But one must not respect an individual more than the truth. Plato, The Republic, 595c If a fair society is meritocratic, enabling every person to progress on the basis of their achievements, then equity in school education is essential. Imagine that regardless of your merit, no matter how hard you tried, you could never improve […]
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Ruling against Spanish football for alleged illegal aid scheme
A Spanish law adopted in 1990 obliged all Spanish professional sports clubs to convert into public limited sports companies, with the exception of professional sports clubs that had achieved a positive financial balance during the financial years preceding adoption of that law. Fútbol Club Barcelona, and three other professional football clubs which came within that […]
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How to stay healthy and safe in the face of climate change?
Climate change threatens to undermine the past 50 years of gains in global public health through extreme heatwaves, threats to food and water systems, and changing patterns of infectious diseases. The briefing ’Responding to the health risks of climate change in Europe’ highlights key health impacts from climate change as well as opportunities to reduce […]
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Women’s rights in the EU
Today, March 8th is International Women’s Day, officially declared in 1975 by the United Nations. The fight for gender equality is something that has existed in the EU for years, although Covid-19 has negatively affected women since most of them are included in essential services, such as healthcare, personal care and sales. Equality between women […]
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Choose your favourite Erasmus coin
In 2022 the Erasmus programme celebrates its 35th birthday. Are you one of the millions of people who have loved the experience? Or maybe you have heard about Erasmus but not yet had a chance to take part? We’re looking to you to choose the commemorative €2 coin to celebrate the programme. You can pick […]
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Building a Climate-Resilient Future – A new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
The European Commission adopted on 24 February a new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, which sets out the way forward to prepare for the unavoidable effects of climate change. While the EU is doing all it can to mitigate climate change, both nationally and internationally, it must also be prepared to deal with […]
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Successive amendments to the Polish Law on the National Council of the Judiciary are liable to infringe EU law
By resolutions adopted in August 2018, the National Council of the Judiciary, decided not to present to the President of the Republic of Poland proposals for the appointment of five persons to positions as judges at the Supreme Court and to propose other candidates for those positions. The appellants lodged appeals against these resolutions before […]
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Civil society is ready to help the EU deal with the challenges posed by digital finance, says EESC
The European Economic and Social Committee supports the digital financial package proposed by the European Commission. While digitalisation brings major opportunities, it also presents risks for the EU financial sector that cannot be overlooked and require swift action. “Digital finance urgently needs to be regulated and the European Commission is on the right track to […]
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CEA Online Activity: Next Generation EU Funds – Getting Ready for this Great Opportunity
The European Union has launched the European Recovery Plan (NEXT GENERATION EU) as an extraordinary instrument for the recovery of the European Union from the serious effects generated by the COVID-19 pandemic; a mechanism in which Spain has pre-allocated around 140,000 million Euros to be executed in the coming years. Of these funds, more than […]
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