The Parliament Magazine
Oct 29, 2010 · With rising demand and an ageing population, European healthcare systems are under strain. In the second article in our series on addressing Europe’s healthcare challenges, The Parliament and AbbVie explore how innovation can unlock capacity and deliver better outcomes for patients living with Parkinson’s
Enlargement Package: How are candidate countries faring?
Nov 6, 2024 · 30 Oct 2024. Co-Author Sarah Schug. Share this page. The European Commission on Wednesday adopted its annual Enlargement Package, which takes stock of the progress and problems on the path to EU enlargement. Several countries are candidates to join the bloc. Though Russia’s war in Ukraine has injected the enlargement question with fresh ...
Meet the new European Commissioner hopefuls
18 Sep 2024. GabRosana. In September, having made it through the final hurdles of horse-trading with European Union member states, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the lineup of College of Commissioners for her second mandate. Her centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) secured the lion's share of positions ...
Youth mobility deal may be key to EU-UK relations
Oct 4, 2024 · The bloc is pushing for a youth mobility deal. It would make it easier for adults under 30 to live, work or study in the UK or EU — rights that were lost when Brexit went into effect. When asked about the plan, though, the British prime minister reiterated to reporters on Wednesday that “free movement is a red line” — a framing the ...
Is there any hope for implementing qualified majority voting in EU ...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has previously called for a switch to qualified majority voting (QMV) in such areas as sanctions and human rights, to facilitate faster and more effective decision-making. The issue resurfaced in May at the Conference on the Future of Europe, a citizen-led series of debates and discussions ...
Diversity, equality and inclusiveness: time for the EU to act
May 18, 2022 · The EU’s slogan is 'united in diversity', and intersectionality is diversity. With the new directive, we should push to achieve equality for those who face various forms of discrimination, and we should drive it from the European Parliament, the house of European democracy. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR OUR UPCOMING DIVERSITY EVENT.
Austrian election ‘another piece of the mosaic’ in far-right surge ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) celebrates with supporters, in Vienna on Sunday following his party's first-place finish in national elections. Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) is the clear favourite after Sunday's national election. The party nabbed 28.9% of the vote — the most of any party.
Why a larger EU doesn’t mean a stronger EU - The Parliament …
Mar 26, 2024 · These grey areas along the EU’s borders must disappear. The EU ought to communicate its immense technical and financial assistance strategically. Enlargement is a geopolitical necessity. Enlargement is a regatta, not a convoy. While Russia’s war provides a tragic context in which enlargement is being accelerated, it does not remove the ...
Pan-European party Volt wins first seat in EU Parliament
New European party Volt is celebrating after winning its first seat in the European elections, which it described as a “huge victory.”. Its German co-founder, Damian Boeselager, will represent the party in parliament. The party polled highest in Germany with 248,824 votes, by far its best showing in the eight EU countries it contested the ...
Mass migration is an inevitable consequence of the climate crisis.
Sep 19, 2022 · The idea “migration will save us” is probably the last thing most European policymakers would choose to tell citizens. Yet, this is the firm conclusion that science writer Gaia Vince comes to in her latest book, Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval (Allen Lane, August 2022). While EU leaders may accept the need for some level of migration to show solidarity with those in need ...