Greece takes over the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers
Greece today took over the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from Georgia during a video-conference meeting with representatives...
Covid-19 recovery fund must be embedded in EU long-term budget
MEPs discuss plans to reboot Europe’s economy in light of Covid-19 on Wednesday and vote on a resolution later in the week. Learn more...
EU Commission supports Member States in their transition to a climate-neutral economy
The European Commission has approved all requests made by 18 Member States for support with the preparation of their territorial just transition plans, which...
COVID-19 crisis putting human trafficking victims at risk of further exploitation
Lockdowns, travel restrictions, resource cutbacks and other measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus are putting victims of human trafficking at risk...
Commission steps up fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
The European Commission has today put forward a comprehensive approach to further strengthen the EU's fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
The Commission has...
Food insecurity in West Africa could leave 43 million at risk as coronavirus hits
Well over 40 million people across West Africa face desperate food shortages in coming months, with COVID-19 restrictions a new factor adding to people’s...
Covid-19: EU recovery plan should include climate crisis action
As the EU looks at how best to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, MEPs say the Green Deal must be at...
Record child displacement figures due to conflict and violence in 2019
A new UN report finds that some 19 million children were displaced within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019, more...
Von der Leyen: World stands united against coronavirus and will win
In an unprecedented global effort to fight the coronavirus, countries and organisations from across the world on 4 May raised EUR 7.4 billion for...
How Covid-19 affects Erasmus and EU Solidarity Corps
Education has been hard hit by the Covid-19 crisis. Travel restrictions and the closing of universities mean participants in cross-border mobility programmes, such as...