France has one of the lowest carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita among International Energy Agency (IEA) member countries (ranking fifth). It accounts for 1.2% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but for 4.2% of global gross domestic product (GDP). In the last years the French government has set in motion significant reforms towards more […]
As the second round of French presidential elections is done and the president has been chosen, several issues that might occupy leading European officials` attention have emerged from the current situation. Most of them include French influence to Eurozone and the overall EU project. What have two candidates offered in their pre-electoral economic and financial […]
Outgoing French president François Hollande promised to establish a “social dialogue” under which actors in the labour market, such as trade unions, would be constantly consulted over government policy. The real failure of this strategy, as highlighted also by the extensive protests held over a new labour law in 2016, may be one of the […]
In Horizon 2020, gender is a cross-cutting issue and is mainstreamed in each of the different parts of the Work Programme, ensuring a more integrated approach to research and innovation. In this context, Science with and for Society programme, funds specific initiatives in support the gender equality strategy. The overall aim of SwafS programme is […]
Surprisingly, foreign policy is not a topic of discussion during this period of electoral campaign in France. This is unusual in French politics and today it shows the real interests of the French leadership, mostly focused on domestic issues. On the other hand, foreign policy is relevant actually, for two reasons. Firstly, foreign policy is […]
Finally we arrive to the moment in which a prominent actor of the European Union will decide its new President. A really important ad powerful one, having in mind the kind of presidential republic France is. Apart from who will be the President (you will know it before NEU comes out) it is important from […]
On 12 April 2017, the European Commission publlished a long awaited set of policy guidelines to reinforce the protection of migrant children at all stages of the processes that concern them. First announced in the European Agenda on Migration (May 2015), this Communication has been central in the advocacy work of key NGOs and international […]
As one of the most influential and dynamic states in the modern world, China`s initiation of new philosophy in external affairs has drew attention of the world`s public. Recent crises occurring in the Korean peninsula and military tensions in the South China Sea should have dramatically triggered more assertive Chinese foreign policy. But that did […]
The Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking has recently published new calls for proposals. Operating under Horizon 2020, the BBI JU is a new €3.7 billion Public-Private Partnership between the EU and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). The public-private partnership aims at increasing and spreading investment in the development of a sustainable bio-based industry sector in Europe, […]
Despite the fact that EU-Asia relations are expanding, and that Brussels is seeking an increasingly close relationship with the Asiatic continent much more need to be done in order to fulfill a comprehensive approach to the region. Recent foreign policy developments has highlighted once more the importance to have a strong policy toward Asia, that […]
