Preparing Europe for the digital age is among the six key priorities of the European Commission (EC) established by President Ursula von der Leyen in 2019. The digital transition is key to the growth of the European Union (EU) in the next decade, to the green transition and to strengthen competitiveness vis-à-vis other regions, in...
The new European Commission headed by President Ursula Von Der Leyen, which took office in 2019, identified environmental sustainability in the European Union as one of its priorities, leading to the announcement of a European Green Deal. The pandemic has not changed this objective, as a significant part of the recovery and resilience package to...
Conclusões do Conselho Europeu. Dia 20 de julho pelas 11h00 com Paulo Rangel, Francisco Assis, moderado por Inês Domingos, Presidente do think tank International Affairs Network. Com a participação de Sofia Alves, representante da Comissão Europeia em Portugal. Qual montante do fundo de recuperação? Quais os desafios do modelo do financiamento? Como chegar a acordo...
Between the first and second issue of The Spotlight, the global pandemic has changed our plans quite a bit, but it has not diminished our resolve. We have moved our events online and to podcasts. You can now hear the International Affairs Network podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and our web site. We held...
The global economic slowdown has shared centre stage with the immediate public health threat that the COVID-19 crisis presently poses. Spiralling unemployment, eye-watering government bailout packages, collapsing supply chains and consumer demand falling off a cliff have all but resigned the markets to a deep recession. Some commentators fail to see why the markets would...
