How serious is the Conference on the Future of Europe?
The official kick-off of the Conference on the Future of Europe (read: EU) took place on May 9, Europe Day, in Strasbourg
Conservatives continue to gain in former Labour heartland
Local elections rarely warrant broad attention, but we do not live in normal times and the votes Britons cast Thursday don’t count as a normal local election
Building a resilient and inclusive global health system together—Taiwan can help
The threat that emerging infectious diseases pose to global health and the economy, trade, and tourism never ceases
Q&A on the EU COVID-19 certificate
The European Parliament supports an EU COVID-19 certificate that would allow travel within Europe without additional restrictions or discrimination
EU officials risk approval of recovery fund by Finland
EU Commissioners may have placed the bloc’s €750 billion recovery fund on shaky ground after telling MEPs the arrangement could become a regular and even permanent mechanism to boost growth
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Balancing data rights is about protecting human rights
Friday, May 7, 2021
2020 was a year like no other. Amid many other lessons, the crises of the last year showed once and for all that how we manage and use data can both save and destroy lives
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Bringing nature back to life
Friday, May 7, 2021
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that biodiversity needs a Paris Agreement and COP15 in autumn this year is the world’s chance to achieve that
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Digital contact tracing apps help slow COVID-19. Here’s how to increase trust
Friday, May 7, 2021
In response to COVID-19, many countries have turned to digital contact tracing technologies (DCTs) to fight against the deadly pandemic
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Social justice and climate action are two pieces of the same puzzle
Friday, May 7, 2021
Politicians attending the Porto Social Summit this week must understand that social justice and climate action go hand in hand and are key to preventing the loss of a generation
Coronavirus: Commission proposes EU Strategy for the development and availability of therapeutics
Thursday, May 6, 2021
European Commission is today complementing the successful EU Vaccines Strategy with a strategy on COVID-19 therapeutics to support the development and availability of much-needed COVID-19 therapeutics
Eleven EU countries call to ban fossil fuels from trans-European energy infrastructure
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Eleven EU countries have signed a declaration calling on the European Union to stop funding fossil fuels under its trans-European energy infrastructure regulation (TEN-E), which is currently under revision
How technology can help unbanked access e-commerce
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Are the days of cash numbered? Cash it seems may not be king for much longer
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The EU’s Passive Approach to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Thursday, May 6, 2021
The Europeans have paid lip service to a two-state solution based on an independent Palestine alongside Israel. But without a clear plan to make it happen, such a solution will remain unattainable
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Transition of cities – an opportunity for people and planet
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Mayors and city leaders can play a double role in the green transition – as ambassadors for the European green deal locally, and as representatives of people’s concerns and interests to other levels of government
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Biden had a good start but is also ‘Trumpian’
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Joe Biden has served 100 days as president, which serves since President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a measure of campaign promises and commitments that have not (yet) been fulfilled and of dreams and actions
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An EU that ignores ageing is no longer fit for purpose
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Is the European Union still fit for purpose, or is it floundering in the face of both urgent crises and long-term threats?
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Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s Next Woman Chancellor?
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
In a curious twist of history, Baerbock holds the promise to execute on what turned out to be Angela Merkel’s highly misleading self-advertising
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By: N. Peter Kramer
