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Slowbalisation – understood as the slowdown in global integration – is said to have started in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2007-2008. The coronavirus pandemic brought about a further dramatic fall in cross-border movement of goods, services, capital and people, to the extent ...

This study looks at the role of EU Cohesion Policy in non-urban (rural) areas. It analyses the challenges of these areas and discusses the extent and thematic orientation of rural Cohesion Policy funding. The study then presents the relationship between Cohesion Policy and CAP, before giving an ...

The European Parliament enters the second half of its current term of office at a time of great change. More than a decade after the end of the cold war the European Union is having to rethink its future as a democratic political project. The debates on this issue are taking place in the Europea...

In May 2019, Europeans from 28 different countries took part in the biggest democratic exercise in the history of our continent. More than 200 million EU citizens voted to elect 751 Members of the European Parliament. After years of declining voter turnout, the trend was reversed, with over half...

This report highlights four key issues. Firstly, despite the calls for evidence-based policy, there is a need for full and accurate data on refugees. Secondly there needs to be more support for beneficiaries of international protection seeking to secure timely access to services. Time that could...

‘The Many Faces of Translation’ conference, organised by the Directorate-General for Translation in November 2019 in Luxembourg, was our most ambitious yet. This compilation of articles by the speakers highlights the critical, diverse, and innovative role translation increasingly plays in today’...

The food chain and food itself have been distorted by an industrial model, the main feature of which is the substitution of meat and bone meal for grazing pasture. This situation, the grim legacy of a system of mass production introduced in the desolation that followed the end of the war, has cr...

The European Parliament welcomes visitors of all ages. In this leaflet, you will find information about services and resources that are available for educators that support the standard offer for visitors in Brussels and Strasbourg. In Brussels the standard offer features three facilities: the H...