Tag: Summer holidays
Ursula von der Leyen’s going on vacation. Who’s she leaving in charge of the EU? – POLITICO
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BRUSSELS — It’s officially August, which means the last Eurocrats are heading out of town to their favorite summer retreats, and most of Brussels is “out of office.”
But a few commissioners have the questionable honor of being on the summer roster, staying behind as the person on duty should an emergency arise. Former Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker introduced the system in 2017 to show that the EU never
On vacation in Dante’s Inferno – POLITICO
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Antoaneta Roussi is a cybersecurity reporter at POLITICO.
RIPOSTO, Italy — Stepping off the airplane in Sicily feels like entering a furnace. It’s 43 degrees in the shade.
We land in Trapani, 300 kilometers west of Catania, the original destination of our flight. We were rerouted because of a fire at the airport, an issue which will also occur some days later in Palermo. It’s just the start of
How the Zoom revolution will transform the Brussels bubble – POLITICO
This article is part of After Corona, a series exploring how the pandemic has changed the world.
The hottest debate in Brussels this fall won’t be about rule of law or the budget. It’ll be about teleworking, hot desking and online voting.
Organizations around the world are grappling with how to apply lessons from the pandemic and adapt to the Zoom revolution. And the European Union’s two largest institutions are no exception.
Debates have broken out in the European Commission