The European Commission has unveiled two proposals aimed at preserving citizens’ and businesses’ access to euro banknotes and coins while laying the groundwork for a potential digital euro issued by the European Central Bank (ECB). The proposals address the evolving landscape of payments, driven in part by the digitalization accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Ministers agreed that the energy issue is urgent, but they decided nothing. Gathered in Brussels for an extraordinary meeting, the 27 energy ministers said no to the 5 recipes of the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to deal with extraordinary measures on energy. All decisions will be sent as new proposals to […]
The Covid-19 crisis led European public opinion to believe that the EU did not have the capacity to forecast or respond to health crises such as the pandemic. “Europe is not responding“, the Italian daily La Repubblica dramatically deplored. (*The initial version of this article was published by The Robert Schuman Foundation (European Issue […]
