The new European Commission moves from technocracy to politics

The new European Commission moves from technocracy to politics

The new European Commission will reach a critical stage after Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to create a second team of commissioners. This process is essential in consolidating European policies in the coming years. On September 17, the president proposed a new list of candidates to become European commissioners. At this time, as it did … Read more

Adapted Corona vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer on the way » Leadersnet

Adapted Corona vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer on the way » Leadersnet

| Editorial staff | 22.09.2024 Approval by the European Commission is still pending, but a corresponding recommendation has now been received by the authority for review. The new vaccine is adapted to the KP.2 variant, which is particularly prevalent in early summer, but should also offer increased protection against the virus type that is currently … Read more

Carambolas, compromises and the new composition of the Commission was born – 2024-09-17 20:56:58

Carambolas, compromises and the new composition of the Commission was born
 – 2024-09-17 20:56:58

The President of the Commission seems to have kept her promises by giving to those who supported her and to those who helped her to reach an elementary balance between men-women, north-south and correlation of political forces. Finland, one of the first countries to publicize the name of a woman, received as a reward the … Read more

Comment: Síkela at the party, or Fiala’s European bird

Comment: Síkela at the party, or Fiala’s European bird

If nothing goes wrong during the “grilling” in the plenary session of the European Parliament, the fifth Czech European Commissioner will be in charge of “international partnership”. When the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the composition of her team for the upcoming election period, two types of reactions came, quite … Read more

Commission: Thierry Breton suddenly resigned – 2024-09-16 08:42:13

Commission: Thierry Breton suddenly resigned
 – 2024-09-16 08:42:13

Thierry Breton announced on the morning of Monday, September 16, his resignation from the Commission. The French Commissioner in charge of Internal Market matters, he claimed, that the head of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen asked Paris to withdraw its candidacy for the new executive body. Thierry Breton’s announcement «I would like to express … Read more

Commission: “We are closely monitoring the situation” – The response to the Mitsotakis letter – 2024-09-13 16:46:04

Commission: “We are closely monitoring the situation” – The response to the Mitsotakis letter
 – 2024-09-13 16:46:04

The president of the European Commission received today the letter from the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, through which a European solution is requested to the distortions of the energy market that lead to large discrepancies in the price of electricity between EU countries. This was confirmed today by the press representative of the European … Read more

For a European digital independence | Opinion

For a European digital independence | Opinion

The recent clashes between several democratic governments and the tech giants X (formerly Twitter) of Elon Musk and Telegram of Pavel Durov highlight a crucial problem that Europe needs to address: the urgent need to reclaim its digital sovereignty. What happened in Brazil and France is part of a global battle to control the digital … Read more

Von der Leyen: Disappointed by the number of women in the new Commission – 2024-09-05 06:08:08

Von der Leyen: Disappointed by the number of women in the new Commission
 – 2024-09-05 06:08:08

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, expressed her disappointment at the lack of an equal number of men and women in the new Commission, during a press conference today in Brussels. The President of the Commission stated that during her political life she has fought for women’s access to decision-making and … Read more

European Commission: The 24 “chosen” of von der Leyen – 2024-08-29 16:28:26

European Commission: The 24 “chosen” of von der Leyen
 – 2024-08-29 16:28:26

The deadline for submitting nominations for the European Commission ends at the end of August. With the time now counting down, the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has returned from her summer vacation and is getting to work. The “backlogs” are almost closed and only three countries remain to open their papers. … Read more

The members of the new Brussels government – Who we know so far – 2024-08-22 13:15:08

The members of the new Brussels government – Who we know so far
 – 2024-08-22 13:15:08

The formation of the new group of commissioners of the re-elected President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is underway, with the deadline for the submission of nominations expiring at the end of August. With that date fast approaching, and now that Ursula von der Leyen has returned from her summer vacation in Germany, … Read more