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Understanding policy coherence for development
A commitment under the EU Treaties, policy coherence for development requires the EU and its Member States to take into account the objectives of development cooperation in all their external and internal policies that are likely to affect developing countries. Managing competing objectives is a challenge. Better awareness among EU policy-makers and a streamlined action plan could help mitigate trade-offs and improve synergies.
2023 Country-Specific Recommendations - comparison of Commission and Council texts
This document compares the draft 2023 Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) proposed by the Commission on 24 May 2023 with the 2023 CSRs approved by the Council on 16 June 2023. The Council will finally adopt the recommendations in July.
Strengthening the Role and Independence of Equality Bodies
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), examines and makes recommendations on the two Directives on standards for equality bodies proposed by the Commission in 2022. It explores the current situation for equality bodies, establishing issues that trammel their potential due to inadequacies in the design of their institutional architecture ...
Women's rights and gender equality: EU-US Explainer
Ongoing global crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the cost of living crisis, climate change and war are spotlighting perennial obstacles to gender equality, as well as the importance and potential of gender-sensitive policies. As part of their commitment to human rights, sustainable development and democracy, the European Parliament and the US Congress have committed to advance women's rights and gender equality in their internal and external policy-making in an array of sectors.
Thematic Digest - implementation of the six policy pillars of the Recovery and Resilience Facility
This briefing provides a summarised comparative analysis of eight papers prepared by external experts at the request of the ECON Committee on the implementation of the six policy pillars of the Recovery and Resilience Facility. It further contains a summary of each of the eight papers provided. Both the comparative analysis and the summaries are prepared under EGOV responsibility; assessing and evaluating the integral views of the authors require a read-through of the full papers.
Tracking the EU Commissioners’ commitments - Von der Leyen Commission, 2019 - 2024: Frans Timmermans.
This briefing follows up the commitments made by the commissioner since 2019.
Tracking the EU Commissioners’ commitments - Von der Leyen Commission, 2019 - 2024: Dubravka Šuica
This briefing follows up the commitments made by the commissioner since 2019.
Tracking the EU Commissioners’ commitments - Von der Leyen Commission, 2019 - 2024: Virginijus Sinkevičius
This briefing follows up the commitments made by the commissioner in 2019.
Tracking the EU Commissioners’ commitments - Von der Leyen Commission, 2019 - 2024: Didier Reynders
This briefing follows up the commitments made by the commissioner in 2019.
EU-India: Cooperation on climate
The EU and India are respectively the third and the fourth largest emitters of atmosphere-warming greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, India's per-capita emissions are much lower than those of other major economies. India is acutely affected by climate change and is strongly dependent on coal as a source of primary energy. Nevertheless, it is now a leader in the promotion of renewable energy and has fixed ambitious targets in terms of electricity-generation capacity from renewables. Along these lines, Delhi ...