A “freedom tax” to fund Ukraine’s security and defense. It is one of the most discussed points of the program of the new Dutch government currently being formed, a minority coalition between the progressive, popular liberals and the right-wing liberals. The declared objective is to strengthen the country’s “strength” in a context of growing threats – from the war in ...
The Pasdaran are on the same level as Isis, al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah. The European Union has excluded military intervention in Iran from its political agenda, but has taken up the weapon it deems most powerful, that of registering the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, better known as the Pasdaran, on the list of terrorist organisations. Italy’s fear and Iran’s response “If ...
Making wastewater treatment more sustainable and safer, transforming what is currently just a waste liquid into a resource to be reused. This is the objective of “Re-Water”, a project financed by the European Union under the Interreg Greece-Italy programme, and the first of the VA Greece-Italy 2014-2020 cross-border cooperation to reach the final of the RegioStars Awards 2025, the European ...
In Niscemi the emergency is double: there is the land that landslides and takes the town down with it, there is the issue of “then” with all the unknowns of reconstruction. The first of these is of an economic nature: how much money will be needed? How to cover expenses? A helping hand for Italy, dealing not only with the ...
France takes a historic step towards redefining rights within marriage. The National Assembly unanimously approved on Wednesday evening the end of the so-called “conjugal duty”. With 106 votes in favor and zero against, the deputies approved a transversal bill which aims to definitively eliminate any legal ambiguity: marriage does not imply the obligation to have sexual relations. The promoters hope ...
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the European Parliament Office in Italy remembers the deportees and victims of the Nazi extermination camps with a visit to the Shoah Museum followed by a moment of dialogue and reflection at Esperienza Europa – David Sassoli. At 12, in connection from the plenary in Brussels, the speeches of President Roberta Metsola ...
The European Union wants to protect its steel from market distortions caused by global overproduction. The European Parliament has approved its position on a new regulation proposed by the European Commission in the International Trade Committee. The text, approved with 36 votes in favour, two against and five abstentions, aims to replace the current safeguard measures, in force since 2018, ...
Even the agreement between sovereignists can be disturbed by an unforgettable meeting. Robert Fico, the Slovak prime minister, returned “from the confrontation” he had with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on January 17th. ‘Fico alarmed by Trump’s mental health’ What worried him was the psychological state of the president of the United States, who in his eyes appeared “dangerous”. The Slovak ...
While the United States and many countries in Europe are raising walls and tightening borders and rules on migrants, Spain is bucking the trend. Pedro Sanchez’s progressive executive begins an extraordinary regularization aimed at over 500 thousand irregular immigrants. The agreement within the Sanchez government The measure was approved yesterday, January 27, and is the result of a long discussion ...
Recent years in Europe have shown that extreme events linked to climate change have become almost normal, from floods in Italy, Belgium and Germany to fires in Spain and Greece. It is for this reason that, in a Europe increasingly exposed to natural disasters, the ability of cities and regions to prepare effective prevention and react in a timely manner ...