The agreement on migrants between Italy and Albania could become a model for Europe. The EU Commission, in fact, wrote a letter to the heads of state and government of the 27 member countries in view of the Brussels summit this week. In the letter, President Ursula von der Leyen invites the leaders of the bloc to evaluate the opening ...
De-escalation in the Middle East, trade agreements and energy partnerships. The themes at the center of the first summit between the European Union and the Persian Gulf states on 16 October are many and interconnected. One of the protagonists of the meeting, albeit from behind the scenes, will be Luigi Di Maio. The former Italian Foreign Minister became the EU’s ...
The detention centers for migrants in Shengjin and Gjader, in Albania, the result of the agreement between Rome and Tirana, are a source of inspiration for the president of the European Commission, who marks the beginning of the new mandate with the crackdown on irregular immigration. Migrant centers in Albania are a useless (and harmful) waste of money Ursula von ...
The Council of the European Union has definitively adopted the first EU law which aims to improve the working conditions of over 28 million people who work on digital platforms. The directive will make the use of algorithms in human resources management more transparent, ensuring that automated systems are monitored by qualified staff and that workers have the right to ...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the reintroduction of bonuses for the purchase of electric vehicles, a measure abandoned at the end of 2023 after the Constitutional Court imposed a crackdown on government public spending in the name of austerity. The about-face This decision was presented by the German leadership as a strategic attempt to stimulate the ecological transition and support ...
The Council of the European Union has given the green light to two new directives that will facilitate travel between the countries of the bloc for European citizens with disabilities. The new rules will introduce the European Disability Charter and the European Parking Charter for disabled people, and will thus ensure equal access to special conditions or preferential treatment during ...
At 80, he was leading a normal, quiet retired life in Leipzig, Germany. At least until today, when Martin Naumann, a former East German secret police officer, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish firefighter at a Berlin border crossing in 1974. The sentence after 50 years of judicial inactivity Naumann, a former Stasi ...
“Serious concern” and a call for a ceasefire in Lebanon. This is the gist of the European Union’s official statements regarding the repeated attacks perpetrated by the Israeli army (IDF) against United Nations forces in Lebanon (Unifil), which left several peacekeepers injured. The “soft” line of Brussels and other European capitals, as well as the official statement released yesterday by ...
Two centers for migrants, approximately 1,200 places in total and 600 million euros that Italy will spend over five years to make them work. The structures resulting from the memorandum of understanding between Italy and Albania with which the government led by Giorgia Meloni intends to prevent irregular migratory flows are ready, welcoming only those who have the right to ...
The MEPs have established the calendar of hearings of the commissioners designated for Ursula von der Leyen’s new college. The candidates’ ‘exams’ will be held from Monday 4th to Tuesday 12th November. It starts with the Slovakian Maros Sefcovic and the Maltese Glen Micaleff at 2.30pm on 4 November and ends with the vice-presidents in pectore Teresa Ribera and Henna ...