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European gas price cap agreement
After months of negotiations and two emergency ministerial meetings, European energy ministers on Monday, December 19, agreed on a cap on gas prices. The announcement came via Twitter from a spokesman for the Czech Republic, the rotating chair of the European Union....
The protests in Iran: similar to those of 1978, different in outcome
After almost two months, the protests and demonstrations in Iran triggered by the barbaric murder of Masha Amini show no signs of stopping. The young Kurdish woman had been arrested on 13 September, while in Tehran, on charges of wrongly wearing a headscarf. The girl...
Meloni’s challenge in the EPP and the future Palazzo Chigi. Mario Mauro speaks
The former Defence Minister Mario Mauro and Italian soul of the EPP: 'The paradox will be that the premier will try to establish this interlocution with Macron: this on the level of political intuition. If he succeeds, he will do what Fini failed to do...". While news...
The political chaos in Iraq and the destabilisation of the Middle East region
In Augut 29th, Muqtada Al-Sadr announced his retirement from political life in the country. The Shiite leader's decision sparked protests across the country, with his supporters taking to the streets of the capital to demonstrate, in a manner - however - far from...
The European Union’s defence: a turning point
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing geopolitical changes raise the issue of a common army for Europe, complementary to NATO. It is a matter of reviewing and updating the Strategic Compass
The Future is Europe
EU Day, held in Strasbourg on 9 May, at the close of CoFoE, when the final 49 proposals were delivered to EU leaders.
DSA agreement: ‘What is illegal offline must also be illegal online’.
With the political agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA), Europe ushers in a new season: that of full digital fairness, whereby what is illegal offline is also illegal online.
Roberta Metsola is the new President of the European Parliament
Maltese MEP and EPP member Roberta Metsola was elected President of the European Parliament in the first round.
COP26: here is what has been decided
COP26 (the twenty-sixth United Nations Climate Change Conference) has just concluded in Glasgow.