Since taking office on 1 December, the new President of the European Council, António Costa, 63, has followed a busy schedule: visit to Ukraine with an interview with President Zelensky; working meeting with the ...Lire la suite

The hearings of the candidates for the Ursula von der Leyen II Commission just began on November 4, marked by a polite but firm call to order stemming from the Draghi Report published on September 9. The European Union has to get on track for more growth and jobs in a world that is moving faster than the EU is a...Lire la suite

The tragedies caused by the adverse weather conditions in Valencia (Spain) and cyclone Chido in Mayotte have suddenly brought the responsibilities of local authorities, Member States and the European Union, and the need for solidarity between territories, to the fore. While the news usually focuses on the - sometimes tense - relations between ‘Brussels’ and national capitals, the day-to-day work of local authorities is closely linked to the European venture, even if it does not re...Lire la suite

10 years ago, European Union representatives were still far from enthusiastic about Ukraine. Indeed, the Association Agreement signed by President Poroshenko in 2014 which came into force three years later[1], although far-reaching, lacked a clear political objective[2]. Russia's massive invasion of Ukraine has considerably acc...Lire la suite

Europe needs to change its immigration policy completely.  It must move from being a ‘fortress Europe’ to a Europe that organises its immigration, so that it is conducive to its economic development. It must do so in order to rediscover the human values that have underpinned its construction for nearly seventy-five years. The sight of thousands of people drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean, or abandoned in the desert or in the cities,...Lire la suite