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.
Students return to classrooms after the summer as Europe’s education systems continue to struggle with falling performance and a shortage of qualified teachers. An OECD study published in December 2023 showed a decline in students’ basic skills and competences such as mathematics, reading and science. How does the EU promote quality education across the bloc?
In mid-August, the World Health Organization declared the highest level of alarm due to mpox outbreaks in a number of African countries and a new, potentially more dangerous variant. While the risk in Europe is low according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, calls for solidarity and vaccine sharing emerge.
The European Union’s emergency response mechanism is working at full speed as wildfires ravage across Europe this summer. Multiple countries including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Portugal struggle to contain the blazes – their EU partners are sending help.