‘Half-dead’ Schengen limps on amid increased migration anxiety
13 Aug Member States

‘Half-dead’ Schengen limps on amid increased migration anxiety

Europe’s open borders are being replaced by ‘temporary’ checkpoints that are often anything but. With anti-migration politics on the rise and a broken asylum system, the loss of trust will be hard to restore.
by Eloise Hardy
How alpha men and tradwives are winning over young Europeans
11 Aug Member States
How alpha men and tradwives are winning over young Europeans
Op-ed: Mercosur deal of deceit must not be signed
14 Aug EU Institutions
Op-ed: Mercosur deal of deceit must not be signed
Is the EU ready to face its mounting plastic waste problem?
07 Aug EU Institutions
Is the EU ready to face its mounting plastic waste problem?
22 Jan 18
Parliamentarium to host Nazi propaganda exhibit
A US Holocaust Museum exhibition on Nazi propaganda opens to the public in the European Parliament’s Parliamentarium later this week (25 January).
22 Jan 18
Krzysztof Szubert: Poland is a real player in the digital single market
Krzysztof Szubert, Poland’s secretary of state in charge of digital affairs, says despite political differences with the EU, his government is fully behind the digital single market strategy.
22 Jan 18
EU copyright reform: Parliament must stand up on behalf of consumers
Fixing the value gap without jeopardising citizens’ fundamental rights is the red line in the copyright debate, says Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg.
22 Jan 18
Copyright is the fuel that allows creators to keep working
Content creators face a grim reality within the digital single market, and it’s up to politicians to rectify the situation with fair copyright rules for all, says Marc Joulaud.
19 Jan 18
Towards a more connected society and economy
Space has a key role to play in ensuring a prosperous and socially-inclusive Europe, writes Carlo des Dorides.
19 Jan 18
Towards a United Space in Europe
The ESA is committed to building a United Space in Europe, in full cooperation with the Commission, writes Johann-Dietrich Wörner.
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19 Jan 18
Arianespace is well suited to the needs of EU institutions
Arianespace is well suited to the needs of Europe’s institutions, writes Stéphane Israël.
19 Jan 18
Space is not the final frontier
Europe must be realistic when it comes to its space policy, and protect its industry to ensure the EU space sector can compete globally, says Franck Proust.
19 Jan 18
Issue 468 | 22 January 2018
Jerzy Buzek interview, European Space Policy, World Cancer Day, Copyright, Mental Health, Clean Energy and Mobility, Bisphenol A, Research and Innovation Funding, Poland and the Digital Single Market, 5 questions with Maria Arena and more...
19 Jan 18
EU plastics strategy welcomed by MEPs and industy
MEPs have joined the business and recycling communities in giving a guarded welcome to the European Commission’s much-vaunted plastics strategy.
19 Jan 18
EU Parliament votes to ban pulse fishing
MEPs have voted to ban so-called pulse fishing, the technique that kills fish and other marine life indiscriminately with a powerful electric shock.
19 Jan 18
Syed Kamall: EU must decide if Brexit deal is for European peoples or European project
EU negotiators must decide whether they want a Brexit deal that prioritises people or the European project, Syed Kamall said.
19 Jan 18
Much more needs to be done to bridge the ‘gap’ in transition from child to adult mental healthcare
Much more needs to be done to bridge the ‘gap’ in transition from child to adult mental healthcare, MEPs have been told.
19 Jan 18
EU needs broader impact assessment of research funding
How should we measure the impact of research and innovation funding? And just how important is defining and measuring a project’s impact?
18 Jan 18
Parliament to set up pesticides committee
MEPs have welcomed the decision to set up a special committee to look into the EU’s authorisation procedure for pesticides.
18 Jan 18
Mario Draghi under fire for G30 membership
EU watchdog Emily O'Reilly has recommended that ECB President Mario Draghi suspend his membership of the Group of 30 (G30) for the remainder of his term.
18 Jan 18
Bulgarian Prime Minister defensive in EU Parliament plenary
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has defended a controversial leisure project which has been condemned by environmentalists.
18 Jan 18
Antonio Tajani latest EU chief to hold out Brexit olive branch to UK
Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage meanwhile accuses EU leaders of conspiring to deliver ‘worst possible’ Brexit deal.
17 Jan 18
Leo Varadkar: Europe is at a “decisive” moment in its history
Irish Taoiseach, tells MEPs that EU is facing the “rise of populism and anti-democratic forces.”

 

16 Jan 18
Commission presents EU plastics strategy
The European Commission has unveiled its long-awaited strategy on plastic waste.
16 Jan 18
Senior MEP questions viability of parliamentary debates on EU presidencies
Belgian deputy Philippe Lamberts says debates are just 'occasions to sing the praises of a country’s success' .
16 Jan 18
Polish MEP threatens legal action against Parliament Vice-President over Nazi slur
Polish MEP Róża Thun has threatened legal action against fellow deputy Ryszard Czarnecki over remarks he is alleged to have made in an interview. 
16 Jan 18
Jean-Claude Juncker: EU's door remains open to UK
EU leaders have made an indirect plea to the UK over the possibility of reversing Brexit.
15 Jan 18
MEPs compile damning report after mission to Malta
MEPs say they have found evidence of “systematic and serious deficiencies” in the rule of law in Malta.