What happened in the EU in May 2019?
Elections! Europeans voted for the European Parliament. What happened? The anti-EU political parties won a bit. Some, like in Italy, won a lot. Others lost votes. The traditionally pro-EU-parties lost a bit. Some, like in the Netherlands, won a lot (more).
And good news: many Europeans went to vote. More than half voted, compared to only 42,6% in the election in 2014.
But EU citizens can do more than just vote. If you make a petition that gets at least a million votes from at least 7 EU countries, the Commission will have to reply. And there might be an interesting one coming up. Airplane companies don't pay tax on airplane fuel, and citizens made a petition to tax it (more).
One couldn't be against the environment, right? Well, yes you can. Some lobbyists don't want too strong laws on clean water (more). About the same topic: a few EU countries want to make strong decisions on climate change in June. But they will probably fail (more).
And we end with good news: five banks got huge fines from the Commission. They were manipulating financial markets before and during the last economic crisis that started in 2009 (more).
And good news: many Europeans went to vote. More than half voted, compared to only 42,6% in the election in 2014.But EU citizens can do more than just vote. If you make a petition that gets at least a million votes from at least 7 EU countries, the Commission will have to reply. And there might be an interesting one coming up. Airplane companies don't pay tax on airplane fuel, and citizens made a petition to tax it (more).
One couldn't be against the environment, right? Well, yes you can. Some lobbyists don't want too strong laws on clean water (more). About the same topic: a few EU countries want to make strong decisions on climate change in June. But they will probably fail (more).
And we end with good news: five banks got huge fines from the Commission. They were manipulating financial markets before and during the last economic crisis that started in 2009 (more).
