Outgoing EESC chief calls on EU to keep enlargement momentum
The outgoing chief of the EU Economic and Social Committee, Oliver Röpke, bows out with a message for Brussels – keep the enlargement push alive.
The outgoing chief of the EU Economic and Social Committee, Oliver Röpke, bows out with a message for Brussels – keep the enlargement push alive.
With millions of tonnes of food and textiles discarded each year, the EU’s new rules aim to force change — but member states face major hurdles in turning policy into practice.
Poland shot down Russian drones over its airspace, raising tensions on Europe’s eastern border as Brussels unveils an Eastern Flank Watch and a drone alliance with Ukraine to strengthen EU security.
With public anger mounting across Europe over the war in Gaza, the struggle to agree on the wording condemning Israel’s military actions is testing the EU’s ability to speak with one voice.
A decade after a wave of migrants began entering the European Union, the bloc’s migration commissioner takes stock and looks forward to the challenges to come.
A decade after more than a million people arrived in Europe, the legacy of the 2015 migration surge is visible in politics, classrooms, workplaces and communities. Though for EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner, sovereign control over migration policy and cooperation with third countries are key to halt a further influx of asylum seekers.