British citizens voted to leave the European Union on June 23, with 51.9 percent of voters choosing to exit. Migration was the cornerstone of the Leave campaign, which objected to the European Union’s insistence on the free movement of labor, capital, goods and services.
The results of the referendum have ushered in greater political uncertainty, a heightened sense of financial market risk and deep division in British society.
The European Union has been the most extraordinary experiment in the history of political institutions. For the first time huge numbers of people from nations stretching from Scandinavia to Portugal have come together to form a bigger society without anyone using force to make them to do so. For more than 60 years after its beginnings in the late 1940s, the European Union's revolutionary path of state formation without centralized coercive power gradually mastered its members' local strategic interests.
16 February 2017. The EU introduces a new package of measures to tackle climate change.
Europe has seen a surge in migration, mainly due to the increased number of people from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan who made the journey thorough Greece and the Balkans. This has led to political problems both within and between countries and has undermined existing EU immigration agreements that are unlikely to survive in their current form. If the first approach to the problem was centered on how accommodate the influx of refugees then the focus has shifted to stemming that flow and restricting entry.
14 July 2016. The European Commission released the 2016 results of the European Innovation Scoreboard, the Regional Innovation Scoreboard and the Innobarometer.
The main findings are that EU innovation is catching up with Japan and the US, Sweden is once again the innovation leader, and Latvia has become the fastest growing innovator.
16 February 2017. If the EU is to boost its capacity to act, restore citizens’ trust and make the euro zone economy more resilient to outside shocks, it needs
25 November 2016. The Stabilisation and Association Council between the European Union and Kosovo held its first meeting on 25 November 2016. This inaugural mee
22 November 2016. A communication on the next steps for a sustainable European future, presented by the European Commission, encompasses the economic, social an
17 November 2016. The EU institutions reached an agreement on the 2017 EU budget. As proposed by the Commission earlier this year, in 2017 the EU will spend mor
16 November 2016. The European Commission presented the Autumn Package that sets out the economic and social priorities for the EU, the euro area and the Member
15 November 2016. The European Commission has approved eight new projects totalling more than €32 million under the Partnership Instrument (PI) to boost coope
4 October 2016. The European Commission has adopted a proposal to revise the Europass Decision. Europass is a suite of tools and services which support the tran
2 September 2016. Population, living conditions, health, education & training, labour market, economy & finance, trade, industry & services, research & communic
05 August 2016. To tackle discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex (LGBTI) people in the EU, the European Commission has put forward
25 July 2016. The Erasmus scheme’s UK director, Ruth Sinclair-Jones, said “we face a sad moment of uncertainty, after 30 years of this enrichment of so ma
25 July 2016. The European Commission announced an investment of €8.5 billion to be released during 2017 into research and innovation, following an update to
14 July 2016. The European Commission released the 2016 results of the European Innovation Scoreboard, the Regional Innovation Scoreboard and the Innobarome
13 July 2016. The European Commission is presenting proposals to complete the reform of the Common European Asylum System in order to move towards a fully effic
11 July 2016. The European Commission adopted two new "off-the-shelf", i.e. "ready-to-use" financial instruments for ESI Funds investments, to ease access to fu
01/07/2016. From 1 July 2016, Slovakia will hold the Presidency of the Council of the EU, as a part of the current Presidency trio together with the Netherlands
1 July 2016. The Association Agreement(AA) between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova fully enters into force. The Association Agreement aims to
30 June 2016. The Creative Europe programme has set up a €121 million guarantee facility, to enhance the access to finance of SMEs in the cultural and creativ
30 June 2016. The Commission has proposed the 2017 draft EU Budget of €134.9 billion in payments focusing on the two main policy priorities for Europe: suppor
22 June 2016. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission today adopted aJoint Communication that
10 June 2016. The European Commission adopted a new Skills Agenda for Europe. The aim is to ensure that people develop a broad set of skills from early on
7 June 2016. The Commission adopted anIntegration Action Plan for Third-Country Nationalsoutlining a set of actions ranging from education to non-discrimina
08 June 2016. The European Commission adopted a new strategy to put culture at the heart of EU international relations. The'Strategy for international cultura
The Netherlands, Slovakia and Malta, the Presidency Trio from the start of 2016 to mid-2017, have jointly drafted an agenda setting out the main topics which th
