After the compromise agreed last December by EU national leaders on the financial facility and on MFF 2021-2027, on 11 January 2021, the ECON committee of the European Parliament (EP) votes the EU Regulation on Recovery and Resilient Fund. Then, on 9 February it will be voted by the EP Assembly and later by the
On 11 November, the European Commission approved a fourth contract with a pharmaceutical company, BioNTech – Pfizer. The contract provides for the initial purchase of 200 million doses on behalf of all EU Member States. Plus an option to purchase up to a further 100 million doses once a vaccine has proven to be
The 5 priorities: Priority dossiers under the Portuguese EU Council Presidency Resilient Europe: Action plan for economic & monetary Union Social Europe: Action plan for the European Pillars of Social Rights Green Europe: Implementation of the European Green Deal Digital Europe: EU Digital Service Act Global Europe: EU-India Summit and Eastern Partnership Summit Portugal is
As it has done every year since 1983, the EU selects a specific topic on which to raise awareness and encourage public debate throughout the year. 2021 the European year of rail
The United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU) on 1 February 2020 and will regain competence for its own international trade policy as soon as … UK trade agreements with third countries: Implications for the EU
After a delayed response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in late 2019, China has expanded its sophisticated digital surveillance systems to … China’s economic recovery and dual circulation model
Watch this year’s State of the Word event featuring Matt Mullenweg! State of the Word 2020
In a passionate speech delivered recently at Columbia University in New York, the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, described the fight against… Climate action: The way ahead
The public sector loan facility is the third pillar of the Just Transition Mechanism (JTM), along with the Just Transition Fund and just transition … The public sector loan facility under the Just Transition Mechanism
On 10 and 11 December, EU leaders met in Brussels for the last European Council of the year. This year they already met 10 times, in regular, special and videoconference meetings, essentially for urgent matters related to the pandemic. Here all the conclusions. This time, they discussed a very long and sensitive agenda. In particular:
