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On September 9th, Mario Draghi, former Italian Premier and President of the European Central Bank (ECB), formally presented “The Future of Competitiveness”, a report commissioned by Ursula von der Leyen to outline the EU’s trajectory in the coming years as it undergoes a digital and green transformation. One of the main focuses is on the pharmaceutical industry, the third most lucrative in the world.

It’s official: all Member States have nominated their candidates to compete for a position in the European Commission. Among the 27 States, only Bulgaria complied…

The current Commission President, von der Leyen, pledged to maintain the same standard of equity and representation in the next term, citing her first College as the most gender-balanced ever. Only five of the 22 countries that have disclosed their choice have nominated a woman

With the new mandate, the re-elected president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen promised to add two new figures in the picture: the…

The Chinese government just announced that an appeal was filed with the World Trade Organization over the provisional tariffs imposed by the European Commission on imported battery electric vehicles.

Despite the meaningful achievement in reducing bureaucracy and boosting transparency through several pieces of legislation and delivering on the adopted action plans, the EU is now facing the test of structural reforms

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen introduced the new “Clean Industrial Deal”. Early in her second mandate, the deal aims at directing investment towards…

As she repeatedly said, von der Leyen wants to limit social media’s power. She feels “very strongly” about that. As she condemns the impact that social medias have on society, especially on young people, she is simultaneously acting to force online platforms to better moderate their content.

The decision of the new Mediterranean Commissioner, a new role in the European executive, is up to von der Leyen. Italy and Cyprus are competing for the nomination.

After being greenlighted for a second mandate at the helm of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen will spend the second half of August interviewing the candidates the Member States are proposing for commissioner posts

The 27 Social Affairs EU ministers are dealing with new measures to design against labour and skills shortages at European level. The action plan released by the European Commission last March is the beacon for such policies

The aftermath of the European Parliament elections has been marked by negotiations within political groups called upon to define their name, presidency and composition by July 15th