The EU is hiring its next generation of senior officials — and countries want their citizens to be the ones pulling the levers of power.
By GABRIEL GAVIN, SONJA RIJNEN
and SEBASTIAN STARCEVIC
in Brussels
Illustration by Natália…
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New data released by Eurostat show that fertility across the European Union fell to its lowest level on record in 2024, while the population continued to grow older.
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“I don’t want to see marches and the views expressed in this go ahead,” Sackman said. “The decision’s not for me, but I’ve made my views very…
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Two repatriation flights chartered directly by the European Commission have safely landed in Romania. The two flights brought back 356 European citizens who were stranded in the Middle East from Oman to Romania. For the first time ever, the Commission mobilised its own rescEU transport and…