Greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation have more than doubled over the past two decades, while those from shipping have also increased. Although international aviation and shipping each account for less than 3.5% of the EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions, they have been the fastest growing sources of emissions that contribute to climate change. This is […]
Read MoreMain results of the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting, 2-3 December 2019
Victims’ rights Ministers adopted conclusions on victims’ rights, following the discussions which took place at the JHA Council in October. The conclusions take stock of the comprehensive EU framework developed in this area, covering legislative and non-legislative instruments as well as cooperation at operational level. Their objective is to improve the effectiveness and implementation of […]
Read MoreTourism Satellite Accounts 2019
According to the latest Tourism Satellite Accounts, spending on tourism by residents of a country within their own country (‘domestic tourism’ consumption) is nearly twice as high as spending of foreign visitors in that country (‘inbound tourism’ consumption). However, behind this average for the EU as a whole, the share of domestic tourism in the tourism […]
Read MoreThe new EU Bulletin No. 4 is now available!
The new EU Bulletin No. 4 is now available! This bulletin summarizes all the activity of the European Union in the field of European institutions, equality, migration, human rights, cooperation, etc. in the last months. The bulletin is structured in News; Calls and Awards; Statistics and Infographics; Documentation; and finally, Magazines and Media Collection. Let´s […]
Read MoreThe innovative system to automatically translate sign language
Deaf people and the hard-of-hearing often struggle in today’s society, despite being many in number. The SignAll system directly translates sign language, which will not only help deaf people but teach others how to sign. Around 5 % of the global population, or 466 million people, have disabling hearing loss. Around 800 000 people in […]
Read MoreECB adopts opinion on appointment of new Executive Board member
Governing Council has no objection to proposed candidate Isabel Schnabel The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) today adopted an opinion on a recommendation from the Council of the European Union on the appointment of a member of the ECB’s Executive Board. The Governing Council had no objection to the proposed candidate, Isabel […]
Read More80% of Spanish citizens want the EP to play a more important role in social, economic and environmental matters
The survey published on Tuesday asks European citizens, among other issues, about the different political priorities that Parliament must deal with in this legislature. 52% consider climate change to be the most current pressing environmental issue and 59% are in favour of their country being a member of the EU. The Eurobarometer of autumn published by […]
Read MoreThird Annual Conference on Drugs in Europe
In the 3rd annual conference: Drugs in Europe: tackling top-level drug trafficking organisations and large scale supply, topics such as organised crime groups and terrorism, amongst others, were discussed. On 4 and 5 December, over 150 delegates from EU Member States, third partner countries and 9 international organisations gathered at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague for […]
Read MoreIreland is ordered to pay pecuniary penalties for failing to comply with an earlier judgment of the Court which required, in particular, that an environmental assessment be carried out in respect of a wind farm
In the judgment European Commission v Ireland (C-261/18), delivered on 12 November 2019, the Grand Chamber of the Court imposed pecuniary penalties on Ireland for failing to give concrete effect to the judgment of 3 July 2008, Commission v Ireland, in so far as the Court had held in that judgment that Ireland had infringed […]
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