TAG: Health care
Ukraine’s funding gap — by the numbers
It's little wonder Ukraine will be paying close attention to next week's European Council summit whe...
8 months ago
Von der Leyen is in! Let the fighting over the next European Commission begin.
STRASBOURG — Ursula von der Leyen will spend the next five years as president of the European Commission. But getting the approval of EU leaders and MEPs is just the start. Now, she needs to start work on a puzzle so complicated it'll make solving a Rubik...
2 months ago
The UK’s Brexit dream is dead
LONDON — British voters head to the polls Thursday for their first general election outside the European Union. But in so many ways, the Brexit dream has already died.All the key Vote Leave characters have left the stage. Five years after winning a landsl...
2 months ago
Ursula von der Leyen’s new European Commission
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday handed out the top jobs in her team.There are now only two layers of command: executive vice presidents and commissioners. The previous third layer of vice presidents has been dropped. Here’s t...
4 weeks ago
Von der Leyen’s first 100 days: What she’s promised, what it means and what she’ll really deliver
Ever since U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt referred to his “first 100 days” as a key milestone way back in 1933, global leaders have referenced the occasion to promise electrifying changes to their electorate.Now it’s Ursula von der Leyen’s turn....
3 weeks ago
European Parliament to decide between starting commissioner hearings in October or November
BRUSSELS — Senior MEPs will decide next week whether to start grilling the 26 nominees to become European commissioners on Oct. 14 or Nov. 4, according to two documents seen by POLITICO that circulated internally in the Parliament on Friday.The dates of t...
2 weeks ago
European commissioner hearings confirmed for November
The hearings for European commissioners will be held from Nov. 4 to Nov. 12, senior members of the European Parliament decided Wednesday.Holding the hearings in November means the earliest date for the new European Commission to start work is early Decemb...
1 week ago
Hydrogen’s toxic secret worries a town in northern France
This summer, residents of the northern French town of Villers-Saint-Paul received a disturbing warning: Don't eat your chickens' eggs.Tests had revealed that local eggs contained a cocktail of potentially dangerous PFAS, or "forever chemicals," a group of...
1 week ago
Two proposed timetables put forward for commissioner hearings
The European Parliament is pondering whether to grill the six executive vice-presidents first or last in next month's hearings for European commissioners-designate, according to two proposed schedules seen by POLITICO.The hearings will take place from Nov...
1 week ago