by James Holtum | Nov 29, 2022 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
What MEPs want: 10 tips for planning your 2024 European Election campaign Just a few months after the half-way point in its mandate, the 2024 European Parliament Election season has begun. Players in the EU Bubble – from think tanks to NGOs, businesses to agencies...
by James Holtum | Jun 20, 2022 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
The Czech Presidency’s uphill battle for unity The last Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2009 faced its fair share of challenges. It began with the unveiling of the temporary artwork ‘Entropa’ in the lobby of the European Council building. The...
by Tatu Liimatainen | Feb 28, 2022 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
Sustainable Corporate Governance – hit or miss? The Commission has the corporate world in its sights with its freshly adopted proposal on Sustainable Corporate Governance. It has long been concerned that sustainability issues are not well enough embedded in the...
by Tatu Liimatainen | Oct 21, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
The Commission defies the ‘unknowns’ to press a bold 2022 agenda As is the tradition at this time of the year, Brussels is starting to focus on the 12 months ahead. Following Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address on September 16, this...
by Tatu Liimatainen | Sep 16, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
The Brussels Times: Von der Leyen goes soul-searching as she seeks a global role for the EU European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen went soul-searching in her second State of the Union speech on Wednesday. This wasn’t her making a joke about the half-empty...
by Tatu Liimatainen | Sep 13, 2021 | Advocacy & Political, Issues & Crisis, News
EU State of the Union 2021: What von der Leyen should say On Wednesday morning, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her 2021 State of the Union address in the European Parliament’s plenary chamber in Strasbourg. This is the moment when she...
