The European Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) proposal, as part of the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027. The new programme will enable the European Union to lead the way to climate neutrality in line with our A Clean Planet for all […]
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External action: more funds for human rights, development and climate change
EU external action funding should support development, climate and environmental goals, and promote democracy, rule of law and human rights, say MEPs. Last week, the Foreign Affairs and Development committees adopted their joint position on the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI). The new financial instrument would, once agreed by both Parliament and EU […]
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European elections: abuse of data to be penalised
Parliament wants to protect democratic debate in the European elections by introducing financial penalties for EU parties and foundations abusing data in political campaigns. More than two thirds (67%) of internet users in the EU are concerned that online personal data is used to target the political messages they see, undermining the free and fair competition between […]
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Women must have an equal share in politics, say MEPs and national MPs
Less than three months before the European Elections, the Gender Equality Committee held an inter-parliamentary meeting on women’s power in politics on Thursday. One day ahead of International Women’s Day, Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee members debated with more than 20 national MPs from 15 EU member states and Norway during an inter-parliamentary meeting […]
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The European Agenda on Migration: EU needs to sustain progress made over the past 4 years
Ahead of the March European Council, the Commission is today taking stock of progress made over the past 4 years and setting out the measures still required to address immediate and future migration challenges. Faced with the most severe refugee crisis the world has seen since the Second World War, the EU managed to bring about a […]
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European Education Area: 54 alliances vying to become the first European Universities
The first pilot call under the European Universities Initiative has resulted in applications from 54 alliances, involving more than 300 higher education institutions from 31 European countries including all EU Member States. The institutions include comprehensive and research-based universities, universities of applied sciences, technical universities, as well as art and medical schools. Around 80% of the proposed […]
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Imminent anti-metastatic vaccine for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men with millions of new cases every year. European scientists have developed a novel vaccine to prevent disease metastasis, the main cause of mortality amongst advanced prostate cancer sufferers. The majority of prostate cancer patients are diagnosed at the localised, pre-metastatic stage of the disease. They […]
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Gender employment gap in the EU
In 2017, the employment rate of women aged 20 – 64 (66.5%) was 11.5 percentage points (pp) lower than that of men aged 20 – 64 (78.0%) in the European Union (EU). In other words, the gender employment gap in the EU stood at 11.5 pp. Decreasing trend in majority of the EU Member States […]
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New technology is recognising affective states
Empathic machines and digital products may be just around the corner thanks to EU-funded project TAWNY. Today many smart products and services do not have empathy to understand humans and automatically adapt to the needs and preferences of users without explicit user interaction and feedback. The TAWNY project takes things a step further and introduce […]
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