The Conference of Presidents held a meeting on 28 May ahead of the informal dinner of the EU heads of State and Government, scheduled today, and it committed to the following: The May 2019 European Parliament elections open a new chapter for Europe’s political and democratic cycle. The significantly increased turnout across Europe proves that European […]
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New ACP-EU Partnership: assessment of the progress made and move to the next stage
Following the recent consultations at regional level with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, Chief Negotiators Commissioner Mimica and Togolese Minister Robert Dussey met in Brussels recently to discuss the outline for the future ACP-EU agreement. Next steps While talks on the specific regional partnerships progress, the EU and ACP negotiating teams will continue their […]
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European elections: Results in Spain and new composition of the European Parliament
Available now the first projections of the composition of the new European Parliament, in which the European People’s Party would rise as the winner, and the results of the European elections in Spain, where PSOE wins with 32% of the votes. European results The results of the 2019 European elections held this Sunday 26 […]
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General Data Protection Regulation: one year on
On 25 May 2019, the General Data Protection Regulation will celebrate its first year of entry into application. To mark the occasion, Andrus Ansip, Vice-President for the Digital Single Market and Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, issued the following statement: “25 May marks the anniversary of Europe’s new data protection rules, […]
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EU Prize for Literature 2019 winners announced
Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, and Romanian Culture Minister Valer-Daniel Breaz announced the 14 winners of this year’s European Union Prize for Literature. The Prize is awarded annually to new and emerging authors, recognising literary talent from all corners of Europe. It highlights the wealth of contemporary European literature as well as Europe’s rich cultural and linguistic […]
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rescEU: EU establishes initial firefighting fleet for next forest fire season
To prepare for the risk of forest fires during the upcoming summer, the Commission is launching today the first fleet of firefighting aircraft under the new rescEU system to tackle natural disasters. So far seven firefighting airplanes and six helicopters will be part of the rescEU fleet during an initial transition period, and the Commission […]
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The latest culprit of poor health and early death? Low socioeconomic status
Is healthy ageing possible for both rich and poor? To find out, EU-funded researchers studied the processes driving healthy ageing in a person’s lifespan. Ageing affects us all, both as individuals and as communities. For poorer people, the impact of ageing is even greater. Being more likely to experience worse health throughout their life, their […]
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EU adopts new rules on fertilisers
The EU is adopting new rules for placing fertilising products on the EU market. The Council today adopted a regulation which harmonises the requirements for fertilisers produced from phosphate minerals and from organic or secondary raw materials in the EU, opening up new possibilities for their production and marketing on a large scale. According to […]
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How Big Data and AI can be deployed for better aviation safety
Promoted by the complete spectrum of top European aviation, safety and ICT entities, the EU-funded SafeClouds.eu project is working to improve flight safety using Big Data tools. If current techniques are not updated, the rapid increase in air traffic could compromise aviation’s high level of safety. According to the EU-funded Data-driven research addressing aviation safety […]
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