An informal meeting of EU leaders will take place today (3 February) at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels, chaired by the President of the European Council, António Costa, and attended by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has been invited to a lunch, and UK Prime […]
Trafficking in human beings: Commission proposes stronger rules to fight the evolving crime
The Commission proposes to strengthen the rules that prevent and combat trafficking in human beings. Every year over 7000 people become victims of human trafficking in the EU. That figure can be expected to be much higher as many victims remain undetected. The yearly cost of trafficking in human beings in the EU reaches EUR […]
Terrorism decreases in the EU in 2019
The number of terrorist attacks and victims of terror in the EU continued to decrease in 2019. There were 119 terrorist attempts in Europe in 2019 and of those, 21 are attributed to jihadist terrorism. Although they represent only a sixth of all attacks in the EU, jihadist terrorists were responsible for all 10 deaths […]