There are just a few hours left until a historic vote that could call into question the political system built over more than fifteen years by Viktor Orbán. On Sunday 12 April, millions of citizens in Hungary will go to the polls for the parliamentary elections. The challenge is between two duelists. On the one hand there is Orbán, 62 ...
Next, the newsletter of Europa Today which every Monday morning tells you what will happen in the European week Top of the agenda The spotlight on Hungary – The countdown to the elections in Hungary has now come to an end, with the election scheduled for Sunday 12 April, which will determine whether the Hungarian Prime Minister and leader of ...
Big oil companies are generating extraordinary profits while European families and businesses suffer from rising energy costs. For this reason, extra profits in the sector should be taxed to help the weakest sections of society. This is the proposal launched by MEP Pasquale Tridico of the 5 Star Movement. “There is a huge amount of revenue generated by the six ...
The European Union’s cohesion policy changes course midway through the 2021-2027 cycle and adapts to a context marked by geopolitical crises, price pressure and new industrial needs. Member States have successfully reprogrammed €34.6 billion of the funds towards the EU’s most urgent strategic priorities. The mid-term review allowed governments to reprogram part of the funds towards five strategic priorities: competitiveness, ...
The war in Iran is having global economic repercussions, caused above all by the increase in the cost of fuel. In Italy, ceramic production is suffering a serious blow, which in our country is concentrated above all in Emilia Romagna. “If the crisis caused by the aggression in Iran lasts another four months, it will lead to zero percent growth, ...
The European Parliament has approved the new anti-corruption directive, with the aim of harmonizing criminal laws between member states and strengthening the fight against crimes related to public administration. Among the provisions is the introduction in all member states of the crime of abuse of office, a crime abolished in Italy by the Nordio reform and which will now have ...
The European Parliament has definitively approved the reform of the framework for the management of banking crises and the protection of deposits, with the aim of making the exit from the market of institutions in difficulty more orderly, strengthening the protection of savers and minimizing the use of public funds. The new package intervenes on three regulatory pillars (the Bank ...
After the defeat in the referendum and the “earthquake” that involved the Ministry of Justice and the Meloni government, a new “slap” comes from Europe for the minister Carlo Nordio. The European Parliament has in fact approved the anti-corruption directive, which establishes the types of corruption cases that must be classified as crimes by EU countries. In the list there ...
The European Union has decided to introduce for the first time a common criminal framework against corruption, with uniform definitions of crimes, more severe minimum sanctions, direct responsibility of companies and the obligation for states to adopt national strategies. The European Parliament has definitively approved and with a large majority (581 votes in favour, 21 against and 42 abstentions) a ...
As the European Union finds itself facing the challenge of redefining the structure of cohesion policy in a world that is changing at a dizzying pace and is punctuated by continuous crises, Europe’s island regions are raising a cry of alarm so as not to be forgotten. The territorial discontinuity between the islands and the rest of the European continent ...