Europe is going veg
If the EU is serious about the environment, it can no longer ignore the connection between animal farming and carbon emissions. No wonder a growing number of Europeans are turning vegetarians or even vegans.
Eastern partnership countries face little progress, backsliding in reforms
The European Union's Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries were either stagnant or stumbled in their efforts to meet EU norms and standards in 2017, the latest available data shows.
EU falling short of reaching its research & development target
The European Union spent 2.04 percent of its GDP on Research and Development (R&D) in the year 2016, 0.96 percentage points short of its Europe 2020 target.
Women in power
Sweden does it without a law, France does it with one. The proportion of women in European parliaments and cabinets is determined by a number of different factors. A comparison.
Cold housing and polluted cities? Something is changing in the Balkans
Many citizens of south-east Europe cannot afford to properly heat their own homes. The impact on health and air pollution is serious, but energy poverty has recently begun to decline.
The EU might well achieve its employment rate target for 2020
The European Union has achieved 72.2 percent employment rate as a part of the Europe 2020 strategy, which targets 75 percent employment for the EU.
The EU expat vote in the European elections
EU citizens living in a member state other than their country of origin represent more than 3% of the European electorate. In previous European elections, the majority of these citizens did not vote. Will they vote this time round?
Adult education (OECD)
"Adult education must be developed to cope with changes in the world of work".
Liberalization of public services in Europe (GUE/NGL)
Since the 1980s, the European Union and its Member States have pursued policies to liberalize public network services.
Atlas of the Common Agricultural Policy
"Our agriculture is changing and with it are social models and the environment: it is to address all these issues that we have decided to publish this Atlas".
