The EU Talent Pool should be open to workers of all qualification levels and ensure fair treatments of jobseekers, the Civil Liberties Committee agreed on Wednesday. On March 19th, MEPs in the Civil Liberties Committee backed the creation of an EU Talent Pool, designed to make it easier to recruit non-EU nationals to jobs in […]
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Camino Europa 2024, Spanish winner of the Charlemagne Youth Prize 2025
Students from the Andrés de Vandelvira Secondary School in Albacete walked the Camino de Santiago alongside students from Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, and Portugal to promote the European elections. The Camino Europa 2024 project, promoted by the Andrés de Vandelvira Secondary School in Albacete, is the winner of the 2025 Charlemagne Youth Prize in Spain. The objective of this initiative was to […]
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Migration: Commission proposes a new approach to returns
Return rates across the EU stand today at around 20 percent. Persons ordered to leave an EU country frequently escape the authorities. The European Commission has now proposed to help EU countries increase return rates while fully respecting fundamental rights by establishing a common EU return system. This will complement the EU Pact on Migration […]
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What steps is the EU taking on gender equality?
Returning home after sunset, a woman removes her headphones, lowers her hood, and keeps an eye on each man she passes. She cannot stop thinking about the man who followed her home and attacked her. She is 1 in 3 women to have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in the past 12 months and to […]
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How many women are PhD in the EU? What are they studying?
Among the 1.5 million master’s students in the EU in 2022, 905 678 were women, representing 58.6% of the total. At doctoral level, this share was 48.5% of a total of 99 204 doctorate students At master’s level, women represented the majority of students in all EU countries, except for Luxembourg, where there was a gender balance with 49.8% […]
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Council establishes position for the progressive launch of a new digital border management system
The Council today set out a general approach on a Regulation that would allow Member States to gradually introduce, over a period of six months, the digital Entry/Exit System (EES) for border management. The Regulation allows Member States to start taking advantage of the system and gives border authorities and the transport sector more time […]
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Women’s Day: The Parliament debates on the equality priorities of this legislature
MEPs Lina Gálvez (S&D) and Rosa Estarás (EPP) will analyse the Roadmap for Women’s Rights and explain the European Parliament’s proposals for this legislature. During the event, the short documentary “Semillas de Kivu”, recent winner of a Goya award, will be screened. The European Parliament Office in Spain is organising an event to discuss the state […]
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You can now take part in shaping the next EU long-term budget
A Commission Communication outlining the key policy and budgetary challenges that will shape the the next EU long-term budget is now available. The long-term budget – known as the Multiannual Financial Framework – sets out the EU’s spending priorities for several years. It supports millions of people, farmers, researchers, businesses and regions across the EU and beyond. It is essential […]
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What will the Commission do in 2025? Discover its work programme
The Commission has outlined plans to boost competitiveness, enhance security and strengthen economic resilience this year, with the announcement of its 2025 work programme. This is accompanied by a plan to reduce administrative burdens and simplify EU rules. Every year, the Commission sets out a list of actions it will take in the following year. This time around, the […]
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