Together with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland, we are delighted to invite you to an online webinar on the Celtic Interconnector Project. Led by Eirgrid and its French counterpart RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Électricité), this project will be the first direct energy link between Ireland and France, which will see a 575km undersea cable connecting the…
European Movement Ireland is delighted to invite you to a discussion on the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union. You are invited to join H.E. Ms. Deike Potzel the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ireland and Minister of State for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne TD as we look ahead…
We are delighted to invite you to our latest online event with the European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly. Emily O’Reilly was first elected as the European Ombudsman in July 2013. Following the European Parliament elections, she was re-elected for a five year mandate in December 2014 and again in December 2019. As the European Ombudsman she…
The onset of the Covid-19 crisis saw the European Commission set out ambitious plans to not only mitigate the economic fallout from the pandemic, but also to map the way ahead for the eventual recovery. In this Just the Facts, we take a look at what the EU has done to assist Member States during the pandemic and what has been planned for the economic recovery of the EU. Introduction: First…
We are delighted to invite you to our latest online event with Karen Banks, Deputy Director General of the Legal Service of the European Commission. Prior to this position, Ms Banks was Director responsible for running the AGRI-FISH team of the Legal Service. She has also worked in the areas of competition law, social law, intellectual property…
The tourism sector has been one of the hardest hit by the Coronavirus lockdowns. The European Commission has estimated severe loss of revenue in European tourism that supports some 27 million jobs across in the EU. But how is the EU providing support for this important European sector? This Just the Facts in our series…
In cooperation with the European Commission Representation in Ireland, we are delighted to invite you to an online webinar on the new European Commission proposals for the future EU budget and the Recovery Plan for Europe. The briefing will be given by Mr. Andreas Schwarz, Director responsible for Revenue and the Multiannual Financial Framework in the European Commission’s…
Join European Movement International on Tuesday, 2nd June from 13:30 for the second edition of #EuropeanChats – a new Facebook live series from the European Movement International featuring members of our network from across Europe. #EuropeanChats gathers European citizens for informal discussions on different issues surrounding the COVID-19 crisis from their national perspectives, e.g. divergent…
Introduction: While the course navigated so far in Brexit is incomplete, the knotted issue of fisheries has being climbing the political ladder. Michel Barnier has stated that an EU – UK trade deal cannot be agreed without an agreement on fisheries. In this Just the Facts, we will explore why the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) may cause Brexit talks to run aground. What is the Common Fisheries Policy? The CFP, an exclusive competency since 1983, has four pillars…
Introduction As the COVID-19 crisis developed across the EU in February and March, much attention has been given to the closure of land border crossings and to the suspension of air travel across the EU. The European Commission has responded by introducing measures to mitigate this, as explored in a recent EM Ireland ‘Just the…