Expanding the EU’s digital sovereignty

We must support each other in the European Union with European solidarity in action and pool our resources, whether with coordinated aid deliveries of medical supplies, mutual support in treating patients or in upholding and safeguarding supply chains.

Source: Politico (Category Influencers)

*Excludes appointments within the EU institutions

26 June 2020

Under German, Portuguese and Slovenian Presidencies

Summary

The citizens of 15 world countries will benefit from the reopening of the European Union external borders on July 1.

1. Algeria
2. Australia
3. Canada
4. China (subject to confirmation of reciprocity)
5. Georgia
6. Japan
7. Montenegro
8. Morocco
9. New Zealand
10. Rwanda
11. Serbia
12. South Korea
13. Thailand
14. Tunisia
15. Uruguay

Note

Source: Eurostat

EU Imports from China € 362 billion 

Euro Million

Soure: European Social Survey, June 25, 2020

How citizens would vote on a referendum on EU Membership

Historical monuments do matter. Instead of tearing down memorials to controversial figures, more important is to look history in the eye and reflect on our awkward relationship to it. Activists  are deluding themselves if they think that removing a statue will make any difference to inequalities of race, class or gender. Rather than insisting that statues should come down, they need to engage in the politics needed to bring about real change. The act of understanding history relies on recognising how the past informs the present, and not editing out parts we don’t like.

Countries with highest share of plug-in EV in New Passenger Car Sales (2019)

1. Norway: 55.93%
2. Iceland: 17.79%
3. Netherlands: 15.01%
4. Sweden: 11.35%
5. Finland: 6.89%
6. Portugal: 5.67%
7. Switzerland: 5.61%
8. Denmark: 4.17%
9. Ireland: 4.09%
10. Austria: 3.47%
11. Belgium: 3.23%
12. United Kingdom: 3.15%
13. Germany: 3.02%
14. France: 2.77%