Last July 8, the Commission published its sixth annual Rule of Law Report, examining rule of law developments in all Member States. This is the first report under the Commission’s new mandate. It consolidates the successful engagement with Member States based on a preventive and dialogue-based approach to strengthen the rule of law, and it is an […]
EYE2025 (European Youth Event): thousands to celebrate the power of democracy
On 13 and 14 June in Strasbourg, around 8,500 16 to 30-year-olds from all over the world will take part in a series of activities centred on the future of Europe. EYE2025 (European Youth Event) will be opened by Parliament Vice-president Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE) on Friday 13 June at 10:00 in the EYE village. Vice-president Nicolae Ştefănuță (Greens/EFA, […]
Internships- EED Secretariat Traineeships – Belgium
The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) is a grant-giving organisation based in Brussels. EED’s goal is to provide flexible support to democracy activists, complementing other EU and member state democracy support programmes. Eligibility criteria Be under 30 years old Fluency in English and good French Preferably be a national of one of the EED Member […]
Turkey’s accession process to the EU must remain suspended
Turkey’s geopolitical and strategic importance does not justify its democratic drift, according to Parliament, which insists that the criteria for EU membership are non-negotiable. In the current context, and despite the democratic and pro-European aspirations of a significant part of Turkish society, the process of Turkey’s accession to the European Union cannot be resumed, MEPs […]
PhD – Union Politics: Organized Labor in Democracy – Netherlands
Applications are invited for a fully-funded four-year PhD position in international relations at the University of Groningen, focusing on the transnational role of unions and the effects of unionization in the democratic public spheres of the industrialized states of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In the PhD project, jointly supervised by dr. Peter Verovšek (International […]
Venezuela: Council renews restrictive measures
The Council has decided to prolong the restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela for a further year, until 10 January 2026. Additionally the Council reintroduced the travel restrictions applied to four individuals, which had been temporarily suspended in May 2024 with the objective of promoting the organisation of inclusive, credible and competitive elections […]
EED Secretariat Traineeships
The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) is a grant-giving organisation based in Brussels. EED’s goal is to provide flexible support to democracy activists, complementing other EU and member state democracy support programmes. Eligibility criteria Be under 30 years old. Fluency in English and good French. Preferably be a national of one of the EED […]
Belarus: Fourth meeting of the Consultative Group with democratic forces and civil society held in Brussels
The 4th meeting of the Consultative Group between the European Union and Belarusian democratic forces and civil society took place on 11 December, in Brussels. The meeting presented the opportunity to reaffirm the EU’s support to the brave Belarusian democratic forces in their quest for a democratic, independent, and sovereign Belarus. In the margins of […]
Court of Justice ruling: EU citizens can become members of a political party of which they are not nationals
Citizenship of the Union: denying EU citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals the right to become a member of a political party infringes EU law EU law confers on EU citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals the right to vote and to stand […]