Europe Day held on 9 May every year celebrates peace and unity in Europe. The date marks the anniversary of the historical ‚Schuman declaration’. At a speech in Paris in 1950, Robert Schuman, the then French foreign minister, set out his idea for a new form of political cooperation in Europe, which would make war...
Today we are celebrating the 225th anniversary of adoption of the first Polish constitution. The Four-Year Sejm, after a heated debate on 3 May 1792, adopted by acclamation the government act know in history as the Constitution of 3rd Mat. It regulated organisation of the state authorities, as well as citizens’ laws and duties. The...
Poland has managed to make good use of its EU membership by combining EU money with Polish work, effort, creativity and enthusiasm, President Bronislaw Komorowski said on Friday, marking the 11th anniversary of Poland’s EU accession. „Today we can enjoy the good fruits of wise decisions taken many years ago. We can also be pleased...
From tomorrow, surcharges for phone calls and data usage when you’re in another EU country are capped even further, while from 15 June 2017 using your mobile phone abroad should cost the same as doing so at home. As of tomorrow non-discriminatory net neutrality rules also enter into force. Read on for more details. Until...
On April 9, Vicepresident of Parliamentary European Union Affairs Committee Agnieszka Pomaska participated in LEAP (Leadership and Excellence in Advanced Politics) Meeting in Kiev. During the workshop organised by International Republican Institute (IRI) MP Pomaska presented current political situation in Poland. „In spite of opinion presented by PiS, american organisations are strongly concerned and interested in...
Talks with Turkey on dealing with the refugee crisis should not be linked to the country’s efforts to join the EU, warned Martin Schulz. The EP President addressed European heads of state and government at the start of the EU summit on 17-18 March dedicated to the migration crisis and economic priorities. “Turkey won’t get...
Europe has made significant steps towards creating a banking union, but the work is far from finished. Italian S&D member Roberto Gualtieri, who drafted a report on the progress made last year, said a single deposit guarantee scheme was still needed ahead. MEPs debate his report and then vote on it on 10 March. Watch...
On March 4, Vicepresident of Parliamentary European Union Affairs Committee Agnieszka Pomaska participated in Mercator European Dialogue Working Track 2 „Reconnecting People with the EU” organised by Barcelona Centre of International Affairs. CIDOB`s workshop provided MPs with the chance to explore why and how to reconnect people with the EU, what role civil society, education and mobility...
Despite high unemployment in many parts of Europe, few Europeans look for work in another EU country. This is partly because of the difficulty of finding a job abroad. The European network of Employment Services (Eures) was launched in 1993 to help with this. MEPs debate it on Wednesday 24 February and vote on it...
The UK and the other EU countries would be better off staying together, Martin Schulz told heads of state and government at the start of a European Council on 18-19 February dedicated to migration and the UK’s demands of a reform of its EU membership. The EP President said: “In the globalised 21st century we...
