Key topics next week include: Award of the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran; Debate and final vote on the Critical Raw Materials Act to boost the supply of strategic raw materials; Debate on the 14-15 December EU summit with the Spanish … Read more
The new law will apply in cross-border cases and protect people and organisations active in areas like fundamental rights, the environment, the fight against disinformation and corruption investigations against abusive court proceedings intended to intimidate and harass. MEPs ensured that cases will be considered to be cross-border unless both parties are domiciled in the same … Read more
Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs will quiz Oliver Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on the future of the EU’s enlargement policy and the state of play in the countries covered by the Enlargement package. Each year, the Commission adopts a set of documents that sets out the way forward and takes … Read more
Have you ever felt nostalgic when thinking about the past? Then you are not alone. According to survey research, around two-thirds of the European public feel nostalgic. Nostalgia is defined as a predominantly positive emotion associated with recalling memories of important events, usually experienced with people who are close to us. And these feelings may … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — In a strip-lit hearing room in central London this week, 1,353 days after his first COVID lockdown, Boris Johnson finally testified to the U.K.’s inquiry into the pandemic. The ex-prime minister’s allies believe he gave a competent account of himself to aid … Read more
The European Parliament has initiated the next phase of a reform process to strengthen Parliament’s internal working methods as well as its institutional role and capacity to act to ensure that it is and remains well-equipped to fulfil its tasks under the Treaties and to live up to the expectations of EU citizens. In January … Read more
09:05 Meeting with representatives of the laureates of the Sakharov Prize 2023 Afsoon NAJAFI and Mersedeh SHAHINKAR representing Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement With Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI), Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for the Sakharov Community, David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) and Udo … Read more
In a resolution adopted on Thursday, Parliament voices its alarm over existing loopholes in the EU’s sanctions regime against Russia. While highlighting the unprecedented nature of the EU’s restrictive measures, MEPs are concerned about the lack of proper enforcement and attempts to undermine the effort to strategically weaken the Russian economic and industrial base, and … Read more
Javier Milei in Argentina. Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. These are the two latest “populist shocks” – the tip of the “populist wave” that comes crashing against the weakened defences of liberal democracies. At the same time, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage benefits from the same “funwashing” on I’m a Celebrity Get me out of … Read more
Are you a 30-something professional looking to settle down and buy your first home in a friendly, welcoming European city? Think again. Rising real estate prices have turned home ownership into an increasingly unachievable dream for many Europeans — an issue compounded by the cost-of-living crisis, which has hit city residents and poorer households especially … Read more
