Poland’s Morawiecki warns EU leaders of threat to bloc’s future
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday (18 October) warned fellow EU leaders that the EU risked unravelling if there was no “democratic control” over its institutions.
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October 18, 2021 Architect of EU fiscal rules calls for reform
Ahead of a new push by the European Commission to reform the EU’s fiscal rules, the chief of the bloc’s bailout fund, Klaus Regling pointed out the danger of sticking to rules that have become “economically nonsensical”.
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October 17, 2021 EU response to the pandemic reveals need to do more on health
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the lack of medical stockpiles across the EU and the vulnerability of EU supply chains for critical medical countermeasures, reinforcing the message that political leadership remains at the core of creating resilient healthcare to fight future health crises.
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October 16, 2021 ‘EU can play dumb as long as it wants’ on Croatian border violence
Several officials on the ground, as well as first-hand testimonies given to EURACTIV by migrants, have detailed signs of systematic illegal border violence and pushbacks by Croatian police against people attempting to cross over from Bosnia.
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October 15, 2021 EU directive on minimum corporate tax expected before end of year
Days after 136 countries agreed on an international tax deal, a European Commission official announced that an EU directive to implement the corporate minimum tax rate might be forthcoming before the end of the year.
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October 14, 2021 EU outlines short and long-term answer to global energy price surge
The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday (13 October) a “toolbox” of measures EU countries will be able to draw from when responding to rising energy prices in the short term, while pointing to an upcoming gas market reform for measures to be considered in the long term.
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October 13, 2021 EU countries slam new carbon market plans as energy prices soar
The European Commission’s plan to introduce a separate carbon market for road transport and the building sector, alongside the EU’s existing Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), was widely criticised by EU environment ministers at their meeting last week.
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October 12, 2021 EU to study joint natural gas buying as response to energy price spike
The European Union will look into an option for member states to jointly buy natural gas as the bloc considers ways to protect itself against surging energy prices, according to a draft document.
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October 11, 2021 EU hopeful Albania struggles with its own asylum seekers
Albania has a problem with asylum. Between 2010 and 2019, more than 193,000 Albanians applied for asylum in the European Union, a significant portion of the EU candidate country’s population of 2.8 million.
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October 10, 2021 Discrimination in Europe remains present, but under-reported
Racism and ethnic discrimination remain prevalent in Europe and many aren’t aware of just how bad the problem is according to a recent study conducted by Young European Federalists (JEF) in three EU countries.
