Marlene Stocker
Tweets of the Week: Hungary Debate, Summer Holidays, Brexit Talks
Orban’s dictatorship makes MEPs mad, summer holidays would make everyone glad, and resumed Brexit talks are going pretty bad.
Tweets of the Week: Court Decision, Funding Marathon, Deconfinement Rules
German court ruling gives ECB a fright, global leaders pull together with all of their might, and in some places it seems a lockdown end is in sight.
Tweets of the Week: Commissioner Judges, Boris’ Baby, Summer Holidays
European Commissioners find Masterchef fame, won’t someone come up with Boris’ baby name, and if we can’t go on holidays, that would be a shame.
Tweets of the Week: EU Corona Plans, Earth Day, Oil Prices
COVID-19 crisis continues, you all know the score, EarthDay reminds us, we could all do much more, and the global oil price drops through the floor.
Crisis innovation: virtual Stars4Media lab
The need for innovation and building new skills is paramount for the media sector to respond to the coronavirus crisis. The Stars4Media Lab went virtual with its training and policy event, bridging promising media professionals and media experts to develop...
University programme for Afghan women in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, the UN, and the EU are working together on a programme to educate Afghan women.
Tweets of the Week: Hungary, EU Aid, D.I.Y. Art
Orban’s audacity is right off the chart; an EU support scheme will everyone take part?; and a bored lockdown world makes its own art.
Tweets of the Week: Teleworking MEPs, Quarantine, EU Actions
MEPs cast their first remote vote; singing policemen sound the right note; and EU politics more or less stays afloat.
The EU Climate Law explained
The European Commission tabled its much-awaited Climate Law in March this year, in a bid to carve into stone Europe’s objective of becoming the first climate-neutral continent in the world by 2050. EURACTIV explains what the Climate Law does, how it works and what its criticisms are.
Tweets of the Week: Home working, hand washing, and cancelled flights
EU leaders work from home, remember, wash your hands with loads of foam, and Trump clamps down on desire to roam. Welcome to Euractiv’s EU Tweets of the Week, this week it’s a Corona special, we’re hoping it goes viral!...
Cosmocracy: European political parties at the forefront of global governance evolution?
The increasing failure of multilateralism to provide global solutions to global problems is alarming. Could the European political parties play a role in strengthening international rule-making? European political families have been the drivers of European integration for the past 60...
Tweets of the Week: EU Corona Case, Greta Thunberg, Greek Border
Member states struggle to contain coronavirus disease, in Brussels, Greta Thunberg lectures MEPs, and new migration crisis causes unease.
This is the ‘Decade of Delivery’ for Sexual and Reproductive Health, says UN’s Kanem
The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund on advancing the UN-EU ‘Spotlight Initiative’ - a global, multi-year programme to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.
Sport and the Environment: What is the ‘Life TACKLE’ project’s contribution in achieving environmental sustainability in sport?
Panel I As a key part of our society, sport not only offers opportunities for physical activity but it also promotes good health and well-being. It provides a means of social contact and opportunities ranging from intense competitiveness to casual...
Tweets of the Week: Coronavirus, Brexit Mandates, Carnival Distaste
Coronavirus lockdown causes pasta distress, what happens next in Brexit is anyone’s guess and a carnival in Flanders fails to impress.
Tweets of the Week: Brexit Slide Wars, Digital Strategy, Budget Council
Number 10 claims Barnier’s a real jerk, digital strategy raises a wry smirk and leaders work on multiannual financial framework.
Sustainable Food Systems: Does the EU ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy have all the answers?
As the food sector strives to move towards more sustainable food systems and implementing the United Nations SDGs, it faces growing challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, and malnutrition, all affecting the sector and society alike. VideoPromoted content
Google Online Safety Summit 2020
The Google.org Online Safety Summit took place in Brussels on Tuesday (4 February), showcasing Google.org Impact Challenge on Safety community organisations tackling hate, extremism and child safety online.
Tweets of the Week: Orban, The Hulk, and the EU Cancer Plan
Welcome to Euractiv’s EU Tweets of the Week. Not expelling Fidez leaves some members cryin’, tackling climate change, well the Hulk is sure tryin’, and EUCancerPlan is launched by President von der Leyen. This episode is sponsored by ePURE, the...
Why does everybody want to divide the EU, asks Sassoli. And he provides the answer
Speaking in the European Parliament on 31 January, hours before the UK leaves the European Union, Parliament President David Sassoli asked a question which he said was fundamental during the last three years: “Why does everybody want to divide the EU”.
Tweets of the Week: UK Farewell Special
Today, we’re spending Brexit 50ps, the Brits turn and flee, and we’re serenaded by MEPs. VideoPromoted content
Front of pack labelling: how to make Nutriscore meaningful for bottled vegetable oils
Ahead of the upcoming Commission report on nutrient profiles and of Farm to Fork strategy, FEDIOL assesses the implementation of the Nutriscore for bottled vegetable oils and puts forward concrete suggestions to align it with EU nutrition and health claims and with existing national and WHO international nutritional recommendations.
Tweets of the Week: Night Trains, Davos, Macron in Jerusalem
Brussels gets worked up over a brand new train, too many jets at Davos the Twitterati complain, and in Jerusalem Macron puts security under strain.