By Beatriz Santos Mayo Introduction Nowadays, you can travel from Paris to Barcelona and from Milan to Munich without having your passport stamped. Since 1995, the Schengen Agreement has enabled over 450 million people to study, work, and travel freely across the European continent without requiring passport checks at internal borders. However, several member statesContinue reading “Passport, please? The new border checks”
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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”