In 2016, 1 204 300 people applied for international protection in the European Union, a number slightly down compared with 2015 (when 1 257 000 first time applicants were registered) but almost double that of 2014. This means that there were in total 2 360 first time asylum applicants per million inhabitants in the […]
The European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, has launched four call for proposals in the field of the trans-European telecommunication networks under the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2014-2020. The overall objective of the Connecting Europe Facility is to pursue economic growth and support the completion and functioning of the internal […]
As regard employment and social developments year 2016 results are encouraging and show that the EU is on the path of recovery from the crisis. At least this is the opinion of Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, introducing the publication Employment and Social Development in Europe 2016. According to […]
Even if the EU’s political power is already worldwide famous, domestic and external challenges in 2016 have eroded the European Union’s image. 2016 in facts was not a happy year for the entire European integration process. Moreover, these first months of 2017, in the Eve of the Treaties of Rome anniversary, have also shown that […]
Europe’s energy system is in revolution. By replacing coal, oil and gas by the efficient use of renewable energy, Europeans will improve their safety vis à vis air pollution and climate change. Two years ago, on February 25th 2015, the European Commission embraced the comprehensive approach to the Energy Union. It has now delivered the […]
The NEU is being festive these days. As we celebrate 50th issue of our magazine, we thought it would be great if we can provide you with what we, editorial members, have been reporting you about, in our respective areas, in the last year. As far as the economy is concerned, the last year was […]
De Rosa: Good morning Hon. Coccia. Could you give us a description of yourself in a nutshell? Coccia: I was born in 1986 after only 28 weeks of my mother’s pregnancy and I had an infection after some weeks. For this reason I walk, run and live in a peculiar way. When I was 11 […]
In line with international developments, the Netherlands faces the challenge of drastically reducing global emissions of greenhouse gases. In the international climate change agreement, the world has agreed to achieve a global balance between greenhouse gas emissions and capture and storage (i.e. climate neutrality) by the second half of the 21st century. The Netherlands’ energy […]
The Interreg Europe programme, financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), is designed to support policy-learning among the relevant policy organisations with a view to improving the performance of regional development policies and programmes. It allows regional and local public authorities and other players of regional relevance across Europe to exchange practices and ideas […]
The elections in the Netherlands on 15th of March are significant, also being the first of a series of crucial votes in Europe. The outcome of the elections in this country, of approximately 17 million people, could serve as a trailbrazer to understand the trend affecting EU as a whole: in May there will be […]
