What are the origins of Europe’s internal market and which reforms are planned? Our series “Looking back, looking ahead” seeks to answer these questions on the occasion of the Informal Videoconference of EU ministers responsible for competitiveness on 23 October, 2020.
in 2015, GDP per capita was 1.7% higher on average, across the EU, than it would have
The vast majority of the world’s population live in urban areas, with 75% of global CO2 emission attributable to cities. As such, local and regional leaders must assume their crucial roles in meeting…
We have to change systems, value chains, habits, processes and ourselves.
Whether it’s a quote from Hannah Arendt, a lyric from a Beatles tune or a statement by the Hungarian Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész, in local competitions, the Goethe-Institut asked people in ten…
After the unveiling, all passers-by will have the opportunity to take blocks with
“Be My Guest“ is a thought-provoking essay: a meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality – at the table and beyond. It is part food memoir, part an appeal for more…
a kinder, more welcoming world and also a reminder that, fundamentally, we all have
What are the origins of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and what challenges will it face in the future? Our series, “Looking back, looking ahead”, answers these questions on the occasion of this week’s Informal Meeting of the EU Agriculture Ministers in Koblenz.
CAP reformed: Dairy quotas and direct subsidies EU agriculture ministers have since
The artist Carsten Sander photographed 1000 faces of Europeans for the cultural programme of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. At the Festival of Lights in Berlin, some of them could be seen as large video art projections with live music on the façade of the Federal Foreign Office.
What do the people of Europe have in common, and what differences exist?
At Gymnich, the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers, the focus was on relations with Turkey and Russia, as well as on the situation in Belarus and the EU’s strategic response to COVID‑19.
There has been no let‑up – in recent weeks, which have proven so eventful, there
German Health Minister Jens Spahn invited EU health ministers to an informal videoconference on 4 September. Minister Spahn chaired the meeting.
In the months since the outset of the pandemic, European partners have embraced a
Linguistic diversity with a single click: the EU Council Presidency Translator makes machine translation of the German Council Presidency website into every EU language possible. After all, multilingualism is a key part of European identity.
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Why are small-to-medium sized enterprises so important for the European economy, and how does the EU support them in an ever-changing world? Our series “Looking Back, looking ahead” answers these questions on the occasion of the virtual European SME Conference.
These have become even more crucial this year as many businesses deal with the consequences
