Views: 44All future European Commissioners are representing the highest spheres of political and corporate elites in the member states. The EU’s co-legislators in the Parliament will review and debate the prospective commissioners (the president, von der Leyen, is not included in the screening process) and see that they fit to perform their job in “total […]
Month: October 2024
Global “Pact for the Future”: what is there for Europe?
Views: 25During the UN summit this September, the heads of state and government adopted the Pact for the Future, which will serve as a guiding global commitment –including 56 actions – to address pressing international issues, accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and revive multilateralism. The Pact’s optimal realisation will need serious reforms both […]
European growth strategy: facing EU-US competition challenges
Views: 36Perspectives of European competitiveness and empowering the EU-wide single market have been the most vital issues in the European political economy. Several times during almost quarter of this century, the Commission asked external experts to draft feasible perspective strategies; hopefully the latest two will help although fundamental differences in approaches to growth are difficult […]