister and former European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi dropped – including some 170 proposals on how to boost the bloc’s competitiveness. What does it entail and what are the reactions?
Many schools across Europe are introducing bans or restrictions on the use of mobile phones amid concerns about their impact on young people’s mental health. While there are no EU-wide rules to tackle the issue, in July EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen also sounded the alarm and vowed to take action.
The European Court of Auditors on Monday released a new report evaluating the performance of the bloc’s major post COVID-19 recovery fund, intended to support member states’ economies to build back better. The verdict: Funds don’t reach countries fast enough, putting its objectives and goals at risk.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has set the goal of achieving gender balance in the next European Commission. Equal numbers of men and women should hold the top jobs. But national governments are not playing ball.