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Taiwan: 2024 elections

In sintesi 10-01-2024

On 13 January 2024, voters in Taiwan will go to the polls to cast their votes for a successor to Tsai Ing-wen, the current independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president, who is term-limited, and for 113 members of the Legislative Yuan. Alongside the future of cross-strait relations and regional peace and stability amid growing US-China strategic competition, Taiwan's economic vulnerabilities, its reliance on energy imports, high youth unemployment, stagnant wages and high housing ...

Despite predictions of a long and inconclusive meeting, EU leaders achieved a historic and highly symbolic agreement to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, grant candidate status to Georgia, and open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, once the latter complies fully with the membership criteria. Even if the European Council did not finalise discussions on the revision of the multiannual financial framework – which includes, inter alia, an aid package for Ukraine ...

Corruption is a major challenge for the European Union (EU), with all its Member States affected by the problem to some extent. Its scale, however, is difficult to measure both in Europe and elsewhere. Surveys on the perception of corruption among citizens and experts – such as the Global Corruption Barometer and Eurobarometer surveys – are the principal measurement tool. Since the 1990s, countries around the world have joined efforts to address corruption collectively. This has led to the emergence ...

This European added value assessment (EAVA) seeks to inform the European Parliament's legislative initiative 2023/2184(INL) entitled 'Promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU'. Freedom of scientific research forms an integral part of academic freedom, and this study confirms the de facto erosion of academic freedom, including its underlying conditions, across the EU. It also identifies new forms of threat, such as the role of new technologies, use of strategic lawsuits, increasing ...

This Briefing, written by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI), provides background information for the PETI Fact-finding visit to Donegal, Ireland, scheduled from 30 October to 1 November 2023. It investigates the issue of petitions 0789/2021, 0790/2021, 0799/2021, 0800/2021, 0801/2021, 0813/2021, 0814/2021 and 0837/2021 which raise concerns about the defective quality of certain building ...

Relazione 2022 sul Montenegro

In sintesi 11-10-2023

Il Montenegro è un paese multietnico composto da montenegrini (43 %), serbi (32 %), bosniaci (7,8 %) e albanesi (5 %). Nel referendum del maggio 2006, il 55,5 % dell'elettorato si è espresso a favore dell'indipendenza. Secondo i sondaggi d'opinione, quasi l'80 % dei montenegrini è favorevole all'adesione all'UE. Il 2 aprile 2023, dopo essersi aggiudicato il 59 % delle preferenze al turno di ballottaggio delle elezioni presidenziali, l'ex ministro dell'Economia del Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, ha ...

Il presente studio, commissionato dal dipartimento tematico Diritti dei cittadini e affari costituzionali su richiesta della commissione AFCO, analizza la particolare natura dell'articolo 122 TFUE come base giuridica non legislativa, a norma della quale il Parlamento europeo non è coinvolto nel processo decisionale. Dallo studio emerge che il recente ricorso all'articolo 122 TFUE è giuridicamente difendibile, ma che il Consiglio non tiene sufficientemente conto della formulazione "Fatta salva ogni ...

This study forms part of a larger comparative law project which seeks to present the rule of law in a broad range of legal orders around the world. The subject of this study is the United States federal legal system. It presents the main relevant sources regarding the rule of law (legislation in force, case law and literature) in the US. America’s rule of law principles have origins in selected philosophies, legal histories, and lived experiences. With this background, America’s Founders created ...

A seguito di rivelazioni riguardanti l'uso dello spyware Pegasus da parte di diversi governi dell'UE contro giornalisti, politici, funzionari e altre personalità pubbliche, il Parlamento europeo ha istituito una commissione d'inchiesta per indagare sull'uso di Pegasus e di spyware di sorveglianza equivalenti (PEGA). Il Parlamento dovrebbe tenere una discussione sulle conclusioni della commissione PEGA e votare una raccomandazione destinata al Consiglio e alla Commissione durante la tornata di giugno ...

Plenary round-up – May II 2023

In sintesi 02-06-2023

Among the key moments of the May II plenary session were debates on breaches of the rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary and frozen EU funds, and on the threat to democracy and the rule of law in Poland, in particular through the creation of an investigative committee. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, made a statement on the 10-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh. Another debate addressed the social and economic costs of climate change in light ...