#Politics

Pope Francis: phone call with European Council President Michel. COVID and fight against religious hatred discussed

Visentini (European Unions): “Recovery Plan, we must act now or we risk a social disaster”

European Trade Union Confederation ETUC-CES General Secretary discussed with SIR the economic situation in the Old Continent, severely hit by…

Nagorno-Karabakh: Borrell (EU High Representative), “ceasefire, just the first step to put an end to the conflict”

Migration and asylum: Sassoli (EU Parliament), “behind numbers there are people and stories. We need effective and humane policies”.

The Economy of Francesco. Zamagni: “Need for transformation, not only reform”

“The way we organize our economic systems today requires transformation, not mere reform. Economist Stefano Zamagni, contacted by SIR, thus…

The Economy of Francesco. De Rita: “the greatest risk for us all is to fall into lethargy”

A socio-economic and socio-political overview in times of COVID-19 by Sociologist Giuseppe De Rita on the occasion of The Economy…

EU: Commission proposing “European Health Union”. Schinas, “European agencies with stronger mandates to protect citizens”.

EU: Commission proposing “European Health Union”. Kyriakides, “facing up to health threats together”.

Biden, Trump and the opposition of Europe’s populist movements

“Sovereignism” is deeply rooted in society, and the pandemic – which over the past months somewhat overshadowed its progress –…

EU-Balkans: summit in Sofia. Várhelyi (Commissioner), “Economic investment plan adopted, €9 billion of funding”

Council of Europe: visit by Card. Parolin via videoconference on 12 November. Virtual meeting with CoE authorities, ministers and Catholic NGOs