By Nina Cullen After more than a decade of debate and opposition, EU interior ministers decided on December 12, 2024, to lift internal land border controls with and between Bulgaria and Romania, allowing them to join the Schengen Zone fully. Starting January 1, 2025, Romania and Bulgaria will officially become full members, marking the endContinue reading “A New Chapter for Schengen”
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The EU Commissioner Hearings
By Nina Cullen What are they? The European Parliament holds public hearings for all nominated European commissioners to scrutinise their qualifications before approving their appointments to the EU executive. The latest hearings, which take place from 4-12 November, follow the 2024 European Parliament elections. Unlike more opaque national leader selection processes, these hearings are transparent,Continue reading “The EU Commissioner Hearings”
How does the European Parliament work?
By Nina Cullen What is the European Parliament? The European Parliament (EP) is one of the main decision-making bodies of the European Union (EU) and the only one that is directly elected by its citizens. It represents people across the 27 EU member states and shapes laws that impact over 447 million people. The EPContinue reading “How does the European Parliament work?”
Sustainable Products and the EU: the Green Deal, Ecodesign and the Circular Economy Action Plan Explain
By Charlotte van Vessem The European Green Deal is perhaps one of the European Union’s most famous policy initiatives. However, as it is involved with many different branches of EU policy, its exact contents can be difficult to grasp. This article seeks to clarify one specific branch of the European Green Deal, namely that of sustainable productionContinue reading “Sustainable Products and the EU: the Green Deal, Ecodesign and the Circular Economy Action Plan Explain”
European Neighbourhood Policy Explained
By Shane Goodman The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is a foreign policy instrument that governs the EU’s relations with sixteen of its neighbouring countries; those being Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in the east, and Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria in the south. Launched alongside the 2004Continue reading “European Neighbourhood Policy Explained”
Schengen Area Explained
By Inès Bourdon Named after a small Luxembourgish city, the Schengen area is one of the key elements of the European project. Covering 26 countries (22 member states and 4 outsiders), it allows the concerned citizens to move freely and without any visa control in the zone. Some would even say it is the mostContinue reading “Schengen Area Explained”
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