Tag: Brussels Direct
10 years after the Arab Spring: Celebrating Syria’s destruction
Political scientist Barah Mikail reflects on the last 10 years of Syria’s war, an anniversary not to be…
The EU’s newest member state Croatia can teach the bloc much about building strategic autonomy
To learn about strategic autonomy, Europe should learn its lessons from Croatia, writes Zelijana Zovko. MEP. Brussels (Brussels…
The new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund is a greenlight for harmful overfishing
Denying a ringfenced pot of money to promote biodiversity and continuing harmful subsidies for the large-scale fishing industry,…
The EU can be a global leader in children’s rights
The EU should be leading with a global approach to children's rights with nuance and a forward-looking strategy,…
This is how we achieve true equality for Europe
Frances Fitzgerald MEP explores how the EU can help achieve true gender equality in the EU. Brussels (Brussels…
The EU must face Diem with a regulatory bulwark
In the fast evolving world of crypto-markets, European regulation is ever more urgent — Facebook’s Diem will speed…
Commission pledges €95mn to war-torn Yemen
Brussels (Brussels Morning) The European Commission has announced 95 million euros in humanitarian support to help address the…
EU countries a step closer to curbing tax evasion
Brussels (Brussels Morning) EU countries have accepted a proposal for public, country-by-country profit reporting by large corporations, despite…
The EU motto ‘United in Diversity’ must include people of the Union
Work still needs to take place to eliminate racism in the EU, giving the EU motto ‘United in…
Europe must do more to fight child poverty and the ‘Child Guarantee’ is the solution
Brussels (Brussels Morning) A child living in poverty is, I believe, a catastrophe. It is a personal hardship…
Confiscation and reallocation of mafia assets works in Italy, it can work in Europe too
Regulations that enable European member states to confiscate mafia assets and reallocate them to the third sector should…
Press and media freedom is taking an alarming backslide in Europe
Recent events have shown the deterioration of freedom of speech in Europe, write MEPs. Brussels (Brussels Morning) We…