20th September 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Catherine Woollard The big news of the rentrée in Brussels is the new Commission. EU member states (MS) put forward their nominees during the summer and this week returning Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, presented her proposal for the allocation of...
6th September 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
Tuesday 15 August was the third anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan – a day that shattered the hopes of millions and forced hundreds of thousands of Afghans (mostly highly educated) to flee their homeland. This date symbolises not just the Taliban’s...
19th July 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds
By Catherine Woollard This week, Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected as President of the European Commission, following a strong showing by the EPP in the European Parliament elections last month. This completes the first and most important stages in the changeover of...
14th June 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Viktoryia Vaitovich Following the unprecedented EU response to the displacement from Ukraine with the triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) for the first time in March 2022, the generally very positive approach to a refugee crisis has now taken a...
1st March 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Viktoryia Vaitovich Two years after the first-ever triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) – a collective and unanimous move to provide safety and immediate access to rights to those displaced by the war in Ukraine – the EU and its member states (MS)...
16th February 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News
By Catherine Woollard The start of the year has seen decisions on the Pact, the reform of EU asylum law, but not much can change now in terms of the content of the reform. The focus needs to shift to implementation and alternatives. Decisions, decisions The recent and...
