News in the category "European Community"
“Turkey and the EU must intensify dialogue”, says EP Foreign Affairs Chairman McAllister
A delegation of eight members of the Foreign Affairs Committee visited Ankara and Mardin from 24 to 27 February 2020.
“Re-establishing trust and improving communication are crucial for improving EU-Turkey relations”, emphasised the Chairman of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs...
Eurostat: Use of Social Media by Enterprises Lowest in Romania and Bulgaria
More and more enterprises in the European Union (EU) are using social media. In 2019, one in two enterprises (50%) reported that they were using at least one type of social media, which means an increase of 16 percentage points since 2014 (34%), Eurostat data showed.
Use of social media highest in...
Quiz: test your knowledge of the EU’s long-term budget
The EU budget is all about working together to deliver improvements to the lives of Europeans. How much do you know about it? Try our quiz and find out.
EU funding supports a wide range of policies and programmes that bring added-value to EU citizens. The EU has both an annual budget and a...
Joint statement of 26 February on the 18th EU-Montenegro SAPC
Following the 18th meeting of the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC), Co-Chairs Ivan Brajović from the Montenegrin side and MEP Vladimír Bilčík stated
“We take it as a positive sign that the Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee has...
EC with Positive Assessment for Bulgaria
The European Commission (EC) has today published country reports analysing each Member State's key socio-economic challenges.
Bulgaria's report gives a positive assessment of structural reforms and the prevention of macroeconomic imbalances in our country.
"Another positive news for the...
Protecting the EU budget: MEPs begin a fact-finding mission to Czechia
EP Budgetary Control delegation visits Prague to follow-up reports on irregularities
Meetings planned with officials responsible for distribution of EU funds, civil society, farmers and journalists
A delegation of six MEPs, led by Budgetary Control Committee chair Monika Hohlmeier (EPP, DE)...
Eurostat: EU Exports of Services to Countries outside of the EU Valued at €945 Billion
In 2018, EU exports of services to countries outside of the EU were valued at €945 billion, while extra-EU imports were valued at €795 billion. Over the last decade, EU ran a trade surplus for services, with a peak in 2018 at €149 billion, Eurostat data showed.
In recent years, there has...
The EU Decides within Days whether to Start Membership Talks with Tirana and Skopje
The foreign ministers demanded rapid integration in the Western Balkans.
Within a few days, the EU will decide whether to start membership talks with Northern Macedonia and Albania. This was made clear during a meeting between the foreign ministers of Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia and...
EP’s MFF negotiators disappointed by failure of EU budget summit
“We cannot afford a narrow accounting approach with a complete lack of political vision”, says the EP’s negotiating team for the long-term EU budget and Own Resources reform.
“European Council President Charles Michel's proposal was clearly lacking ambition and coherence and we call upon...
EP’s MFF negotiators disappointed by failure of EU budget summit
“We cannot afford a narrow accounting approach with a complete lack of political vision”, says the EP’s negotiating team for the long-term EU budget and Own Resources reform.
“European Council President Charles Michel's proposal was clearly lacking ambition and coherence and we call upon...
