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New asylum agency to improve migration management in the EU
Brussels (Brussels Morning) After years of failure to deal with migration and asylum procedures, the EU agreed on…
Parliament and Council reach a deal on HTA
Brussels (Brussels Morning) EU countries have reached an informal deal on a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agreement that…
Minimum income: our proposal to make Europe fairer
Brussels (Brussels Morning) The minimum wage is a threshold above which there is dignity, below which there is…
Time to examine Ursula von der Leyen’s performance
Brussels (Brussels Morning) ‘Sofagate’ now seems a distant memory. A few weeks later, however, now that the dust…
The European Public Prosecutor will review the Czech Prime Minister’s conflicts of interest
Brussels (Brussels Morning) For more than three years, the Pirate Party has been asking the European Commission to…
Time to block the revolving door between EU institutions and big corporates
European institutions should have an “exclusivity clause” that stops the “revolving door” phenomenon between people that serve EU…
The EU needs to support a retention ban of the endangered mako shark
Overfishing has placed the mako shark in danger and the EU could do something about it, writes Francisco…
Fighting in Gaza exacerbates the enclaves existing and monumental challenges
UNRWA’s job of supporting the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza has been made that much harder by fighting,…
It’s time to walk the talk on SMEs
The European Commission need to pay more attention to the businesses holding the EU together, write Jens Gieseke…
Austria turns down Lampedusa migrants
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Austria rejected the EU’s appeal to accept Lampedusa’s migrants, after the small Italian island experienced…
OECD’s report reveals digital learning gap among EU students
Brussels (Brussels Morning) A report published yesterday by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and co-funded…
VPAs, the EU’s crown jewel, are indispensable for fighting global deforestation
Expand the remit of VPAs to reach climate change and biodiversity targets, writes Heidi Hautala MEP. Brussels (Brussels…