Europees Parlement (EP)
Het Europees Parlement (EP) vertegenwoordigt ruim 450 miljoen Europeanen en bestaat momenteel uit 705 afgevaardigden (inclusief voorzitter). Nederland heeft 29 zetels in het Europees Parlement. Het Europees Parlement wordt geacht een stem te geven aan de volkeren van de 27 landen die aan de Unie deelnemen, en vooral te letten op het belang van de Unie in zijn geheel.
De leden van het Europees Parlement worden om de vijf jaar rechtstreeks gekozen door de burgers van de Europese Unie. De volgende verkiezingen zijn in 2024. Het Parlement debatteert op basis van voorstellen van de Europese Commissie en kan daarbij wijzigingen voorstellen, waarna het Parlement samen met de Raad van de Europese Unie een beslissing over deze voorstellen neemt.
The EU’s East: A Way Forward
March 1, 2021 Share
President Joe Biden’s victory was cheered in Europe as the Transatlantic news of the year, given the strained Transatlantic ties during the Trump Administration. But just one month into the Biden Administration, (Western) Europe’s enthusiasm is waning. This Administration has indicated that while reinforcing Transatlantic ties will be a priority, Washington will maintain its heightened threat perception of both Russia and China. While the U.S. sees enhanced deterrence as necessary, the European Union’s major powers see this as provocative and counterproductively hawkish. Meanwhile, the EU’s Russia policy has been labeled a “fiasco” with High Representative Josep Borrell recently “humiliated” in Moscow. If the EU indeed prioritizes a reinforced West, it will need to carefully develop its own balanced and realistic Eastern European security policy.
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On Tuesday, Secretary of State Iulia Matei participated in the informal meeting of ministers and state secretaries for European Affairs from EU member states, held in videoconference format, informs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE).
The officials discussed aspects related to coordination at the EU level in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthening the EU resilience in the health care field, as well as initiatives in the security and defence fields.
The agenda of the General Affairs Council meeting also included discussions on the Action Plan on European Democracy, published by the European Commission in December 2020, respectively EU-UK relations, as well a briefing from the Portuguese Presidency on the Conference on the future of Europe.
A milestone in cybersecurity: European Cybersecurity Competence Centre to be located in Bucharest - Hoofdinhoud
The German Presidency of the Council of the
EU has successfully completed negotiations with the European Parliament and European Commission on the establishment of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre.
The new centre will focus on promoting cybersecurity research projects across the
EU. The aim is to improve the chances that European research will produce European cybersecurity products and services that can hold their own on the global market.
Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer:
We need to ensure that people are safe as they go about their lives online. This new European competence centre will strengthen online security and Europe’s digital sovereignty. And it is good that Romania, too, will now be home to a European institution.
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