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Sponsorships of EU Presidencies: stocktaking and perspectives
Most of the Member States have used corporate sponsorship during their Council presidency. Although the official meetings of the Council are financed by the EU budget, the rotating presidency usually organises unofficial meetings and events that are not covered, while other extra costs also incur due to the presidency tasks. Even the regular Council tasks may costs extra for the Member State holding the presidency as it may need to reinforce the permanent representation in Brussels, send more diplomats ...
Tracking the EU Commissioners’ commitments - Von der Leyen Commission, 2019 - 2024: Margaritis Schinas
This briefing follows up the commitments made by the commissioner since 2019.
Casa Jean-Monnet: un luogo europeo della memoria
Tenendo fede al desiderio di Jean Monnet e dei suoi più stretti collaboratori, che sognavano di trasformare la sua casa di famiglia in un luogo dedicato all'accoglienza dei giovani, il Parlamento europeo ha reso questo edificio europeo della memoria aperto al pubblico il luogo ideale per apprendere il funzionamento dell'Unione europea e scoprire l'ambiente di vita e di lavoro di uno dei padri dell'Europa moderna.È qui che sono stati sviluppati numerosi progetti fondamentali per il futuro della Francia ...
Strengthening citizens' participation: How the European Parliament is responding to citizens' expectations
Aiming to forge a closer relationship between EU citizens and the EU integration project, the Conference on the Future of Europe gave 800 citizens gathered in four panels the opportunity to discuss and formulate recommendations for the EU institutions to follow up. Debated in both the conference plenary and the conference working groups, these recommendations are intended to permeate the whole discussion within the conference. With Panel 2 having issued the first set of recommendations in December ...
The European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission have committed to listen to Europeans and to follow up, within their sphere of competences, on the recommendations made. In this framework, four European Citizens’ Panels have been organized to allow citizens to jointly think about the future they want for the European Union • Panel 1 - "Stronger economy, social justice, jobs, education, culture, sport, digital transformation" • Panel 2 - "EU democracy, values, rights, rule of law ...
EU in the world / Migration Citizens’ recommendations and the EU context: Panel 4 of the Conference on the Future of Europe
As part of the Conference on the Future of Europe, 800 citizens debated their ideas for the European Union in four thematic panels. The citizens involved in Panel 4 considered the possibilities for two related themes: the EU in the world and migration. This publication presents their recommendations, as well as a selection of related European Parliament resolutions and EU legislation, funding programmes and other activities. These background elements are not exhaustive, but have been selected to ...
European democracy / Values and rights, rule of law, security - Citizens' recommendations and the EU context: Panel 2 of the Conference on the Future of Europe
In the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe, four European citizens' panels have discussed the development of European integration in broad subject areas. For each of the 39 recommendations put forward by European Citizens' Panel 2: European democracy / Values and rights, rule of law, security, the present paper sets out a selection of the most recent and relevant European Parliament resolutions on the matter and looks at existing EU legislation and other EU funding programmes, supporting ...
La Conferenza sul futuro dell'Europa
La Conferenza sul futuro dell'Europa è un esercizio dal basso verso l'alto che consente ai cittadini europei di esprimere il loro parere sulle future politiche e sul funzionamento dell'Unione. Attraverso strumenti come la piattaforma digitale e i panel di cittadini, essi potranno discutere di argomenti di loro interesse. La presente infografica dell'EPRS illustra le strutture della Conferenza, il loro funzionamento e le tematiche che saranno discusse.
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing: The optimist of the European integration process
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was one of Europe's leading figures in the generation which came after that of the founding fathers. He was close to Jean Monnet, but he himself said that his main source of inspiration was Robert Schuman. For both Schuman and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, their relationship with Germany was a thread running through their lives. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was born in Koblenz, Germany, where his father had been posted in the French administration after the First World War. Giscard ...
European Commission Work Programme for 2022
On 19 October 2021, the European Commission presented its work programme for 2022 (CWP 2022), setting out its legislative and non-legislative intentions for 2022. The CWP 2022 perpetuates the CWP 2021's twofold ambition (i.e. to recover from the pandemic and to boost the Commission's transformative agenda). A special emphasis is put on helping the Union emerge stronger and more resilient. This should be achieved by implementing the measures agreed over the last year, and through additional investments ...