The fall of European democracies

14 June 2022 European Politics

3 min

The Economist Intelligence Unit On February 10th 2022, the British group Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published its long-awaited democracy index of 2021. But before commenting on this, a little background […]

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Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: new momentum for EU’s health

1 April 2021 European Politics

6 min

On 3 February 2021, the European Commission finally released its Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. There is no doubt that cancer represents a serious and complex disease, which affects the lives of many Europeans, and causes an increasing and alarming number of deaths. With this Plan, the EU wants to draw attention to its role in health, by creating a wide collaboration, through a new approach and ambitious objectives. This is one step closer to building a European Health Union.

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More tax for less Co²: The EU-ETS extension’s weaknesses

10 March 2020 Environment

5 min

As the much anticipated Green New Deal draft paper was released late last year, the Commission plans to extend its European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to Shipping, Aviation […]

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European Way of Life

From the Protection to the Promotion of our European Way of Life: a Commission that should have united and instead has divided

28 January 2020 Society

8 min

This article was first published in the n°31 print magazine of Eyes on Europe. A new mandate is about to begin for the European Commission: Ursula von der Leyen is ready […]

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Can the EU lead the way in the fight against climate change?

3 December 2019 Environment

7 min

The vast majority of actively publishing climate scientists agree that climate change is real and its effects are undeniable, no matter what some politicians say. In order to limit the […]

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The political entrepreneurship of the Juncker Commission on the Energy and Environment Policy

5 May 2019 Environment

Energy policy has been at the heart of the creation of a European community through the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM). However, […]

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