The European Union and Mexico held in Brussels their 8th High Level Political Dialogue in the framework of their Strategic Partnership. Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs of the European External Action Service, Enrique Mora, and Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Carmen Moreno Toscano, co-chaired the meeting. The parties welcomed the opportunity that this regular Dialogue provides for exchanging views on the most pressing foreign policy issues. They recalled their strong commitment to their bilateral Strategic Partnership, particularly in the current […]
Violence against women: European Parliament insists on ratification of the Istanbul Convention
The European Union must ratify the Convention on preventing and combating gender-based violence from 2021, according to a European Court of Justice ruling, Parliament insists. In a resolution adopted by 469 votes in favour, 104 against and 55 abstentions, the plenary stressed that the Istanbul Convention remains the international standard and the key instrument […]
European Chips Act: the EU’s response to the semiconductor shortage
In a world facing a crisis due to lack of semiconductors, the European Chips Act aims to secure the EU’s supply by boosting domestic production. Since late 2020, there has been an unprecedented shortage of semiconductors around the globe. The semiconductor supply chain is very complex and vulnerable to events such as the Covid-19 outbreak. […]
European Union publishes winter economic forecast for 2023
Almost one year after Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU economy entered 2023 on a better footing than projected in autumn. The Winter interim Forecast lifts the growth outlook for this year to 0.8% in the EU and 0.9% in the euro area. Both areas are now set to narrowly avoid […]
European Cancer Plan: EU countries spent almost €170 billion on cancer care
Around 4 February, being World Cancer Day, both the Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) present the first national cancer profiles in the framework of the European Cancer Inequalities Registry for all EU Member States, Norway and Iceland. The report shows that EU countries invest a large amount in cancer treatment, […]
The Single Market, the key instrument for meeting current challenges, turns 30 years old
The Commission has published the 2023 Annual Single Market Report and the 2022 Single Market Scoreboard, as part of activities to mark the 30th anniversary of the Single Market. The reports confirm that the Single Market remains a key tool to address Europe’s current challenges and highlight the importance of continuously improving its functioning, as well as […]
Non-transposition of EU legislation: Commission takes action to ensure complete and timely transposition of EU directives
The Commission is adopting a package of infringement decisions due to the absence of communication by Member States of measures taken to transpose EU directives into national law. The Commission is sending a letter of formal notice to those Member States who have failed to notify national measures transposing directives, whose transposition deadline expired recently. […]
International Day of Holocaust Remembrance
27 January marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Ahead of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, President von der Leyen said: “We must never forget the six millions of Jewish women, men and children, and all other victims, among them hundreds of thousands of Roma, […]
Extremadura boosts the building materials of the future with European support
Life ReNatural, the project with European funding, whose main objective is the rehabilitation of buildings with sustainable materials. 75 % of the European Union’s building stock is energy inefficient. That is, every day, the buildings in which we live, work and spend most of the time, waste a lot of energy. Given the current context, […]