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The European Peace Facility (EPF), a financial instrument outside the EU budget that has been operational since July 2021, finances activities with military implications. It funds equipment and training for EU partner countries' armies, as well as the common costs of EU military missions and operations abroad. It also funds the military component of EU civilian missions or exercises abroad, or of EU support to missions led by other international organisations. One year after the Russian invasion ...

This study, written by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group, examines the situation of Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in Greece and how Article 2 TEU values are respected and implemented in the country.

Als Mitglied der Kommission für die Erhaltung von Südlichem Blauflossenthun (CCSBT) muss die Europäische Union ihre Maßnahmen so umsetzen, dass sie für Schiffe unter der Flagge eines EU-Mitgliedstaats gelten. Bei der Februar-I-Plenartagung soll das Parlament über eine vorläufige Einigung mit dem Rat abstimmen, die die Umsetzung der von dieser zwischenstaatlichen Organisation angenommenen Maßnahmen zur Erhaltung und Bewirtschaftung der Fischbestände betrifft.

„Die Europäische Union ist keine vorübergehende Episode der Geschichte … Wir sind keine vorübergehende Episode der Geschichte.“ Dies waren die Worte des verstorbenen David Maria Sassoli während seiner Antrittsrede im Juli 2019, nachdem er zum Präsidenten des Europäischen Parlaments gewählt worden war. Er war der siebte Italiener, der dieses Amt inne hatte, und der zweite Italiener seit den ersten direkten Wahlen zum Parlament im Jahr 1979. In seinen jungen Lebensjahren war Sassoli aktives Mitglied ...

Die Studie zum Umgang mit Nebeneinkünften von Amtsträgern und Beamten der EU wurde im Jahr 2022 für den Haushaltskontrollausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments durchgeführt. In der Studie werden die erheblichen Unterschiede zwischen den Vorschriften herausgestellt, die in den verschiedenen Organen, Einrichtungen und sonstigen Stellen der EU und den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten angewandt werden. Außerdem wird darin auf eine Reihe bewährter Verfahren und die möglichen Auswirkungen auf das vorgeschlagene ...

In December 2020, the European Commission proposed the creation of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), to facilitate trade, expand investment, develop compatible standards, boost innovation and strengthen the partners' technological and industrial leadership. The TTC also aims to 'lead values-based digital transformation'. Meanwhile, trade between the EU and US continues and is as important as ever, manifested in the fact that, together, they form the largest bilateral economic relationship ...

In light of the current highly challenging background of humanitarian intervention for the European Union and international humanitarian donors, the European Commission has adopted a Communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles. It provides guidelines on how the EU may face this challenge in collaboration with Member States and donor partners. The Communication focuses on two main areas: (1) addressing needs, reducing the funding gap, and (2) supporting an enabling ...

The briefing provides an overview of the latest work by the Financial Stability Board (FSB). It first addresses the FSB as an institution, its mandate, members and governance arrangements, and second, outlines its current work. This paper builds and updates an earlier version.

Access to stable and adequate financial resources is a crucial condition for the realisation of the global goals of intergovernmental organisations (IGOs). In recent decades, alongside global political changes and the evolution in the role of multilateral cooperation, the resourcing and budgetary management of IGOs have also changed. Moreover, funding available to IGOs has become ever more diversified and complex both in terms of its origin and type. This briefing presents selected aspects of the ...

At the 72nd United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 18 September 2017, 120 countries expressed their commitment to the reforms proposed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Since 1946, the UN has undergone a number of reforms either in whole or in part. The term 'reform' has proved troublesome for UN member states on account of its lack of clarity and the lack of consensus as to execution. This is particularly apparent in the scepticism expressed by the United States (US) in 2018 regarding the ...