The French are called to vote this Sunday, June 9, 2024, to choose their new European representatives. At 5pm, turnout for these elections stood at 45.26%, higher than in 2019.
Europa Experience is a new and unusual museum that is unveiling a special nocturne for Museums' Night this Saturday, May 18, 2024. An opportunity to find out more about the European Union! So, what's in store for this 20th edition?
One hour to understand Europe: that's the challenge of the mini-conferences that will be offered twice a month at the Europa Experience, where you'll learn that Europe isn't so complicated!
The EU health pass, enabling to travel between EU countries requiring it, could be needed longer, one extra year than expected, until June 30, 2023, following the vote at the EU Parliament.
Amidst the crisis, the World Health Organization is worried about likely shortage of syringes by 2022, if their production does not step up to Covid-19 vaccine doses’.
Starting from January 2022, France will take over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, for six months, in compliance with the system of the rotating presidency. Emmanuel Macron intends to “protect the external borders of the EU”.
The EU has hit a milestone: 70% of the EU adult population is now fully vaccinated, European Commission Presidence Ursula Von der Leyen announced this Tuesday August 31. It represents over 230 million people.
This Monday April 26, the European Union announced - via the European Commission - they are suing AstraZeneca laboratory for not respecting terms of the contract between the pharmaceutical group and Brussels amid the Covid fight.
This hitch is said to slow France's vaccination campaign: American Pfizer laboratory has warned they will deliver 2 million fewer doses than expected in May.
As many European Union countries are strengthening health restrictions to curb the third Covid-19 epidemic wave, yesterday, WHO condemned Europe’s “unacceptable slow” vaccine rollout.
The EU 27 have agreed on a "EU health pass" to be instated from June 15, 2021. What will it include? European Commissioner Thierry Breton - entrusted with vaccines - answered the question this March 28 on Le Grand Jury show.
As this Monday March 22, AstraZeneca laboratory stated their vaccine was 79% effective and show no risk of thromboses (blood clots), this Thursday March 25, the Swedish-British laboratory reviewed data as required by the NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases), and announced updated data including vaccine was 76% effective.
This Saturday March 13, AstraZeneca laboratory announced new delivery delays to the EU, speaking about exportation restrictions caused by the non-EU production choice to deliver doses secured by the 27. This Thursday March 11, Health Minister Olivier Véran already announced a three-week delay in deliveries.
Delayed vaccination campaign within the European Union could cost billions to the 27… According to Euler Hermès experts’ calculations, it could cost between 100 million and 3 billion depending on the countries and per week of lockdown, for a total that could reach up to 90 billion euros for 2021.
Appproved by the European Medicines Agency since this Friday January 29, Covid vaccine by AstraZeneca has been approved, this Tuesday February 2, by the Haute Autorité de Santé only for people under the age of 65. It is to arrive in France from February 8 - according to Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune.
This Sunday January 31, European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen announces AstraZeneca will deliver 30% more vaccine doses than announced for the first quarter of 2021, namely 40 million doses more.
The European urged its state members to “speed up” Covid vaccinations with one goal: giving the doses to over 70% adults by the end of August 2021, as well as 80% of the health workforce and people aged 80+ by March.
As worries start to rise because of delivery delays, expected by late January-early February, Pfizer CEO intended to reassure saying doses promised for the first quarter of the year will be delivered in the European Union as planned.
After negotiating for months, the United-Kingdom and the European Union ultimately managed to find a post-Brexit trade agreement. 1,246 pages long, it includes – among others – provisions on nuclear energy and exchange of classified information.
