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Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova
The Regulation establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova will provide the country with financing worth almost €1.9 billion for the 2025-2027 period. The Facility aims to invest in Moldova, accelerate its socio-economic reforms, strengthen its resilience, and advance its EU integration. Ϸվ is scheduled to vote on the agreed text, resulting from interinstitutional negotiations, during its March 2025 plenary session.
A just transition and reconstruction in Syria
After the fall of the Assad regime, the European Union (EU) is ready to support the Syrian people through the process of transition and reconstruction, including by suspending certain restrictive measures. The Council and the Commission are due to give statements on the issue during Ϸվ's March plenary session.
Monitoring the implementation of EU law: tools and challenges - Update
This study was commissioned by the European Ϸվ's Policy Department for Citizens, Equality and Culture at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI). It updates the study published in 2017, offering information on the key actors responsible for implementing and enforcing EU law. It also examines recent trends in the transposition and application of EU legislation across various policy areas, based on the latest available information. The study outlines the evolution of the EU Enforcement ...
On judicial independence: Overview of case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice
This in-depth analysis offers a systematic overview of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg laying down common minimum standards of judicial independence in Europe. The judgments are discussed according to subject matter, with a particular focus on the most recent judicial decisions handed down in the past 5 years.
Combating corruption in the European Union
Corruption is a major challenge for the European Union (EU), with all its Member States affected by the problem to some extent. The scale of the problem, however, is difficult to measure, both in the EU and elsewhere. Surveys on perception of corruption among citizens and experts – such as the Global Corruption Barometer and Eurobarometer surveys – are the principal measurement tools. Since the 1990s, countries around the world have joined forces to address corruption collectively. This has led to ...
Convention on the Rights of the Child: 35th anniversary
Every year, on 20 November, the world celebrates World Children's Day; this year marked the 35th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Adopted in 1989, the convention was the first international instrument to explicitly recognise children as human beings with innate rights. Ratified by 196 countries, including all EU Member States, it has become the landmark treaty on children's rights, outlining universal standards for the care, treatment, survival, development ...
Recent legislation targeting LGBTI persons
During the European Ϸվ's November II plenary session, the European Commission is scheduled to make a statement, and Ϸվ to hold a debate, on recent legislation targeting LGBTI persons and the need for protecting the rule of law and a discrimination-free EU.
Performance-based Programmes under the post-2027 MFF
The expected shift towards a performance-oriented budget presupposes a careful choice and definition of indicators clearly linked to the funding objectives, as well as standardised reporting and fully integrated and interoperable IT solutions to collect the required amount of data. Ensuring the full protection of the Union’s financial interest under performance-based budgeting will require careful balancing of auditing and control requirements with the administrative burden imposed on Member States ...
Confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate: Henna Virkkunen – Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
Henna Virkkunen is a Finnish politician and member of the National Coalition Party, which is affiliated with the European People's Party group in the European Ϸվ. She has been a Member of the European Ϸվ since 2014, serving inter alia on the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), and Transport and Tourism (TRAN). She was also a member of the Committee of Inquiry investigating the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Special Committee on Artificial ...
Confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate: Michael McGrath – Democracy, Justice and Rule of Law
Michael McGrath (born in 1976), is an Irish politician, a member of the Fianna Fáil party, which belongs to the Renew Europe group in the European Ϸվ. He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from University College Cork (1997). Most recently, he was minister for finance (2022-2024) and before that, minister for public expenditure and reform (2020-2022). McGrath has been a member of the lower house of the Irish Ϸվ (the Oireachtas) for the Cork South-Central constituency since 2007 ...