If you are looking for examples of good practices in EU Employment and Social Innovation projects, look no further. The European Commission published its fourth monitoring report to highlight good practices of projects across Europe. This report collected a total of 16 examples of good practice, 3 under the Your First EURES Job(YfEJ) initiative , 7 in […]
Turkey threats to break deal on migrants if the EU wavered in its promises. Turkey is threatening to open its borders and let tens of thousands of migrants into Europe, unless its citizens are given free travel visas throughout mainland Europe. If the EU does not keep its word by financially and politically rewarding Ankara, […]
Following Italy’s Prime Minister letter to Brussels; the European Commission has welcomed the proposal on migrants by Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. After the letter written by Italian Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Home affairs to protest the construction of the Austrian Brenner barrier, this new communication aims at putting together a comprehensive strategy, so […]
On Sunday 17 April, Italian citizens were called to express their opinion on the maintenance of oil and gas rigs within Italy’s territorial waters. But the outcome will not be taken into account. ‘Yes’ won over ‘no’, as 85.84% of voters were against preferences (compared with 14.16 of no). Nevertheless, the outcome of the consultation […]
Under the framework of the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” 2014-2020, the European Commission has issued a new call for proposals on Information sharing and outreach activities to young people about the Youth Guarantee. What is the EaSI Programme? The European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” 2014-2020 is a […]
The European Union sends a letter to Vienna requiring explanation for the construction of its anti-migrant barrier at the Italian border. The European Union has sent a letter to Vienna in order to demand an explanation for the construction of the new border-control post, as this move could represent a violation of the Schengen accord. […]
Today 14 April, the European air passenger data directive was adopted by the European Parliament. Nevertheless, even its supporters already admit that it will not be the best panacea to fight terrorism. With 461 votes for and 179 against, the European Parliament decided to adopt the Passenger Name Record (PNR) directive. Just nine MEPs abstained from […]
On 12 and 13 april 2016, the European BioEconomy Manifesto was launched by Dutch presidency of the Council of EU on the occasion of BioEconomy Utrecht 2016, the fourth BioEconomy stakeholders’ Conference. The high – level meeting was hold under the auspices of the Dutch EU Presidency in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and aimed at detecting […]
The new proposal on corporate tax disclosures by the European Commission does not deliver meaningful information to provide real transparency, denounce NGOs. The new proposal will amend the Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU) and aims at ensuring that large groups publish an annual report on the profit and the tax accrued and paid […]
On Thursday 14th April, the European Parliament will debate and vote on a provisional agreement with member states on the use of passenger name records (PNR). The compromise text on the long-debated proposal for an EU PNR (Passenger Name Records) Directive aims to regulate uniformly the way passenger name records are processed and shared […]
