Over the past five years, Ursula von der Leyen’s College of Commissioners has presented a long list of legislative texts covering issues ranging from Green Deal legislation to defence industrial programmes.
2024 brings a new European Union mandate and a multitude of challenges. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) plans to be increasingly visible and relevant as the EU navigates climate and technological change, and new employment challenges.
On 20 March, at the ALDE Party Extraordinary Congress Brussels 2024, ALDE announced their chosen spitzenkandidat, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, who will be the new face of their party. This report looks at ALDE's position and prospects in the EU's political landscape.
On International Women's Day, the European Commission released its 2024 Report on Gender Equality in the EU, offering insights into the advancements made in implementing the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. This report looks at women's rights and gender equality in the EU.
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As Europe's social democrat parties prepare their policy platforms ahead of next June's European elections, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung has unveiled a series of new policy 'missions' designed to feed into the process. This event report looks at the policy priorities …
Read this Special Report in Romanian or in Dutch. From the Conference on the Future of Europe to the European Citizens' Panels, in recent years, the EU institutions have been promoting a stronger participatory approach …
Conservatives across Europe gathered in Brussels for an event, organised by the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, at the European Parliament to hammer out their suggestions for the future of European policymaking. The young are at the core of the …
With less than one year to go until next June’s European elections, the EU institutions and member states are facing a race against time to conclude negotiations on a raft of key laws before the pre-election purdah period starts next spring.
Next year's EU elections loomed large as Europe’s liberal political family, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, gathered in Stockholm for their last annual Congress before the polls.
What policies will be at the heart of their electoral campaigns? Are they going to have a Spitzenkandidat? How will groups differentiate from each other? These are among the questions EURACTIV asked presidents of the political groups in the European …
Read this Special Report in Romanian or in Dutch. From co-designing urban spaces to crowdsourcing and permanent citizen assemblies, European cities, regions and institutions are experimenting with different forms of participation to give citizens a …
History is more than just a set of dates or kings and queens to memorise. And while history teaching is unique in shaping national identity and memory, there is invariably more than one interpretation of facts and historical events. How can …
In this special report, EURACTIV dives deeper into anti-Muslim sentiment in France and Germany, the two EU countries hosting the majority of European Muslims, and looks at the measures the EU is preparing or has already put in place to tackle islamophobia.
Read this Special Report in Romanian or in Dutch. From campaigns to lower the voting age to 16 to the introduction of children's assemblies, youth activists are looking at ways to promote young people's participation …
Clouds are gathering over Europe - from a war of attrition in its backyard to the rising prices and energy shortages unseen in decades - and the continent is bracing for a long, hard winter.
Read this Special Report in Romanian or in Dutch. Participatory budgeting, the co-decision tool on the city expenditure, can be a leverage for equality and inclusion, giving every citizen a say on the initiatives and …
While the EU and Latin America share common values and challenges, the region does not receive much attention from European policymakers. As the EU navigates its way through multiple crises - from the war in Ukraine to mitigating the worst impacts …
Europe's liberal political family, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, held their first in-person annual Congress since the COVID-19 pandemic in Dublin. Their Congress, which started on 2 June and was attended by Prime Ministers, EU commissioners and over …
Despite claims of being apolitical, year after year the Eurovision song contest never fails to disappoint political aficionados. As part of this year's dedicated coverage, EURACTIV presents its selection from its archives of instances that highlight the special place this …
Read this Special Report in Romanian or Dutch. Consulting citizens on decisions that affect them, such as deciding how to spend money more often than not collected from their wallets, is seen as a way …
The Conference for the Future of Europe is a chance to address the most prominent issues in Europe's regions and translate them into proposals for the future of the bloc, regional stakeholders say.
France took over the rotating EU Council presidency on 1 January, just a few months before the first round of the French presidential elections where Emmanuel Macron will seek reelection against mostly right-wing challengers.
The ongoing sanitary crisis has highlighted the urgency of improving EU democracy through the implementation of new tools to boost participation. Digitalisation can give a decisive contribution. In this special report, EURACTIV will look at the empowerment of citizens through deliberative …
It matters how Europe teaches its past, and the importance of history teaching has been thrown into sharp focus by the emergence during the Covid pandemic of conspiracy theories and scapegoating of communities that echo the darker periods of Europe’s …
