Today, the Commission is adopting the first EU Strategy on voluntary return and reintegration. The Strategy promotes voluntary return and reintegration as an integral part of a common EU system for returns, a key objective under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. It sets out practical measures to strengthen the legal and operational framework for voluntary returns from Europe and from transit countries, improve the quality of return and reintegration programmes, establish better links with development initiatives and strengthen cooperation...

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In his speech at the Leaders' Summit on Climate hosted by US President Joe Biden on 22 April, European Council President Charles Michel highlighted the EU's leadership in fighting climate change and its binding target of 55% emissions reduction by 2030. He also stressed the need for a global approach to carbon pricing and urged all developed countries to scale up their contributions to climate finance. A global approach to carbon pricing is paramount to promoting green investment. If we...

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EACC New York is inviting European countries, member states and non-member states, to share some fun facts about their country with the EACC network to showcase their home country’s cultural beauty, economic strengths, and their role in transatlantic trade & investment. In conjunction with Portugal's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, we present a profile of the country of PORTUGAL. A quick fun fact about your country: According to The Global Peace Index, Portugal is the 3rd safest country in...

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Speech by Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the European Statistical Forum (virtual) | Economic and financial statistics play a central role in guiding monetary policy decisions: central banks constitute an important user group for the output of statistical agencies, while also helping to collect the data underpinning many macro-financial statistical series. Events such as the European Statistical Forum provide a welcome opportunity to bring together the producers and users of statistics. In my remarks...

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Welcome address by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the joint BIS, BoE, ECB and IMF conference on “Spillovers in a “post-pandemic, low-for-long” world” | Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak at this conference on spillovers in a “post-pandemic, low-for-long” world. Over the last decade, globalisation has called into question central banks’ ability to achieve domestic objectives. According to some, close economic and financial ties across borders make inflation more of a global...

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