Strong words this morning from the incoming President of the EU Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen: Today on #EqualPayDay, women earn on average 16% less than men. Written in the European Treaties 60 years ago, equal pay for equal work is still not a reality. That's why I will table measures to introduce binding paytransparency […]
The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa is by far the biggest EU trust fund in existence. It emerged from the EU-Africa migration summit in Valletta in November 2015 with the aim of “fostering stability and to contribute to better migration management, including by addressing the root causes of destabilisation, forced displacement and irregular migration.” […]
Guy Verhofstadt, if you are not familiar with the name, is the leader of the ALDE group in the European Parliament, home to Fianna Fáil’s MEPs and the UK Liberal Democrats, amongst others. He is also the European Parliament’s head man when it comes to Brexit, and in that capacity, he was invited to speak […]
Fintan O’Toole is not shy about declaring what he is. His working titles are “historian, biographer, literary critic and political commentator”. To these he adds “acclaimed” columnist, adding that he writes “on Brexit for the Irish Times”, which he calls “a form of self-harm”, adding that it is also “a form of fatal attraction”. His […]
According to the generally well-informed Pat Leahy over at the Irish Times, Dublin is refusing even to engage with the British authorities on the arrangements that might be necessary in the event of a no-deal Brexit: The new British government wants to talk to Dublin about managing a no-deal exit, but Irish Ministers and officials […]