The current Commission President, von der Leyen, pledged to maintain the same standard of equity and representation in the next term, citing her first College as the most gender-balanced ever. Only five of the 22 countries that have disclosed their choice have nominated a woman
On Tuesday, August 20th, the EU Executive disclosed to interest parties the draft decision containing an adjusted set of duty rates. The comments obtained by interested parties and the remaining investigative steps led the European Commission to revise downward the provisional measures proposed on July 4th to be applied to involved Chinese companies
Last Sunday, August 18th, marked the entry into force of the Nature Restoration Law. Member States will decide what specific measures they will implement on their territories to fulfill the obligations and achieve the new targets
With the new mandate, the re-elected president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen promised to add two new figures in the picture: the…
The Chinese government just announced that an appeal was filed with the World Trade Organization over the provisional tariffs imposed by the European Commission on imported battery electric vehicles.
Despite the meaningful achievement in reducing bureaucracy and boosting transparency through several pieces of legislation and delivering on the adopted action plans, the EU is now facing the test of structural reforms
With the 20 September deadline fast approaching, it is crucial for EU Member States to submit the medium-term fiscal structural plans required under the reviewed economic governance framework
The decision of the new Mediterranean Commissioner, a new role in the European executive, is up to von der Leyen. Italy and Cyprus are competing for the nomination.
After being greenlighted for a second mandate at the helm of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen will spend the second half of August interviewing the candidates the Member States are proposing for commissioner posts
US President Joe Biden’s step back found a lukewarm response among EU leaders as most of them have tended not to follow up on Biden’s announcement.
Of the 24 committees and subcommittees in the European Parliament, 8 are allocated to the EPP, 5 to S&D, 4 to Renew Europe, 3 to ECR and the Greens, and 2 to The Left. No committees were assigned to the Patriots for Europe and Europe of Sovereign Nations.
The decision to hold in Brussels the informal Foreign Affairs meeting initially planned to take place in Budapest and scheduled at the end of August will shut down the saga that sparked with the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Russia in early July.