On September 13, 2024, the Council of the EU called for a decrease of €295 million to the Erasmus+ budget in its position on the 2025 European Union budget. Erasmus+ provides vital funding to support education, training, youth and sports in Europe. Millions of Europeans participate in the programme annually, with activities ranging from student…
At the European Parliament’s constituent plenary session in July 2024, Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected President of the European Commission. She then got to present her new Political Guidelines, a document based on the European Council’s Strategic Agenda that sets out the priority areas on which the Commission will focus and, in broad terms,…
The first weeks of October 2024 saw a sharp turn to the right in EU migration and asylum policy. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s letter to member states and the European Council’s conclusions contain various aspects that will accelerate a race to the bottom to dismantle what is left of the right to seek…
SOLIDAR, together with more than 100 non-governmental organisations, including Amnesty International, the Children’s Rights International Network and Greenpeace, have called on the European Union to close the “hypocritical, cruel, unfair and intolerable” loopholes which allow companies in the EU to export products to other parts of the world even when those products have been banned…
September 26, 2024 Last Tuesday, Ursula von der Leyen introduced her proposed team of EU Commissioners for 2024-2029, featuring 27 old and new faces, including six Executive Vice-Presidents who will shape the direction of the European Commission for the next five years. In her announcement, von der Leyen emphasized portfolios built around “prosperity, security, and…
September 18, 2024 The Just Transition Fund (JTF) is making a vital contribution to ensuring no one is left behind on the EU’s path to climate neutrality. In light of the ongoing evaluation of the Cohesion Policy, the upcoming review of the JTF [1] and the forthcoming preparation of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034,…
Hungary holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July 2024 to 31 December 2024. This comes at a time of institutional renewal for the EU and in the context of complex economic, social, environmental and geopolitical changes. Will the Hungarian presidency accompany the EU’s new leadership, or will it further…
A Spring Package with limited social ambition – Austerity wins over Environmental and Social Objectives On 19 June the European Commission released the Spring Package, the set of documents part of the European Semester cycle, which include the Country Reports, the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs), the Employment Guidelines and the chapeau Communication. This release…
To ensure that refugees can access protection, states must ensure the right to seek and enjoy asylum and uphold their commitments to the international refugee protection system. This obligation applies to all EU Member States under Article 18 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Yet, the recent and increasing attempts by the EU and…
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