The Commission today unveiled a package of energy security measures to equip the EU for global energy transition to address possible energy supply interruptions. In other words, to reduce dependence from Russia. The package sets out a wide range of measures to strengthen the EU’s resilience to gas supply disruptions. These measures include moderating energy […]
Today, an additional €10 million programme in EU assistance was adopted by the European Commission to help the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia improve its border and migration management systems in the context of the refugee crisis. Macedonia has been the main transit point for almost 700,000 migrants heading from Greece to Western and Northern […]
The free movement of workers in the EU is one of the most contentious part of the news deal aimed at keeping Great Britain in the European Union. The Council of the EU President, Donald Tusk, negotiated with British Premier, David Cameron, a Draft Decision concerning a new settlement for the United Kingdom within the EU. […]
For a long time, European young travellers and commuters have been used to exchange money when travelling around the Union. For them, it would not be strange to own several different currencies in their wallets, but if you are an American and you decide to travel from Denmark to Slovak Republic in your Euro trip […]
Having broadly spoken on the state of the art in this newsletter, this time we focus on the reasons why the Energy Union is so important to develop a sustainable economy, an independent actor in the political arena and an inclusive welfare system. The Energy Union should be based on a sustainable economic development model. […]
The European Commission has issued a report on the status of the implementation of the Agenda on Migration, in view of the next European Council. In December, at the time of the last report, the Commission complained about the too slow implementation of the initiatives adopted by the Council. The system of hotspots and the […]
After the last tragic news about the mysterious death of Mr. Giulio Regeni, a young Italian PhD researcher in Cairo, the whole world is asking a final response to the Egyptian Government, maybe guilty of covering the truth. Mr. Regeni was an active researcher focused on the Middle East area and the Egyptian labour market, […]
The two-day NATO meeting in Brussels is expected to be intense with an agenda dominated by Russia. Defence ministers are meeting today in Brussels with the Alliance’s Secretary General in order to discuss a significant new plan to reinforce the Baltics, central and southern Europe against a destabilising “hybrid” attack or full-blown occupaton by Russian forces. The […]
As the EU fails to find a coherent solution to the biggest challenge ever faced, Greece is under concerted pressure from European governments to do much more to halt the influx of refugees and migrants from Turkey. The idea of creating a refugee camp about 400 thousand places in the Greek capital and to ringfence Greece […]
Last week , Prime Minister Mark Rutte held talks with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on growth and jobs in Europe, strengthening the single market and topical issues like migration. Mr Rutte and Mr Renzi focused on how to continue the recovery of the European economy and create more jobs in the EU. They agreed […]
