Photo by Joel & Jasmin Førestbird on Unsplash Member states have appointed a new European prosecutor to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Miranda de Meijer will serve a term for a non-renewable period of six years which will start on 1 November. This appointment takes place in the context of the partial renewal of the EPPO College. As…
Photo by JOHN TOWNER on Unsplash The European Green Party have congratulated the French Green Party Europe Écologie Les Verts (EELV) with its “impressive” growth in this week’s Senate elections. “Never before have there been so many Green members of parliament in France,” said the Green Party in a statement. Monday’s projections show a jump from 12 to…
Photo by Caroline Hernandez on Unsplash Concern has been voiced after a Roma camp has come under suspected far-right attack. The incident comes in the light of increasing social tensions in Italy, A Molotov bomb was reportedly thrown from a slowly moving Fiat Punto that drove past the Sinti village in San Giorgio a Colonica a Prato near Florence, in Italy. The bomb…
Photo by Dollar Gill on Unsplash New data reveals that more than seven in 10 (71%) university students in the UK in 2023 hold part-time jobs, compared to six in 10 (60%) former students. As a result, students in the UK are managing to save an average of £399 of their annual loan for the future, with more than…
Photo by Brandon Morales on Unsplash EU council chief Charles Michel has described Ukraine as “a crime scene.” He was addressing the UN Security council meeting in New York. Michel added, “The perpetrator is sitting in this very room. You know who you are.” The former Belgian PM added, “The Kremlin dreams of restoring the old Russian empire. After Ukraine,…
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash The Greens/EFA Group has published a new report highlighting the amounts of tax revenue that, it say, European countries could garner through a small tax on the wealthiest 0.5%. The study,out on Wednesday, finds that even a tax of 1.7-3.5% could bring in as much as €213.3 billion to…
Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash Support for Ukraine dominated discussions of local and regional leaders from across the EU when they met in the European Capital of Culture on 18-19 September. There were strong calls for an increase in the EU’s long-term funding for Ukraine to enable its reconstruction, strengthen its decentralisation process and support it along its…
Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash A new exhibition will be held in the European Parliament this week as part of an ongoing campaign for the UK to re-join the EU. The “Our Star” exhibition takes place in the balcony area of the parliament’s Spinelli building from 19 to 21 September. The exhibition consists of…
Photo by M.T.ElGassier on Unsplash The EU says it is strengthening its support to Libya by releasing €5.2 million in humanitarian funding. The funding will be channelled through EU humanitarian partners active in the country, enabling them to strengthen assistance with a focus on shelter, health, food, water, sanitation and hygiene, and protection. From the…
Photo by Sharon Pittaway on Unsplash Members of the European Parliament have approved the Parliament’s negotiations mandate for the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). Some MEPs, notably the Greens/EFA Group, had pushed for a 45 percent recycling target and for mitigating the demand for critical raw materials. The EU Commission’s legislative proposal has several aims: In…
