A small, southeast European country – Montenegro has been awarded by the European Commission. Brussels has confirmed Montenegro’s first (though ex aequo with Serbia) position in the race for membership in the European Union.
For Poland the quick adoption of the euro would be premature, believes Guntram Wolff, the Director of the Bruegel Institute in Brussels.
On a map of risks prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Ukraine was in the same group of countries as Iraq, Iran and Central African ones. All analyzed factors improved but this does not mean that the risk is gone.
One year after the agreement on a free trade area between Ukraine and the European Union entered into force, the first positive results can be noticed.
Serbia’s energy minister Aleksandar Antic said that Serbia needs more investment in renewable energy projects, mainly to relieve pressure on Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), the sole power producer.
The draft directive laying down rules on notification for authorizations in the services sector was adopted by the Council of the EU in May 2017, among others, thanks to Poland's efforts.
The agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on mutual access to the markets after Brexit may be conditional upon the establishment of a fund supporting EU countries similar to the one financed by Norway.
Polish farms should be bigger and operate like companies, says Justyna Góral, PhD, who studies farmers’ income and the effectiveness of the Common Agricultural Policy instruments.
Debate on the future of a unified Europe and the White Paper on the European Union after Brexit is supposed to last at least a year and take place in all member states.
On March 24-26th, the sixtieth anniversary of the Treaty of Rome was celebrated but the birthday celebrations were accompanied by many critical voices.