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Financing an EU budget for the transition and recovery
Vodcast with Margarida Marques, Kimmo Kiljunen and Miguel Costa Matos
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Digital Dialogue: Corona Briefing
The Covid-19 crisis has revealed huge gaps in the social safety net on both sides of the Atlantic. From unequal access to education, to attacks on...
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German Presidency of the Council | Deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft
On 1 July 2020, the Federal Republic of Germany took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU for six months. FES accompanies this period with...
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Online Series "What’s the offer? A new partnership between Europe and Africa", May-June 2020
In many ways 2020 is said to be crucial for the medium- and long-term relationship between Africa and the EU. EU’s new strategy with Africa published...
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Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung gives Human Rights Award 2020 to Zoran Zaev
On the second anniversary of signing the Prespa Agreement, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung announces that Zoran Zaev will be awarded the Human Rights...
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Germany's Presidency of the Council of the EU
On 1 July 2020, the Federal Republic of Germany assumed the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the next six months. The agenda is now largely dominated by the Covid-19 crisis which broke out at the beginning of the year. The conclusion of the Multiannual Financial Framework and the additional multi-billion-euro recovery programme for the EU take priority. Moreover, there is a large number of files that were in the pipeline before the crisis hit...
The EU-office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is working on these issues and will accompany the German Council Presidency with public discussions, specialist workshops, publications and analysis. By providing constructive and critical analysis of these debates and negotiations, offering progressive solutions and strengthening a transparent and open dialogue, the FES aims to ensure that the adopted measures contribute to a more socially balanced and sustainable Europe that successfully represents these values both domestically and in its external relations. [more]
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