Photo by Isaac Quesada on Unsplash President Emmanuel Macron’s stand-off with France’s trade unions over his pension reform plans are widely reported as a peculiarly French issue. That should read ‘wrongly’ reported because pensions are a looming crisis of disastrous proportions for the whole of Europe, writes Giles Merrit. Most EU countries’ state pension schemes are unaffordable, private…
The European Parliament has urged the Moroccan authorities to respect freedom of expression and media freedom and to provide a fair trial for the imprisoned journalist Omar Radi. MEPs have called for his immediate provisional release and demand an end to the harassment of all journalists in the country, as well as of their lawyers…
Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash Parliament said it expresses solidarity with democratically elected President Lula Da Silva, his government and Brazilian institutions and condemns in the strongest terms the criminal actions perpetrated by supporters of ex-president Bolsonaro, urging them to accept the democratic outcome of the elections. MEPs said they welcome the efforts to ensure a prompt…
Tunisia is at a standstill, caught between a democratic transition that has not met the expectations of the population and an economic development undermined by politics and its arbitrary and irrational excesses. The result: a lost decade, during which attempts to pull the country out of its economic slump – annual GDP growth was close…
There are three peculiarities of “partial mobilisation” in the Russian Federation The first is the concept of “until the last conscript”. Mobilisation in Russia, despite President Putin’s opinion that it is supposedly over, is continuing and will apparently continue until the end of the “special military operation,” which looks like it will end only after…
The European Commission has announced a series of measures to continue supporting those fleeing what it calls “the unprovoked Russian aggression.” A new online job-search tool launched on Monday will help people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to successfully find a job in the European Union. After registering with the EU Talent Pool pilot initiative, those under…
Efforts to tackle waste management and the growing problem of marine litter have been applauded by a senior MEP. Both issues have rapidly moved up the political agenda in recent years and are now seen as key priorities for the European Union. European efforts to address the problem are partly being spearheaded by LIPOR, the…
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss, met at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. They strongly condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine and agreed that Putin’s recent calls to mobilise parts of the population were a sign that Russia’s invasion is failing. It…
The EU says it has coordinated the delivery of 66,224 tonnes of in-kind assistance to Ukraine from 30 countries via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The assistance delivered includes 180 ambulances, 125 fire-fighting vehicles, 300 power generators, 35 heavy machinery vehicles, and 4 pontoon bridges. This is by far the largest, longest lasting and most…
French President Emmanuel Macron is committed to creating a ‘European Political Community’, distinct from the EU. European states not in the EU – including the UK – should take the concept seriously, writes Charles Grant. Speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on May 9th, Emmanuel Macron called for a ‘European Political Community’ (EPC), a…
