Debates and Opinion What have we learned from the Conference on Future of Europe? | View Professor Alberto Alemanno examines the lessons learned from the citizen-driven, bottom-up process to reform the EU. 11/05/2022
View France's EU presidency can lay the foundations of a new Europe | View Emmanuel Macron's ambitious agenda can mark the beginning of a new stage in Europe’s development, writes Professor Alberto Alemanno. 20/01/2022
Europe News EU institution overreach puts bloc's future at risk, says Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki, due to address the European Parliament on Tuesday, has published an open letter to EU leaders ahead of a leaders' summit this week. 18/10/2021
View VDL's State of the Union speech was a big missed opportunity | View In her hour-long speech, the Commission President failed to address the most immediate concerns of EU citizens and companies, argues law professor Alberto Alemanno. 16/09/2021
Travel News Which countries are using the EU's COVID travel pass? All EU member states are expected to have signed up by July to ensure seamless COVID-free travel across the continent. 16/06/2021
Uncovering Europe Will COVID-19 spark reform of the EU's borderless Schengen Area? Euronews looks at recent border restrictions prompted by coronavirus variants and what they mean for the future of free movement in Europe. 02/03/2021
Europe News Amid vaccine row, EU adopts measure to control export of COVID-19 jabs The European Commission announced the measure amid a row with AstraZeneca over supply of vaccine doses the bloc has already paid for. 29/01/2021
Europe News EU agrees €1.8 tr budget - but what brought Hungary & Poland onboard? The €1.8 trillion package includes the EU's seven-year budget (€1.1 tr) and the €750 billion COVID-19 recovery fund. 10/12/2020
world news EU summit: Stalemate continues but Hungary split on rule of law Some view this as a pivotal moment for the European Union, when leaders must stand firm against Hungary and Poland. 20/11/2020
Europe News EU leaders struggle to break budget deadlock amid Poland, Hungary veto As EU leaders met for a virtual summit, sources said that the videoconference was not the place to discuss such a complicated issue. 19/11/2020
Belgium Deal reached to link EU funding to respect for rule of law It means the EU could withhold funding if member countries breached the bloc's core values. Hungary called it political blackmail. 05/11/2020
Europe News MEPs slam EU rule of law measures as 'ill-equipped and ineffective' Ahead of a vote on the issue Wednesday, MEPs have accused Germany of watering down plans already agreed by EU leaders on reining in countries over democratic backsliding. 05/10/2020
View Open letter to the European Parliament: Call out the EU Council on its rule of law hypocrisy ǀ View In an open letter to the European Parliament, law professors express their concern about the way recent appointments to the EPPO were carried out by the European Council. 03/10/2020
Europe News How Hogan's resignation presents Von der Leyen with a fresh headache Hogan quit on Wednesday after becoming embroiled in controversy over whether he flouted COVID-19 restrictions on a recent trip home to Ireland. 27/08/2020
Europe News Golfgate calls into question clout EU Commission's code of conduct Is the EU's code of conduct fit for purpose? The case of Irish Commissioner Phil Hogan is proving a test for the institution's rule book. 25/08/2020
Europe News Coronavirus exit strategy: borders, nations and the cohesion conundrum When the coronavirus spread in the EU, criticisms were levelled over the lack of a coordinated approach to lockdown between member states. Now the EU is attempting to coordinate the exit strategy, but can Brussels persuade nation states to weather the storm together? 15/04/2020
View We urgently need a coordinated European response to coronavirus. We are seeing the opposite ǀ View As a record number of citizens, including the most Eurosceptic, turn to the EU in search of emergency solutions, Brussels looks helpless. But who’s really to blame for the current situation? 19/03/2020
