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
06 Aug 19
UK urged to guarantee right of EU citizens to participate in post-Brexit local elections
A campaign group that first raised the alarm about the “mass disenfranchisement” of EU27 citizens before the European elections in May has now called on the UK Government to guarantee their right to participate in post-Brexit local elections.
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02 Aug 19
Huawei ‘fighting for survival’, says chairman
Huawei’s chairman has admitted the company is under “immense pressure” and “fighting for survival”.
02 Aug 19
EU ‘too slow to act’ on tax transparency
Former MEP Catherine Stihler says the EU has been “too slow to act” on the “urgent need” for greater tax transparency.
01 Aug 19
Adopting a gender-sensitive lens in global security
Global security has deteriorated over the past decade, with the number of people forced to flee their homes due to violence, human rights violations and war on the increase. The EU must adopt and implement a gender-sensitive lens when dealing with this, writes Madi Sharma.
01 Aug 19
Italy's ‘suicide diplomacy’ is reducing its influence in EU and NATO, says report
A new report says that while Italy has a "central role" to play in Europe’s response to growing security challenges in the Mediterranean region, the current government’s "suicide diplomacy" is weakening its clout in the EU and NATO.
31 Jul 19
MEPs denounce attacks against Polish Equality March participants
A cross-party group of MEPs have condemned violence against the participants of a Polish city’s first ever gay pride march.
31 Jul 19
A wake-up call for EU fisheries ministers
The latest scientific advice from The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) makes for sad reading - North Sea cod is severely depleted. However, this could be just what is needed to shock EU fisheries ministers into action, write Rebecca Hubbard and Dr Monica Verbeek.
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30 Jul 19
Anti-palm oil lobbies bending the EU’s will
Youssef Kobo explains how anti-palm oil lobbies are hurting the environment and the EU’s poorest members
30 Jul 19
Paper food packaging "not as innocent as it seems", says consumer body
A new study by consumer group BEUC underscores the need for EU-wide rules to regulate non-plastic food packaging and protect consumers from potentially harmful chemicals.
29 Jul 19
MEPs deliver scathing assessment of Boris Johnson’s fledgling premiership
Two UK MEPs have given a withering verdict on the start of Boris Johnson’s premiership in the UK.
29 Jul 19
Carry On Regardless: The Brexit Party hits Brussels
The Brexit Party are political prisoners in Brussels. Or so they’d have you believe.  Despite standing in the European elections, knowing full well what awaited them, Nigel Farage and his band of Brexit-peddling cronies have been on a mission to expose to their faithful followers back home in Blighty that "Brussels" is the most dreadful of places: a wasteful, bureaucratic hellhole where little is achieved and where MEPs' pockets bulge with excessive pay and unwarranted expenses.
26 Jul 19
Threat of no-deal Brexit intensifies as Boris Johnson refuses to nominate new UK Commissioner
New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signalled that he will not nominate a new UK commissioner when the European Commission is reformed after the summer recess.
25 Jul 19
MEPs warn Boris Johnson has “greatly increased the risk” of a no-deal Brexit
Guy Verhofstadt has branded Boris Johnson’s vow to take the UK out of the EU on 31 October as “irresponsible.”
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25 Jul 19
Growing scientific progress
Students Martina Helmlinger and Lilli Schütz tell us why they are launching a Citizens’ Initiative to ensure the EU can benefit responsibly from new plant breeding techniques.
24 Jul 19
Scotland’s First Minister expresses ‘profound concerns’ over new UK Prime Minister
Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), has expressed her “profound concerns” about the prospect of Boris Johnson’s incoming premiership of the UK.
24 Jul 19
Brexit Steering Group to meet Barnier in wake of Boris Johnson election victory
The European Parliament’s Brexit Steering Group will hold an extraordinary meeting with Michel Barnier on Wednesday to respond to Boris Johnson’s election as UK Premier.
23 Jul 19
Brussels underwhelmed by new UK Prime Minister
Many EU political figures and MEPs have given a collective eye roll at the news that Boris Johnson has been elected the UK’s new Prime Minister.
23 Jul 19
Tackling rare diseases a ‘European success story’
Tackling rare diseases, said to affect up to 30 million people in the EU, has been hailed as a “European success story.”
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23 Jul 19
FemTech – Making strides for women
Israeli innovation puts the spotlight on long-ignored women’s health in Europe
22 Jul 19
MEPs raise ‘grave’ concerns over Council transparency
A cross-party group of MEPs have voiced their “grave concern” about the “opacity” of the Council, branding the institution “a veritable black box” which has been lagging far behind the Parliament and Commission on transparency.
22 Jul 19
The new Lunar Gateway
Fifty years after the first lunar landing, the US and EU are gearing up to send astronauts back to the moon. Brian Johnson reports.
19 Jul 19
EU steps up pressure on UK amid rising prospect of no-deal Brexit
The EU and others have intensified the pressure on the UK over what is seen as the fast-rising prospect of a no-deal Brexit.
19 Jul 19
Inoculating against mistrust
Vaccine hesitancy has been identified as one of the top ten threats to global health. Lorna Hutchinson takes a look at the roles that social media, populism and fake news play in sowing the seeds of doubt and fear.
18 Jul 19
Bringing 5G to all corners of Europe
While the advent of 5G networks promises to revolutionise digital society, the EU must ensure that more rural and sparsely-populated areas of Europe are not left behind explains Mart Võrklaev