EU Weekly Review - 3/12/2021
Host David Fairhurst presents the show dealing with the latest developments in terms of the Conference on the Future of Europe and other EU matters.
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Sassoli: Legacy of Late French President VGE Should Shape Also Ongoing CoFoE
Brussels/Strasbourg/Bratislava, December 2 (TASR-correspondent) – The lessons learned from late former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing (1974-81) were not to divide pro-European forces, but rather build a stronger Parliament and more solid democracy, said European Parliament President David Sassoli in his tribute speech paid to d’Estaing on
President Asks Premier to Deal with Problems Related to Pandemic and Reforms
Bratislava, December 2 (TASR) – I’ve asked Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) to assume responsibility and make progress towards solving the problems that are causing the weak results in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic and the chaos in adopting reforms, President Zuzana Caputova stated following a meeting with
MFA: EU Should Work Hard to Better Involve People in CoFoE
Bratislava, December 2 (TASR) – The European Union (EU) should work hard to get people better involved in the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE); it should ensure that marginalised groups, people who disagree with or want to leave the EU, are given space, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MFA) told
CoFoE: Extension of Conference Can't Be Ruled Out, Says Vargova
Brussels, December 2 (TASR-correspondent) – The Council of the EU, i.e. the institution representing the interests of member states, has been fully engaged in the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), head of Slovakia’s Permanent Representation to the EU Petra Vargova has stated in an interview for TASR.
CoFoE to Collect Comments of EU Citizens until Spring of 2022
Brussels, December 1 (TASR) – The Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) is a series of consultations across the continent between May 2021 and the spring of 2022 that is aimed at collecting ideas for EU reform from European citizens.
Anyone can register and express their opinion and comment on
Sefcovic: Citizens Bring Useful Suggestions through Future of Europe Conference
Brussels, December 1 (TASR-correspondent) – The initiatives taken so far by citizens directly attending the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) are very useful, EC Vice-president for Inter-institutional Relations and Foresight Maros Sefcovic said in an interview with TASR.
The Slovak EU commissioner pointed out that together with two other