The mass migration of thousands of people have led to a new developing step in national and supranational asylum legislative in the EU. These improving attempts have been followed by Euro-scepticism, internal political crises and nation polarizations, combined with the probably largest humanitarian catastrophic events occurred on the European soil. The story of the vicious […]
Every year, the European Commission announces a package of reports for each European candidate country, which is focused on the achievements made by these States in the previous year. This November, the Commission published single reports for the Western Balkans, namely Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, FYR of Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo, whose designation is […]
Last time, NEU announced the expectations on the incoming COP21; now it’s time to draw conclusions on its effects. Public opinion has strongly welcomed the outcome of the international climate change negotiations and the deal reached on Saturday, after two full weeks of intense negotiations. The COP21 UN Climate Change Conference, which took place in […]
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a French law banning the wearing of the Islamic veil, the niqab. For the ECtHR, which ruled on 26th November 2015, with the judgment Ebrahimian against France, the French law, requiring public servants not to show their religious belonging through Islamic veil, complies with the European Convention on […]
Eurostat statistics on the third quarter of 2015 (from July to September 2015) were published last week by the European Commission. They are related to ‘First time asylum applicant/seeker’, persons having submitted an application for international protection or having been included in such application as a family member for the first time. Applications submitted by persons […]
After four years of global negotiations, during the last two weeks of talks, climate officials from all over the world met in Paris and found an agreement on climate, a true milestone in the fight against the global warming phenomenon. The 31-pages-text known as the “Paris Outcome” has been officially released on Saturday. Written in the same […]
Another year is gone. Also for NEU. We cannot say that this was a simple one, especially in its second part with the notorious crimes in Cairo, Paris, Beirut and in the US. With the feeling, became reality, that the world and Europe, in particular, are no more a peace heaven. With the clear certainty […]
In the aftermath of Paris events, on the 13th of November, the “blame game” finally arose. Authorities, professionals, journalists and the public opinion is anxiously looking for those responsible of not having avoided 130 victims, killed by a jihadist commando composed by French and Belgian fighters. At a first glance, the lack of communication and […]
On 19th of November, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has published a report entitled “Surveillance by intelligence services: fundamental rights safeguards and remedies in the European Union”. This report follows a request by the European Parliament to conduct research into the protection of fundamental rights in the context of large-scale surveillance. Indeed, while intelligence services play […]
On the 21st of October 2015 the Collegium of European Commissioners agreed on the proposed package of measures aimed at deepening the European Monetary Union (EMU). One of the four key goals predicted by the Package, was a revamped European Semester. The European Semester is an economical instrument of the Union striving to consolidate the economic […]
