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Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation
As part of broader efforts to combat all forms of violence against women and girls, the European Union (EU) is committed to working collectively to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) and to supporting its Member States' efforts in this field. The European Commission assesses EU measures to combat FGM every year, on or around 6 February – the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. This publication is a further update of an 'at a glance' note originally published ...
Reception of asylum-seekers – Recast directive
States must treat asylum-seekers and refugees according to the appropriate standards laid down in human rights and refugee law. The 2015 migration crisis revealed wide divergences in the level of reception conditions provided by Member States, which have persisted until today. While some are facing problems in ensuring adequate and dignified treatment of applicants, in others the standards of reception provided are more generous. This has led to secondary movements of asylum-seekers and refugees, ...
Les parlements d’Europe: acteurs à part entière ou spectateurs impuissants? - État des lieux 2010-2020
Depuis le traité de Lisbonne, les parlements nationaux de l’Union européenne sont reconnus comme des acteurs pertinents et légitimes au niveau supranational et disposent d’outils pour être associés au-delà du contrôle de leur gouvernement national. Toutefois, au cours de la dernière décennie, l’européanisation des parlements nationaux s’est heurtée à de nouveaux défis. De même, plusieurs crises ont stimulé l’intergouvernementalisme. Cette étude, commandée par le département thématique des droits ...
Missing Trader Intra-Community Fraud
Value added tax (VAT) fraud has an extensive impact on the European Union (EU) budget. As missing trader intra-community (MTIC) fraud is the biggest kind of VAT fraud it would be beneficial to fight this kind of fraud to a larger extent.
The European Education Area and the 2030 strategic framework for education and training
European Union cooperation in the field of education and training has developed in a number of areas that now have well-established roots. The best-known example is possibly the Bologna Process that led to the establishment of the European higher education area. The Copenhagen Declaration lent impetus to a process of cooperation in vocational education and training. This was accompanied by two strategic framework agreements for European cooperation in education and training (ET2010 and ET2020). The ...
Primacy's Twilight? On the Legal Consequences of the Ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court of 5 May 2020 for the Primacy of EU Law
The study analyses the repercussions of the judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court of 5 May 2020. It puts the decision into context, makes a normative assessment, analyses possible consequences and makes some policy recommendations.
Understanding EU counter-terrorism policy
Faced with a persistent international terrorist threat, the European Union (EU) is playing an ever more ambitious role in counter-terrorism. Even though primary responsibility for combating crime and ensuring security lies with the Member States, the EU provides cooperation, coordination and (to some extent) harmonisation tools, as well as financial support, to address this borderless phenomenon. Moreover, the assumption that there is a connection between development and stability, as well as between ...
EU response to the coronavirus pandemic: Citizens' views and expectations
Citizens' expectations regarding European Union (EU) policy involvement and spending in healthcare and economic growth were already increasing before the coronavirus pandemic. These rising expectations created a gap between their demands and their evaluation of current EU action. At the same time, trust in the EU is at its highest level for a decade, and higher than the average level of trust in national governments. Apart from the direct consequences for health, the pandemic caused a wide spectrum ...
Legal obstacles in Member States to Single Market rules (At A Glance - Study In Focus)
This At A Glance summarises the key findings of the original study, which reviewed and analysed national rules that restrict the free movement of goods and services and the right to establishment across the EU Single Market. The study also analysed trends over time in national restrictions and offers recommendations on how they can be removed. This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the committee on Internal Market ...
Rapport 2018 sur la protection des intérêts financiers de l’Union européenne – lutte contre la fraude
En octobre 2019, la Commission européenne a publié son rapport annuel sur la lutte contre la fraude portant atteinte aux intérêts financiers de l’Union en 2018. Au total, 11 638 irrégularités frauduleuses et non frauduleuses ont été signalées à la Commission en 2018, soit 25 % de moins qu’en 2017. Leur montant s’élevait à environ 2,5 milliards d’euros, un chiffre stable par rapport à l’année précédente. La commission du contrôle budgétaire a adopté un rapport sur le rapport annuel de la Commission ...