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Revision of the EU's long-term budget: State of play ahead of the 1 February European Council meeting
Having failed to agree on the revision of the EU's 2021-2027 budget at the December European Council meeting, Member States will attempt to break the impasse at an extraordinary meeting on 1 February 2024.
Research for TRAN Committee - Chinese Investments in European Non-Maritime Transport Infrastructure
This At a glance note summarises the study looking at Chinese investments in non-maritime transport infrastructure in the EU and EU Neighbourhood through the lens of ‘de-risking’ for the first time. It provides a comprehensive overview of Chinese investments in the European non-maritime transport infrastructure over the past two decades and weighs the associated risks. The study borrows the framework adopted by the National Risk Assessment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 2022 for its risk assessment ...
Informe de 2022 sobre Turquía
Turquía ha sido durante mucho tiempo un socio clave para la Unión Europea en cuestiones como la migración, la seguridad, la lucha contra el terrorismo y el comercio. Sin embargo, tras el intento de golpe de Estado en 2016, el retroceso democrático de Turquía llevó al Consejo a congelar las negociaciones de adhesión en 2018. La reelección del presidente Recep Tayyip Erdoğan en mayo de 2023 y el 100.º aniversario de la fundación de la República por Atatürk apuntan a la necesidad de explorar opciones ...
EU-Türkiye relations: Macroeconomic situation and EU financial support
Following the backsliding in democratic standards that occurred after the unsuccessful coup of 2016 and the Council of the European Union's June 2018 decision ruling out the opening of any new EU accession negotiation chapters, accession talks with Türkiye are frozen. The disputes in the eastern Mediterranean that involved some Member States, as well as the military engagement of Türkiye in Syria, provided additional tensions in relations with the EU in 2019 and 2020. In February 2020, the Commission ...
EU Financial assistance to Africa and Latin America 2021-2027
This briefing gives an overview of the different kind of EU funding for Africa and Latin America. Short explanations of the different types of funding are given and tables are provided with the different amounts targeting Africa and Latin America. The main EU budget instrument for funding for Africa and Latin America is the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - Global Europe (NDICI). Besides the NDICI there are other funds that address humanitarian aid and emergency ...
'This is Europe' debate in the European Parliament: Speech by Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus, 13 June 2023
'This is Europe' – an initiative proposed by the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola – consists of a series of debates with EU leaders to discuss their visions for the future of the European Union. In his address to the European Parliament on 13 June 2023, the reunification of the island was a central theme for the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides. He stressed that the EU has every interest, but also an 'obligation to actively contribute to its final settlement' by taking ...
Workshop Enhancing Policy Coherence for Development
The principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) is a central pillar of the EU's efforts to enhance the effectiveness of development cooperation. It represents both a legal and a political commitment for the EU institutions and the Member States. This report includes an in-depth analysis on PCD and the summary of the debate held during a workshop on the same topic, which brought together MEPs, representatives of EU and international organisations and civil society. The workshop aimed to ...
Implementation of the Global Europe Instrument: First steps - The European Parliament's scrutiny role
Most of the 'programming documents' (multiannual indicative programmes and annual or multiannual action plans) for cooperation with EU partner countries and regions under the new Global Europe Instrument are now in place. A new session of the high-level geopolitical dialogue between the Commission and the Parliament took place on 8 November 2022. In a post-pandemic context and a volatile security environment marked by a devastating war at its eastern borders, the EU's multiple worldwide cooperation ...
Tracking the EU Commissioners’ commitments - Von der Leyen Commission, 2019 - 2024: Jutta Urpilainen
This briefing follows up the commitments made by the commissioner since 2019.
Tracking the EU Commissioners’ commitments - Von der Leyen Commission, 2019 - 2024: Olivér Várhelyi
This briefing follows up the commitments made by the commissioner since 2019.