Brussels 10.09.2021 The hardline former immigration minister Inger Støjberg has united with the Danish People’s Party (DF) on a plan to deport as many as 50,000 migrants by 2030, who are not respecting the laws and rules of the receiving society. Glimrende fremlæggelse af Inger Støjberg på Folketingets talerstol af Ingers og @DanskDf1995 forslag om…
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Commissioner Schinas fight against antisemitism
Strasbourg 06.10.2021 “I am not breaking any news when I say that antisemitism and Holocaust are a stain in Europe’s history. It is the darkest chapter in our history book. Other than the historical reasons, there is an increasing and worrying tendency of anti-Semitic attacks and sentiments across the EU” said the Commissioner Margaritis Schinas,…
EU: MEPs debate Arctic policy
Strasbourg 05.10.2021 While the European Commission is currently working on an update of the EU’s Arctic policy, MEPs are concerned about emerging threats to stability in the area. New week, new job opportunity❗ The Arctic Council Secretariat is looking for an advisor to join an international team of #Arctic enthusiasts in 📍Tromsø 🇳🇴. Curious about…
MEP Puigdemont arrested in Italy
Brussels 24.09.2021 Member of European Parliament, Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain after a failed secession bid for the region in 2017, was detained Thursday, 23 September, in Sardinia, Italy, his lawyer said. MEP Puigdemont, who moved to Belgium and was elected there as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), has been fighting…
MEPs historic decision to end animal tests
Strasbourg 16.09.2021 Parliament urges the EU to accelerate the transition to a research system that does not use animals. Press release MEPs demand EU action plan to end the use of animals in research and testing: https://t.co/4Si5vjtAR7 pic.twitter.com/IHqLImhWn5 — EP PressService (@EuroParlPress) September 16, 2021 MEPs request an EU-wide action plan with ambitious and achievable…
#SOTEU: Photo reportage Strasbourg Plenary
Strasbourg 15.09.2021 Aleksy Witwicki photo reportage: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers her state of the union address #SOTEU at the European Parliament Plenary on Wednesday (15 September), outlining the future perspectives for the Commission policies. Von der Leyen, a former German defence minister who took the reins of the EU executive two…
#SOTEU: EU towards European Defence Union
Strasbourg 15.09.2021 “..Witnessing events unfold in Afghanistan was profoundly painful for all the families of fallen servicemen and servicewomen” said the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen while delivering the State of the Union speech #SOTEU at Strasbourg plenary of the European Parliament. 🔴 LIVE: State of the European Union. Watch MEPs…
SOTEU: Afghan Support Package in view
Strasbourg 15.09.2021 “…Recent events in Afghanistan are not the cause of this change – but they are a symptom of it” the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said, while delivering the State of Union speech at European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg. “And first and foremost, I want to be clear. We stand by…
#SOTEU: Future of Europe debate
Strasbourg 14.09.2021 The State of the EU debate, looking at work to date and plans for the future, takes place on 15 September in Strasbourg. . What is the State of the European Union debate? The State of the European Union debate takes place every September when the president of the European Commission comes to…
Tallinn Digital summit 2021
Brussels 07.09.2021 “Our Strategic Agenda centres on our twin transitions: climate and digital. The European Council took this decision before Covid and before the “build back better” approach of our post-Covid world. The pandemic has injected greater urgency, and more reasons, to pursue our transformational path to a more sustainable and fairer model. We want…
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