This year European Parliament elections are unique and held in Strasbourg. This is because they are the only multinational legislature elected by the people. After every five years these elections occur. Many EU citizens, approximately 450 million, cast a vote from 6 to9 June. It is the biggest democratic election
The two nations, France and Germany, are proposing an important shift in EU policy. The basic aim of this action is to reduce bureaucracy and enhance investment. Their recent joint paper pointed out the importance of unifying capital markets, simplifying financial rules, and boosting public investment. Furthermore, the economic activity
This second volume of essays on Central Asia and the Caucasus post-Covid-19 is published only a few months after the first volume saw the light in June 2020. But the atmosphere across the region is now decidedly different. The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has resumed with full force, and
Despite important achievements in implementing the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (EU SDS), unsustainable trends persisted, ranging from climate change to the ageing of societies in developed countries and a widening gap between the rich and the poor in the world. The world surrounding the EU also changed significantly since 2001
By Sreemoy Talukdar For Firstpost.com – As global coronavirus cases cross one million and deaths near 60,000, at what point do we point a finger at the institution that was set up precisely to forestall such pandemics and limit their impact? While pondering the question, bear in mind that the figure
When radicalised terror offenders are released from prison, how should they be dealt with? Two recent attacks in London have brought the question into sharp focus because both involved extremist offenders carrying out knife attacks despite being on the radar of security services. Sudesh Amman, 20, carried out the Streatham
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,515, April 1, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The coronavirus pandemic has exposed many of the EU’s inherent weaknesses, from its total unpreparedness for the crisis, to the open borders that expedited the spread of the disease, to the lack of solidarity reflected in member states’ refusal
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The last few weeks have turned our world upside down. It seems like a lifetime ago that we were going about our everyday business. But by now, some of you reading will have had symptoms, many of you will know someone who is sick and every single one of us
The euro-area economy is in a slump of unprecedented scale, and the contraction may deepen even further as lockdowns to contain the coronavirus are extended. IHS Markit said its monthly measure of services and manufacturing points to an annualized economic contraction of about 10%. With new business, confidence and employment
