The European Commission on Tuesday adopted reforms aimed at boosting energy security and making consumer bills less dependent on volatile fossil fuel prices. The reforms come against the backdrop of skyrocketing energy prices in 2022, [Read More]
Patrice Laroche, IAE Nancy School of Management In France, more than 1.2 million people (2.8 million, according to trade unions) took to the streets against proposed pension reform on Tuesday, exceeding crowds galvanised by the [Read More]
The number of asylum applications in the European Union (EU) soared to almost one million last year, a 50 percent increase over 2021 and the highest level since the 2016 influx of refugees into the [Read More]
Croatia entered the eurozone and the European Union’s (EU) border-free Schengen area on New Year’s Day. This was the first time a European country joined both the eurozone and the Schengen area on the same [Read More]
The Commission welcomes the agreement reached by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to step up protection of the Mediterranean, with a considerable tightening of the rules on exhaust gases from ships. This designation of the [Read More]
Today, the Commission paid €1.37 billion to Bulgaria and €700 million to Croatia under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Today’s payment of €1.37 billion of grants (excluding pre-financing) to Bulgaria was made possible thanks [Read More]
Exactly three months after President von der Leyen‘s announcement in her 2022 State of the Union Address, the European Commission and the Government of Ukraine have signed a €100 million support package for the reconstruction [Read More]
Parliament has reacted to recent allegations with immediate changes and demands for measures to close loopholes in existing transparency rules. Following Tuesday’s debate, Parliament has adopted a resolution on the suspicions of corruption by Qatar [Read More]
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, and the Ministry of Finance of Moldova today signed an agreement for a €100 million increase to the original €150 million loan for the rehabilitation and [Read More]
EIB Global, the arm of the EIB devoted to activities outside the European Union, is providing the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of Kosovo with a €600 000 technical assistance grant. Taking stock of [Read More]
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