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Following Slovakia's six month Presidency of the EU Council, we caught up with Ambassador Javorčik, Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the EU, to talk about Slovakia’s experience at the helm.

Originally from Syria, at the age of 23, I am now living in Belgium, where, for the last two weeks, I have been volunteering for the European Movement International via the Tandem programme.

The referendum that never should have been has returned a result that many disbelieve. From across Europe and internationally friends have reached out to me in their astonishment, their confusion.

The counting of votes last night might not have cleared the main question of who will govern Spain in the coming months or years, but it did decide several battles that had been raised during the election campaign.

Praising Europe, with a British accent. By Petros Fassoulas, Secretary General of the European Movement International We are just hours away before discovering the outcome of the UK referendum. It

The consequences of a UK exit from the EU by Petros Fassoulas, Secretary General of the European Movement International With the 23 June British Referendum on EU Membership fast approaching, the

Snap elections held in Serbia on Sunday, April 24 recorded solid turnout of a little over 56% and can be characterised as a victory for the current leading parties – the Serbian Progressive

European Movement members have amassed vast experience in developing and implementing youth programmes that bring the EU into schools and universities, creating the EU dimension that is advocated in the European Parliament report ‘from the ground up’.

The INGO Conference of the Council of Europe held its Winter Session during the last week of January. The 3 thematic Commissions (on Education and Culture, Human Rights and Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges) were given the chance to meet at the beginning of the week - for mainly informal moments that enable the NGOs to exchange information on various projects – as well as on the Friday.

“There will be no new enlargement in the next five years” – this (in)famous sentence of Jean-Claude Juncker from July 2014 caused a stir among the various stakeholders involved in the process of the Union’s enlargement.

After eight years of centre-liberal coalition in Poland, led by Donald Tusk and Bronisław Komorowski, the conservative, populist and anti-liberal Law and Justice Party won presidential (in May 2015) and parliamentary (in October) elections.

One thing is clear. The Danes said no to the common EU rules on divorces, combating pedophilia, cybercrime and other cross-border crime. The Danes said no to remaining in Europol and no to empowering the parliament with a mandate to proceed with common rules in the area of justice and home affairs. Mind you, the area of the justice and home affairs is characterised by transnationalism and therefore demands joint solutions.