Interview: Séjourné’s quest for competitiveness
05 Jun EU Institutions

Interview: Séjourné’s quest for competitiveness

As the EU seeks to boost its competitiveness amid mounting economic headwinds, the European Commission's Stéphane Séjourné calls for deepening the single market and a 'Buy European' approach.
by Matt Lynes
The Parliament's June print edition is out now
06 Jun EU Institutions
The Parliament's June print edition is out now
Op-ed: How Mediterranean overfishing can be reversed
06 Jun EU Institutions
Op-ed: How Mediterranean overfishing can be reversed
Q+A: Why the Dutch government collapsed — and why it matters
04 Jun Foreign & Security Policy
Q+A: Why the Dutch government collapsed — and why it matters
Top Malaysian executive sets his sights on Europe Partner Content
16 Jul
Top Malaysian executive sets his sights on Europe
Vinod Sekhar, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Petra Group, presents the EU with a unique opportunity to revolutionise the way rubber is recycled, writes Datu Sadja Matthew Pajares Yngson.
Global challenges require global solutions Partner Content
15 Jul
Global challenges require global solutions
Why today’s opening of the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol to European brands and retailers matters.
Book Review: 'The Broken Contract' - How reinventing bureaucracy can save democracy Partner Content
15 Jul
Book Review: "The Broken Contract" - How reinventing bureaucracy can save democracy
Muddassar Ahmed explains why for the survival of democracy, governments must roll back excessive bureaucracy.
European Parliament keen to play key role in boosting actions to tackle AMR
14 Jul
European Parliament keen to play key role in boosting actions to tackle AMR
COVID-19 may only be a foretaste of what we could expect from a world where antimicrobials are no longer effective, explains deputy chair of the European Parliament’s MEP interest group on AMR, Tiemo Wölken
Europe's Moment
14 Jul
Europe's Moment
EU leaders must grasp the nettle and deliver on citizens’ expectations by negotiating a strong budget, agreeing the Next Generation EU recovery plan and providing global leadership, argues European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Fisheries stakeholders on tenterhooks over Brexit deal
14 Jul
Fisheries stakeholders on tenterhooks over Brexit deal
Failure to agree mutual access to fishing waters post-Brexit could threaten the whole Common Fisheries Policy, putting Europe’s fishermen in peril, warns Grace O’Sullivan.
COVID-19: Towards a resilient agriculture model in Africa Partner Content
14 Jul
COVID-19: Towards a resilient agriculture model in Africa
OCP Africa is helping African farmers cope during the COVID-19 crisis, explains Colin Mackay.
Europe's innovation strength: Standards Partner Content
13 Jul
Europe's innovation strength: Standards
Don Rosenberg explains why the key to Europe's technology sovereignty in the age of 5G is open standardisation.
Issue 519 | 13 July 2020
13 Jul
Issue 519 | 13 July 2020
Ursula von der Leyen graces the cover of this issue, our final before the summer break, as the European Commission President looks to galvanise the support of EU heads of state and Government behind her revised EU budget and Coronavirus recovery plan. Ahead of this week’s special summit of EU leaders in Brussels on 17-18 July, she argues, in an exclusive article for The Parliament Magazine, that, “Europe’s citizens have high expectations, and rightly so. This is the moment to meet their expectations - with a strong budget, with the Next Generation EU recovery instrument and with sustained leadership in the world. This is Europe’s moment.”
New AMR Action Fund could be ‘game changer’ in battle against antimicrobial resistance
10 Jul
New AMR Action Fund could be ‘game changer’ in battle against antimicrobial resistance
Fund’s launch comes with warning that up to ten million lives could be lost globally each year by 2050 to antimicrobial resistant ‘superbugs’.
Development policy: engaging the world on equal footing
10 Jul
Development policy: engaging the world on equal footing
Development is not something achieved through economic means alone, it’s about learning from each other’s experiences, argues Norbert Neuser.
Names of MEPs who will sit on European parliament’s new committees announced
10 Jul
Names of MEPs who will sit on European parliament’s new committees announced
Parliament has set up a subcommittee on taxation, three special committees - one on cancer, another on artificial intelligence and a third on foreign interference - and a committee of inquiry on animal transport.
Charles Michel tables plan to break impasse on EU’s Coronavirus recovery fund and next long term budget
10 Jul
Charles Michel tables plan to break impasse on EU’s Coronavirus recovery fund and next long term budget
European Council president’s ‘new’ proposal focuses on funding elements around climate change, the rule of law and Brexit.
Why Green mobility needs the right infrastructure
10 Jul
Why Green mobility needs the right infrastructure
A comprehensive network of publicly accessible charging points is essential for the successful decarbonisation of the EU’s transport sector, argues Ismail Ertug.
An EU citizens’ budget
10 Jul
An EU citizens’ budget
The views of European citizens are conspicuously missing from the EU budget talks, yet they should be at the centre of them, argues Victor Negrescu.
Why the EU needs pharmaceutical independence
10 Jul
Why the EU needs pharmaceutical independence
The Coronavirus outbreak has shown why the EU must address medical shortages and re-establish its position as a world leader in the pharmaceutical field, argues Tomislav Sokol.
Senior MEP ‘pessimistic’ about progress in latest Brexit talks
09 Jul
Senior MEP ‘pessimistic’ about progress in latest Brexit talks
Bernd Lange, a member of Parliament’s UK Coordination Group, told this website that he hopes the continuing talks, being held for the first time in London, will “unlock the UK’s negotiating position.”
EU leaders tell Member States it is ‘essential’ to agree on budget and recovery plan at summit
09 Jul
EU leaders tell Member States it is ‘essential’ to agree on budget and recovery plan at summit
At least four Member States, “the Frugal Four”, remain opposed to the package, but the leaders of the main EU institutions have ratcheted up the pressure to reach an agreement in a week’s time.
New challenges, old threats
09 Jul
New challenges, old threats
As the world deals with the economic fallout from COVID-19, new European Defence Agency chief executive, Jirí Šedivý, tells Rajnish Singh that previous security threats have not gone away and therefore defence funding should remain a key EU priority.
Trade Commissioner: EU will ‘act decisively’ if US slaps fresh tariffs on goods
09 Jul
Trade Commissioner: EU will ‘act decisively’ if US slaps fresh tariffs on goods
Phil Hogan’s stark warning follows the US threat to put duties on EU goods such as beer, gin and olives, intensifying a long-running row over aviation subsidies between the two sides.
Cyber defence in the ‘New Normal’
08 Jul
Cyber defence in the ‘New Normal’
The Coronavirus crisis has increased the risk exposure of being targeted by sophisticated threats, warn Wolfgang Roehrig and Mario Beccia.
Resumed Brexit talks have ‘not lived up to’ call for more urgency to reach deal
07 Jul
Resumed Brexit talks have ‘not lived up to’ call for more urgency to reach deal
Luxembourg MEP Christophe Hansen, a member of Parliament’s UK Coordination Group, said the meetings between the two sides have, so far, “not exactly lived up to the expectations of fresh momentum.”
Work-life balance in the Coronavirus era
07 Jul
Work-life balance in the Coronavirus era
The global pandemic has proven that people can achieve a healthy work life balance while working from home through the use of technology already at their disposal, writes David Casa.
LNG is a key component of the EU’s energy mix
07 Jul
LNG is a key component of the EU’s energy mix
The EU will not achieve its long coveted goal of energy sovereignty without the inclusion of natural gas, writes Carlo Fidanza.