Brussels 17.09.2023 EU top civil servant Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived on the island of Lampedusa on Sunday, 17 September, morning amid growing tensions related to a surge in migrant arrivals. https://x.com/f_philippot/status/1703338721087475976?s=20 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have arrived…
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Europarl: Ursula revenges on wolves
Strasbourg 14.09.2023 In spite of the strong determination to preserve nature expressed by the European citizens, the European Commission’s under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen aims at reviewing the conservation status of the wolf. During a heated debate MEPs accused EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen of calling wolf on the issue…
Belarus opposition leader addresses MEPs
Strasbourg 13.09.2023 Belarusians want to hear that their country will not be given to Putin as a consolation prize, the exiled Belarusian opposition leader told MEPs on Wednesday. https://x.com/europarlAV/status/1701938634562154881?s=20 Addressing the plenary, the leader of Belarus’ democratic forces Svietlana Tsikhanouskaya called on MEPs to support Belarus’ European perspective and urged Parliament to take its relationship…
MEPs group leaders assess SOTU
Strasbourg 13.09.2023 The Members of the European parliament debates the State of the Union speech the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivered. Leaders of the political groups were the first to offer their opinions. https://x.com/EuroParlPress/status/1701922632981971245?s=20 Manfred Weber (EPP, DE), highlighted three priorities. Firstly, economic growth and competitiveness, saying “we need growth,…
SOTU: State of Union debate
Strasbourg 13.08.2023 In the annual State of the European Union debate, MEPs quizzed President von der Leyen on the Commission’s work in the past and its plans until the June 2024 elections. https://x.com/EuroParlPress/status/1701938271524192752?s=20 Opening the debate, EP President Roberta Metsola said: “The European Union today is stronger, and more united than ever before. The world…
Borrell: push Zelensky peace plan in UNGA
Toledo, Spain 31.08.2023 EU foreign affairs ministers meet at the Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich format) in Toledo in Spain on 30–31 August. The Spanish top diplomat Albares Bueno, and the High Representative of the EU, Josep Borrell, will be hosting the informal assembly. 🔴LIVE NOW: HR/VP @JosepBorrellF remarks upon arrival at the…
EU Defense ministers convene in Toledo
Toledo, Spain 30.08.2023 The city of Toledo hosts the informal ministerial meeting on defence, which takes place at the city’s Fábrica de Armas historic settings. The acting Minister of Defence, Margarita Robles, hosts the meeting, which chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. With EU Defence ministers, we…
EU supports independent Russian media
Brussels 21.07.2023 “The systematic crackdown against the civil society in Russia continues. State Duma has recently adopted draft law introducing criminal liability for citizens’ participation in activities of any foreign or international non-governmental organisation not registered by the Ministry of Justice. It also further restricts interaction with the so-called “foreign agents”” read the statement by…
EU-Ukraine: search for grain alternative route
Brussels 19.07.2023 The West will focus at search for an alternative to the now-defunct Black Sea grain deal at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers on July 20, an EU official said. Kiev is also looking for ways to export grain after the Black Sea Grain Initiative came to a halt upon Russia’s withdrawal….
EU condemns Russia’s halt of Grain Deal
Brussels 18.07.2023 Russia struck Ukraine’s port of Odesa with missiles and drones on Tuesday, July 18, a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal to offer to Kyiv possibilities to export grain via sea route. The Ukrainian officials said Moscow was attempting to return to the offensive in the east. Russian attacks on Ukraine’s…
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