- Posted 08-Dec-2020
European Democracy Action Plan: making EU democracies stronger
The European Commission is presented its European Democracy Action Plan to empower citizens and build more resilient democracies across the EU.
- Posted 08-Dec-2020
EU on track to meet greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy 2020 targets, progress in 2019 shows more ambitious long-term objectives are reachable
Thanks to steady improvements in emission reductions and renewables uptake, the European Union is likely to achieve two of its three 2020 climate and energy targets, namely reducing greenhouse gas emissions and boosting renewable energy, according to the European Environment Agency's (EEA) Trends and Projections report. Achieving the third target — reducing energy consumption — still looks unclear.
- Posted 08-Dec-2020
Digital Decade: Commission launches Action Plan to support recovery and transformation of the media and audiovisual sectors
The Commission adopted an Action Plan to support the recovery and transformation of the media and audiovisual sector. These sectors, particularly hit by the coronavirus crisis, are essential for democracy, Europe's cultural diversity and digital autonomy.
- Posted 08-Dec-2020
Commission welcomes the political agreement on the Interreg Regulation
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached by the European Parliament and EU Member States on the Commission's proposal for post-2020 European Territorial Cooperation programmes (“Interreg”). This is the third file related to cohesion policy where trilogue negotiations are concluded pending the final approval of the legal texts by the European Parliament Plenary and the Council.
- Posted 08-Dec-2020
Antisemitism: Council declaration on fighting antisemitism
The Council approved a declaration on mainstreaming the fight against antisemitism across policy areas. With this declaration the Council emphasises that the fight against antisemitism is a cross-cutting issue involving various levels of government and policies at local, national and European level Awareness of antisemitism therefore needs to be raised across policy areas and responsibilities.