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Driving electric in Europe : The challenges of the electric car (2/2)

The electric vehicle market has grown significantly in recent years, but there are still many problems which need to be overcome.

mardi 27 avril 2021

The European Green Capital Award : A Real Force for Promoting Environmental Protection

On October 8th, Grenoble, a French city located in the Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes region, won the European Green Capital Award for 2022. The title, awarded by the European Commission since 2008, is given to cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants which are pursuing particularly ambitious (…)

jeudi 26 novembre 2020

Freedom of the Press in Europe’s Microstates : A Complex Situation

An article from the « Freedom of the Press in 2020 Europe » series

lundi 10 août 2020

Chinese aid to European Union countries : a new balance of power between East and West ?

As early as November 2019, the first cases of coronavirus were detected in China. As the first country to face the epidemic, China would also be the first to control it, which put it in a position to engage in an unprecedented geopolitical game. All of Chinese society was mobilised to help other (…)

lundi 6 juillet 2020

Covid-19 : What about the refugees at Europe’s borders ?

While European countries take historic measures to protect themselves from COVID-19, the situation for asylum seekers at Europe’s borders is becoming more and more concerning. The lack of measures to protect foreign migrants from the virus would seem to highlight the lack of cohesion from (…)

samedi 25 avril 2020

The Munich Security Conference : Where is the Franco-German tandem ?

THE EUROPEAN MAGNIFIYING GLASS. The 56th Munich security conference took place on the 14-16th February 2020. This year, the main topic of this annual meeting, dedicated to international security issues, was the “decline of the West.” The European Union, especially the French-German partnership (…)

samedi 4 avril 2020

Covid-19 : The Cost of a ’Non-Europe’

Despite the European Union’s efforts to put health and economic measures in place and the increasing cooperation between states to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, this disaster is dramatically revealing the divisions within the Union. More than anything, it has highlighted an inability to work (…)

vendredi 3 avril 2020

Parliament stands with the Commission in the fight against forgery and financial crimes

In the shadow of Brexit and the Green deal, the EU is developing a vision for its internal security and external control : ’fortress Europe’ is becoming ’digital investigation Europe’. In this vein, Roberta Metsola’s report on ‘fake online documents’ and the “Declaration by the Council and (…)

mardi 10 mars 2020

Comecon : European Integration behind the Iron Curtain

In this fascinating dive into economic integration within the former Eastern Bloc, Théo Boucart compares eastern and western institutions before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

mercredi 4 mars 2020

The legacy of the Finnish presidency of the Council of the EU : positive or negative ?

In this article originally published in Voix d’Europe, Théo Boucart weighs up the strengths and weaknesses of the Finnish presidency.

mardi 25 février 2020

A bright future for a ’Balkan Schengen’ ?

On November 9th, several countries from the Western Balkans met in Ohrid to discuss creating a free trade area. A few weeks after talks about Albania and North Macedonia joining the EU were stalled, these two countries, as well as Serbia, have expressed their intention to make this free trade (…)

vendredi 7 février 2020

Legislative elections in Poland : the conservatives maintain control

Basil Desvignes examines the results of the Polish elections.

samedi 30 novembre 2019

Translated by Anna Walthew

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