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
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
Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Brussels to urgently deal with “prolonged crisis» capacity which has driven energy prices to such extreme levels that requires an urgent “political response”. In a letter to the European Commission seen by the Financial Times, Mr Mitsotakis said electricity prices rose in August from €60 per megawatt hour to €130 per … Read more
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
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
The issue of common funding is once again on the table of the Europeans now requiring tangible actions and consents making the EU a strong player. Ursula von der Leyen was once again clear in saying yes to common funding for common European projects, which however, as she explained, requires political will. “Common funding will … Read more
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
Mario Draghi is in favor of a Europe more focused on strengthening defense as dictated by the latest geopolitical developments and therefore more independent in the report on competitiveness that he presented and delivered to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Europe now faces conventional warfare on its eastern borders and hybrid warfare everywhere, including … Read more
Spending as a percentage of GDP beyond the Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II is what the European economy needs to revive itself and compete with the US and China, Mario Draghi in the long-awaited report on the European economy. In the introductory section of the 400-page report, Italy’s former central banker … Read more
Response Brussels: Irini Zarkadoula With the competitiveness of the EU economy being one of the major goals of the new term, Mario Draghi will be at the Commission’s headquarters on Monday to hand over to Ursula von der Leyen the report he was tasked with preparing. The high prices of energy and the need to … Read more