In a much-awaited speech this week, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen focused on the acute problems facing the Union: the war in Ukraine, energy prices and the challenge from autocracies. But some of the MEPs in the audience said the solutions she proposed are vague. We debrief von der Leyen’s annual address with two MEPs.
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As households and businesses face rising energy bills, the EU’s Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights is stressing the importance of supporting small and medium-sized businesses all over Europe. “A lot of households and household incomes depend on the survival of SMEs. That’s why it’s important to support businesses and particularly SMEs,” Nicolas Schmit told FRANCE […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The German government placed Rosneft Deutschland under control of the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) on Friday. The subsidiary of Russian energy company Rosneft tested Germany’s resolve to wean itself off Russian oil imports, according to Reuters reporting. Rosneft Deutschland operates oil refineries in Schwedt, Karlsruhe and Vohburg. The trusteeship is Germany’s […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission issued a statement to mark the International Day of Democracy on Thursday. In the statement co-signed by European Commissioner for Democracy and Demography Dubravka Šuica and Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, they warned that democracy is under threat. “The […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The EU Parliament declared Hungary “not a full democracy” in a symbolic resolution on Thursday. According to the resolution, Hungary was a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” where the rule of law, fundamental rights and democracy broke down, The Guardian reported on Thursday. The resolution, which 433 MEPs supported and 123 […]
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Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Parliament condemned on Thursday China’s aggressive military exercises in the strait of Taiwan and called for stronger ties between the EU and Taipei. In a non-binding resolution, MEPs denounced Beijing’s recent and unprecedented live-fire military exercises that took place in the Taiwan Strait following a visit to Taiwan by […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning) Across the EU, member states are rolling out vaccination campaigns, aiming at encouraging those who have already been vaccinated with at least a first shot. Belgium kicked off its autumn vaccination campaign encouraging citizens to get a Covid-19 booster. The rollout started with Flanders setting up 80 vaccination center and Wallonia another […]
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Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission presented on Friday its draft of the European Media Freedom Act – an EU-wide regulation aimed to safeguard media pluralism and editorial independence in the Union. Presenting the proposal, EC Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová noted that the Commission has seen various forms of pressure on […]
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The United States is a proud Pacific nation with a long coastline, a state, and territories in the Pacific.
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The Transforming Education Summit kicks off on this Friday, during the opening week of the 77th UN General Assembly session in New York
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