Madrid has been one of the fiercest critics of the escalating conflict in the Middle East and has refused to allow the U.S. to use jointly operated military bases on Spanish soil to conduct its strikes. In a televised address on Wednesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said respect…
Category: 3. Europe
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Save the date: Webinar on HICP
Do you want to stay up to date with the latest news in the harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP)? Whether you work with inflation or are looking to better understand it, join our webinar on HICP next Monday, 9 March, from 14:30 to 15:15 CET.
From January 2026, several methodological…
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Women held 35% of managerial positions in 2024
In 2024, 35.2% of all managerial positions in the EU were held by women, up from 31.8% in 2014.
Women were more represented among young managers (39.0% of all managers in the age group 15-39), and the share decreased with age. There were 34.4% of women among managers aged 40-64 and 26.5%…
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Women at work: A snapshot of EU’s gender employment gap
As we look at the EU’s labour market, data show that while men’s employment rate stood at 80.8% in 2024, women’s employment rate was 70.8%, resulting in a gender employment gap of 10.0 percentage points (pp). Gender employment gap is defined as the difference between employment rates…
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Commissioner Brunner convenes the 10th EU Internet Forum Ministerial Meeting
On 4 March, Internal Affairs and Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner (pictured) convened the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the EU Internet Forum (EUIF) in Brussels. The meeting will bring together EU Ministers and high-level representatives of online platforms, as well as EU institutions and…
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Commission approves new geographical indications from Finland and Slovakia
The European Commission has approved the addition of ‘Aitoo perunarieska’ from Finland and ‘Liptovské šialence’ from Slovakia to its register of Protected Geographical Indications (PGI).
The Finnish ‘Aitoo perunarieska’ is a round unleavened flatbread (‘rieska’) made primarily from…
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Commission seeks input on revision of state aid rules on guarantees
The European Commission has launched a call for evidence on the revision of the Guarantee Notice, which describes how the Commission assesses State guarantees under EU state aid rules. Key aspects of the revision will be ensuring market-conformity of guarantee premiums, establishing greater…
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Europe weighs migration risk – POLITICO
A controversial new idea on EU enlargement is stirring debate in Brussels. Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton unpack a proposal known as “reverse enlargement,” as the European Commission tests how far EU capitals are willing to go to speed up Ukraine’s path toward the…
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Wahl der Widersprüche – POLITICO
Drei Tage vor der Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg steuert das Rennen auf ein Foto-Finish zu. Während Manuel Hagel (CDU) lange als sicherer Sieger galt, holt Cem Özdemir für die Grünen mit einem „Realo-Kurs“ in den Umfragen auf. Gordon Repinski analysiert, warum…
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