How neutral can Switzerland remain?
13 Nov EU Institutions

How neutral can Switzerland remain?

Once a source of strength, neutrality is now dividing the Swiss — between those seeking deeper ties with the EU and those determined to lock neutrality into the constitution.
by Gabriele Rosana
How Orbán holds EU enlargement hostage
12 Nov Member States
How Orbán holds EU enlargement hostage
Op-ed: Europe must be a climate policy leader for the sake of its society
10 Nov EU Institutions
Op-ed: Europe must be a climate policy leader for the sake of its society
How Ukraine is losing the Donbas
07 Nov Foreign & Security Policy
How Ukraine is losing the Donbas
24 Sep 19
UK-EU fisheries relations could become ‘very tense’ in event of No Deal Brexit, warns MEP
EPP MEP Peter van Dalen has warned that relations between British and European fishermen could “become very tense” in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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24 Sep 19
AI: Giving healthcare professionals 'The Gift of Time'
AI will transform the lives of both patients and healthcare professionals, explains Jan-Philipp Beck.
24 Sep 19
MEPs welcome Supreme Court ruling on UK Parliament prorogation
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament for five weeks at the height of the Brexit crisis was unlawful.
24 Sep 19
The journey to age equality
This year’s International Day of Older Persons puts age inequality in the spotlight, writes Anne-Sophie Parent.
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24 Sep 19
How cities can lead the sustainability transition
We need to rethink our relationship with nature when building cities, argue Marc Palahí, Stefano Boeri, Maria Chiara Pastore and Vicente Guallart.
24 Sep 19
Celebrating this sporting life
Regardless of origin or belief, Marc Tarabella believes sport is one thing that can unite often divided communities.
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24 Sep 19
In Conversation with... Brigitte Dero and Laurent Petrynka
The sports community is taking steps to improve its environmental impact. Brigitte Dero, General Manager of VinylPlus®, the European PVC industry’s sustainability programme, and Laurent Petrynka, President of the International School Sport Federation (ISF), explain why making a long-term impact requires innovative partnerships.
23 Sep 19
Leading aid agency calls for urgent EU action to tackle the migration and asylum crisis
International Rescue Committee demanded urgent action and long-term solutions.
23 Sep 19
Issue 501 | 23 September 2019
We’ve put health policy under the microscope in our latest issue, with European Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis fronting the magazine as we look ahead to this year’s European Health Forum Gastein.
23 Sep 19
European week of sport: It’s game on
Sport and physical activity brings myriad benefits to society; the European Week of Sport encourages everyone to get involved.
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23 Sep 19
Breaking down barriers in the quest to cure Alzheimer’s
Innovation can change the maths of Alzheimer’s disease. But to do that, governments need to change the maths for innovators, says David Ricks.
23 Sep 19
EU should show leadership on resettlement
Europe needs to up its game in dealing with the resettlement challenge, and in so doing demonstrate global leadership, argues David Miliband.
23 Sep 19
A Clean Green Deal
The Green Deal is at the heart of the EU’s ambitions of becoming climate-neutral. Transparency is essential to its success argue Karen Melchior and Lara Wolters.
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23 Sep 19
Healthy workplaces lighten the load
Christa Sedlatschek reflects on 25 years of making Europe’s workplaces safer, healthier and more productive.
20 Sep 19
EU warned that flexing military muscle could lead to ‘turf wars’
The European Union has been warned that renewed efforts to flex its military muscle is likely to put it on a collision course with national governments, NATO and the United States.
20 Sep 19
European mayors call for urgent climate action as global strike kicks off
Mayors representing 8,000 European cities have called for urgent action to meet the EU’s commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement.
19 Sep 19
MEPs warn UK against social and economic dumping in event of No Deal Brexit
Senior MEP Manfred Weber argues that Brexit supporters claimed UK parliament would ‘take back control’ but have instead ‘shut it down’.
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18 Sep 19
Converging ambitions
With Europe facing a shortfall in engineering graduates, remedies are already being put in place, writes Dirk Bochar.
18 Sep 19
Climate change now an ‘emergency’ says former European commissioner
However, new EU leadership taking the issue “more seriously”, says László Andor.
18 Sep 19
5 questions with...Pina Picierno
Pina Picierno (IT/S&D) is a 2019 MEP award winner and member of parliament’s FEMM and AGRI committees
18 Sep 19
EU calls on UK to stop Brexit negotiating pretence
EU leaders have called on Boris Johnson to ‘stop pretending to negotiate’ on Brexit and come forward speedily with concrete proposals for an alternative to the Irish Backstop.
18 Sep 19
A Digital Roadmap for the next five years
Europe’s policymakers should focus on encouraging tech firms and start-ups to be based here rather than seek confrontation, writes former ECR MEP Daniel Dalton
17 Sep 19
EPP leader defends controversial ‘European way of life’ portfolio
Manfred Weber says he cannot understand why people are attacking the newly created dossier.
17 Sep 19
EU cancer group backs call to eliminate HPV-related cancers
The European Cancer Summit in Brussels has unanimously endorsed a resolution aimed at eradicating the virus that causes cervical cancer.