Views: 37The UN official report on Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs monitors global progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report provides a comprehensive assessment of the 2030 Agenda; it serves as a foundational resource for solutions towards SDG’s progress. This year’s report is prepared in collaboration with over 50 international and regional agencies, […]
Category: Sustainability
covering main UN SDGs implementation in the EU states, European “green deal”, as well as circular economy’s aspects and “green growth” in the national development
EU’s legal approach to governance: the European “culture of administration”
Views: 20The EU legislative institutions are heavily relying on closer cooperation among the decision-makers on key legislative proposals. For example, at the end of 2025, the joint declaration was approved, highlighting the main “cooperation efforts” among the Commission’s initiatives (as the primary law-drafting institution) and other two co-legislators – the European Parliament and the Council. […]
EU in the world: reflections on the recent G7 summit in France
Views: 14The European Commission and the Council Presidents’ message at the recent G7 meeting in mid-June were three-fold: a) to address the structural challenges of the global economy; b) to focus on crises affecting Europe and around the world; and c) the digital transition and AI issues. Below is a short version of the EU’s […]
Priorities in the EU draft budget for 2027
Views: 61The European Commission proposed recently the 2027 annual EU budget at €200 billion (in commitments): the draft budget reflects the mid-term review of the 2021-2027 Cohesion policy. The EU member states will use these financial resources to implement their new priorities in the areas of competitiveness, defence, affordable housing, water resilience and energy transition, […]
European complex security issues: recent EPC-Forum’s accounts
Views: 25The European Policy Centre’s second Economic Security Forum in Brussels (BESF2026) concluded recently with a clear message: Europe must rely on a creative economic resilience as the global fragmentation deepens. During two days, leaders, policymakers and industry experts examined how to diversify supply chains, secure critical technologies and reduce vulnerabilities linked to trade shocks […]
European economy and finances: outcomes of two meetings
Views: 19During two recent meetings – Ecofin and Eurogroup – Commissioner Dombrovskis underlined main EU-wide modern economic-financial policy issues and challenges. E.g. among the Eurogroup, under the radar were such essential issues as careful policy’s “calibration”, consolidation measures and rigorous priorities in order to safeguard the EU fiscal sustainability while addressing urgent priorities.
The European “One Europe-One Market” roadmap: Commission’s assessments
Views: 47The EU Single Market (formally established in 1993), is a unified economic area where goods, services, capital and people move freely without borders or tariffs. The concept is often called the “four freedoms,” as it allows EU citizens live and work within the bloc’s 27 member states as a “single domestic” economy. The new […]
Global trends in education policies: the European effects
Views: 115The UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (launched in March 2026) and the Higher Education Global Trends Report (launched in this May) highlighted a worsening education crisis characterized by stalled access and widening economic inequalities. The reports provide important data that can assist the EU policy makers to guide higher education systems and policies at […]
European political community: additional facet in the “European idea”
Views: 47The European Political Community, EPC is an intergovernmental forum aimed to facilitate political dialogue about the future of Europe; it was created four years ago as a “renewed effort” to redefine and expand the “European idea” beyond the existing frameworks, by fostering cooperation among European nations and states. Proposed by the French President, the […]
In need of financial resources: European Union’s borrowing on global markets
Views: 43The European Commission is empowered by the EU Treaties to borrow from the international capital markets on behalf of the European Union. The EU is a well-established name in debt securities markets, with a strong track record of successful bond issuances over the past 40 years. The Commission presently intends to issue €10 billion […]