Lowest majority in history greets von der Leyen

Extremists given keys to crucial portfolio in dark day

Long before the latest elections in Europe, our complacency began to cost us

In May 2019 Europeans will vote in the European Parliamentary elections. It will be a different EU than before.

In this lead-up to next year’s European Parliamentary elections the ETUC held a seminar titled: ‘Europe’s new political landscape: Open vs Closed, us versus them and the angry middle’. The event explored the growing electoral success of rights-wing and populist parties

A strong economy with a strong knowledge-base is what we strive for in Europe. We see that investment in people and their skills will create a European Union, which is good and safe to live in.