Today, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on the modernisation of EU justice systems. The EU aims to support Member States in their efforts to adapt their justice systems to the digital age and improve EU cross-border judicial cooperation. Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice, said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the importance […]
EU cybersecurity agency has to develop a certification scheme on 5G networks, Commission request
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity welcomes the European Commission request for a candidate cybersecurity certification scheme on 5G networks. Following a request by the European Commission, ENISA will proceed with the preparation of the new candidate cybersecurity certification scheme on 5G. This step follows on from the EU toolbox for 5G security and it […]
European Institute of Innovation and Technology welcomes improved legal framework and new strategic agenda for 2021-2027
Trilogue negotiations have now concluded, pending the final approval of the legal texts by the European Parliament and the Council. The Commission has welcomed the political agreement reached last week between the European Parliament and EU Member States on an update of the legal basis of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) as […]
Eminent jurists launch ‘Call to Action’ for the next European legislature
‘Europe Day’ was created 34 years ago following the call by a number of European governments to strengthen a sense of European values and collective identity based on the notion of a ‘People’s Europe’. Yet more than a decade on from the economic crisis and the roll out of harsh austerity policies throughout the continent, […]
Wall to Wall – Europe’s 1000 km Migrant Barriers
Member States of the EU and Schengen Area have built around 1000 kilometres of walls since the 1990s to stop migration flows On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, a new report reveals that the EU and Schengen Area states have built around 1000 kilometres of walls, the equivalent of six Berlin […]
Health Intelligence, Europe’s Superbug Fight
The European Commission has launched its new anti-microbial resistance Action Plan. Anti-microbial resistance is responsible for an estimated 25,000 deaths per year in the European Union and a financial loss of around 1.5 billion euros, relating to healthcare costs and productivity losses. Launching the new Action Plan, Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Commissioner for Health and Food […]
“Maternal health for refugee women needed” says Malta’s President
Parliamentarians from across Europe and other relevant stakeholders gathered in Malta in a high-level meeting on maternal health and refugee women organised by the Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) and the President of Malta, H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. One in 10 women in the EU have no access to maternal health services in the […]
Protecting Latin America’s Human Rights Defenders on International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day and one year after the murder – still unpunished – of the Honduran defender Berta Cáceres, the European network of NGOs ‘Grupo Sur’, based in Brussels, called on the #EU to consider as a priority, a guarantee for the safety, life and work of Latin American human rights defenders within the framework […]
Big Green Light for Paris Climate Agreement
The UNFCCC Paris Agreement on fighting climate change, the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal, will come into force next month, having met the necessary conditions much earlier than predicted, as the European Parliament agreed to its ratification by the European Union in a historic vote on Tuesday. The EU will join the US, […]
Check Commission’s Revolving Doors Says Parliament
The code of conduct for European Commissioners needs to be thoroughly tightened up, in order to prevent conflicts of interest for Commission members, and to help restore the faith of European citizens in today’s political institutions. This was the key message agreed by most MEPs during Tuesday evening’s debate with EU economic affairs Commissioner Pierre […]