If 2018 has been a troubled year in politics, 2019 might well be at least as hectic. As the uncertainties around Brexit will dominate the early months, much of the attention will also focus on the European elections’outcome: populist parties are exepcted to gain ground, shaping the EU’s ability to run under the traditional “Franco-German engine”, says political scientist Cas Mudde.
While the Katowice climate change conference has finally given rise to a protocol for the implementation of the Paris accord, aiming to limit global warming, European leaders were conspicuous by their absence, notes VoxEurop’s correspondent at the conference.
If Europe is currently stuck, it’s at least partly because its institutions are not adapted to the global power it aspires to be. Those institutions standing in the way of a truly democratic and sovereign Europe should therefore be abolished, suggests a representative of Pulse of Europe.
Since some of the world’s largest gas reserves were discovered in Cyprus, the island has been coveted by fossil-fuel giants. The situation is burdening delicate negotiations on reunification.
Italy’s government, especially the populist Five-Star Movement (M5S), is on a collision course with the European Union. Where is the communication breakdown headed?
Each year hundreds of Europeans go abroad to undergo fertility treatment. A two-month investigation analyses what is known and what remains to be discovered about this largely hidden phenomenon.
The European Court of Justice has ruled in favour of Paris, Madrid and Brussels against the European Commission’s decision to allow car manufacturers to exceed diesel emission limits. However, it will be some time yet before manufacturers are forced to make the necessary changes.
CIVICO Europa movement, together with Make.org and many well-known Europeans, is launching a non-partisan civic campaign in the 28 Member states of the European Union to mobilise citizens and empower them to take back control of the European project: #WeEuropeans.
Among the demands of the “gilets jaunes” – “yellow jackets”, who have been protesting in France for more than a month, is a reduction of the tax burden. Indeed, France regularly tops the European rankings in this regard.
In terms of the number of people vaccinated against measles, Europeans are already below the safety limit.
To relaunch the EU and bring it closer to citizens, more than 120 European intellectuals and politicians have signed a manifesto written by a group of French economists and legal experts for a new social model. More just, more equitable, and more sustainable, it is based on a budget capable of reducing inequalities between countries, voted on by an assembly that has been democratically elected by Europeans.
