24 Nov 20
A Green Europe needs a Green Recovery
Let’s make the Nex Generation EU facility and economic recovery a step towards the green Europe we all want and need, argues Morten Helveg Petersen.
23 Nov 20
Disinfection robots to be delivered to hospitals across EU to fight COVID-19
The robots can disinfect standard patient rooms, using ultraviolet light, in as quickly as 15 minutes.
23 Nov 20
Senior MEP warns that ‘big divergencies’ still threaten to torpedo Brexit deal
Nathalie Loiseau has tempered expectations that the UK and EU are about to broker a deal, saying, “We are offering an unprecedented partnership with the UK, but this comes with clarity and commitments, and so far they are missing.”
23 Nov 20
An equitable Europe for women
Losing what has been gained in the fight for gender equality is inadmissible; we must take to task those who want to backpedal on progress and mount an onslaught on women’s rights, argues Helena Dalli.
23 Nov 20
A long road ahead to gender equality
Twenty-five years after the Beijing Declaration, new threats to women’s rights risk reversing hard-won gains. Instead of going back to the 1950s, we need to make this the century of women, writes Evelyn Regner.
23 Nov 20
Artificial intelligence: A risk worth taking?
We spoke to MEPs from across Parliament about their expectations for the upcoming European Commission White Paper on AI.
23 Nov 20
Securing Europe’s medicine supplies in a post-COVID world
It should not be up to China or other third countries to decide whether we in Europe have access to sufficient medicines; we need security of supply, says Peter Liese.
23 Nov 20
Time for a European Union of Health?
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused huge pain and loss, but it may yet create a much-needed European Union of Health with a pharmaceutical strategy to match, writes Sandra Gallina.
23 Nov 20
Putting the European Single Market on a path to sustainability
The European single market is one of the best tools available to us in the drive to creating a genuine circular economy, explains Arba Kokalari.
23 Nov 20
Making the European Single Market more sustainable
Built-in obsolescence is one of the many barriers to delivering a genuine circular economy; enshrining the right to repair is essential, says David Cormand.
20 Nov 20
MEPs call for EU action plan to address ‘disastrous’ impact health pandemic has had on sport
COVID-19 crisis predicted to have serious long-term impact on both sport and young people’s health and wellbeing.
20 Nov 20
Herman Van Rompuy: EU should continue on path of autonomy
The former Council President made the remark at the EPC annual conference, and predicted that geo-politics will “change dramatically” following the election of Joe Biden in the U.S.
20 Nov 20
The post-pandemic need for modern and high-quality vocational education and training
Despite the damage done to societies and individuals by the Coronavirus crisis, we must ensure Europe’s workforce emerges fit to face future challenges, writes Lucia Duriš Nicholsonová.
19 Nov 20
ECDC downplays fears that infected mink could infect humans with Coronavirus
Following a mass cull of infected mink in two European countries, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has concluded that the risk to humans is “low.”
19 Nov 20
EU leaders gear up for online summit overshadowed by Poland and Hungary row
Leaders are hoping to resolve an impasse that is holding up agreement on the €1.85tr budget and Coronavirus recovery plan.
18 Nov 20
EU and UK in ‘final push’ to reach Brexit deal, says Commission Vice-President
The comments by Valdis Dombrovskis on Wednesday come with the two sides locked in talks in Brussels in an effort to resolve the remaining obstacles to a deal.
18 Nov 20
Report on Parliament’s carbon footprint branded ‘public relations exercise’
The report says the assembly’s current two-seat arrangement, which sees MEPs regularly switching between Brussels and Strasbourg, is unsustainable.
18 Nov 20
MEPs urge EU to ensure reciprocal access to fishing waters in ongoing Brexit talks
Deputies argue that European fishermen should continue to have “unlimited” access to UK waters, irrespective of whether a deal is done or not.
17 Nov 20
Hungary and Poland refuse to back EU long-term budget and recovery package
The move has plunged the bloc into a new crisis and leaders are hoping to find a way out of the impasse when they hold a virtual EU summit on Thursday.
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17 Nov 20
The undeniable benefits of tolerance
Together we must work to promote and defend tolerance as a foundation for growth and prosperity, writes Mohamed Issa Abushahab.
16 Nov 20
MEPs say EU must respond to future health crises ‘more quickly and efficiently’
On Monday, Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee held a preliminary discussion on the European Commission’s proposals to deal with future serious cross-border health threats.
16 Nov 20
Now, more than ever, we need to commit to fighting the spread of AMR
The lessons learned during the Coronavirus crisis will be invaluable in better coping with the prevention and control of future health crises, such as AMR, writes Nicolae Stefanuta.
16 Nov 20
The world will face dramatic social and economic consequences if we do not manage to stop the spread of AMR
Now more than ever, people’s lives depend on governments and industry coming together to combat AMR, argues Tiemo Wölken.
13 Nov 20
MEPs call for more to be done to help staff working from home during pandemic
Call comes after European Parliament went into effective lockdown in bid to curb sharp rise in Coronavirus cases.