There is a new paradigm for EU International Cooperation: with a geopolitical focus and a new financial instrument, the newly formed EU Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) is interested in bilateral cooperation and joint programming Team Europe programmes. At the end of 2019, when the current European Commission took office, several changes in the […]
This article was written by Beatriz Duarte, and originally published by our partners at Eyes on Europe. https://www.eyes-on-europe.eu/online-political-advertising-and-democracies-friends-or-foes/ About 80% of Europeans are on Facebook, but only 6 in 10 countries worldwide have restrictions in place regarding political advertising. At the European level, the Commission has announced it will produce a law proposal by […]
Bulgaria held its first regular parliamentary elections on April 4th, 2021 after a decade of snap elections. Bulgaria is the EU’s poorest member state riddled by political instability and corruption which has led to years of protests in the country. The most recent slogan of protesters was “EU are you blind?”, highlighting the notion that […]
If you hope this article talks about parallel universes, as proposed by theoretical physics and science fiction, then you will be disappointed. But unfortunately, we are faced with a very real threat from alternate realities. The main difference is that these alternate realities are completely congruent with our own; they just differ in people’s minds. […]
Europe has done more in the first four weeks of the Coronavirus crisis than it did in the first four years after the crash of 2008. The Recovery Plan for Europe, which aims to repair the social and economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, will be the largest stimulus package ever financed through the […]
Some are calling it one of the biggest crises the EU has faced in decades. The European Union’s response to its shortage of vaccines has already damaged post-Brexit relations with the UK, and has warranted criticism from leaders around the world. The vaccine rollout amongst EU countries has been surprisingly slow when compared with other […]
International Women’s Day: in some countries, a day of celebration or even a public holiday – for others, a day to mobilise and protest. Here’s a way to do both and help to make a difference for women just like you or your close ones – as well as those facing struggles you can barely […]
For most of the EU, nothing has changed due to Brexit. We go on with our busy lives and the pandemic currently occupies most of our attention. Why bother with Brexit anyway, when the economy suffers either way and in much worse ways than Brexit ever could? In a way, Brexiteers were spared a lot […]
In 2021 Corona is back again, or more accurately, it never left, as is the case with the discussions about adequate responses to it. The German method of a moderate lockdown seems rather less successful. France has taken very drastic measures, but has de facto been able to reduce the numbers drastically, albeit from a […]
After 11 months of lengthy negotiations, an EU-UK post-Brexit deal has been reached in terms of customs and commercial arrangements. UK lawmakers approved a post-Brexit trade deal on Wednesday the 30th of December, just a day before the end of the EU-UK transition period. President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen said: “It […]