In case Catalonia declares independence “unilaterally,” France will not “recognise” it, said the minister of European Affairs, Nathalie Loiseau. Nathalie Loiseau, Ministra encargada Asuntos Europeos: "Francia no reconocerá Declaración Independencia Cataluña" https://t.co/P9peNuLp9e — España en Francia (@EmbEspFrancia) October 9, 2017 The president of the breakaway region, Carles Puigdemont, is expected to announce the independence of…
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Special status of Donbass prolonged
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) has passed a law “On creating conditions for a peaceful settlement of the situation in separate districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions” extending the special status of the Donbass region by one year. However, it contains the provisions, according to which the special status will come into force only after…
Catalans exercise self-determination
Catalonia will move on Monday, October 9, declaring independence from Spain after holding a referendum upon the decision of Catalan Parliament, consistently rejected by the authorities in Madrid as ‘illegal’ according to Kingdom’s Constitution. Catalonia to move on Monday to declare independence from Spain https://t.co/tjqjQVMU5b via @ReutersSonyaD @AABerwick pic.twitter.com/MwN05DXwHx — Reuters (@Reuters) October 5, 2017…
King Felipe VI condemns Catalan referendum
Spain’s King Felipe VI has condemned organisers of Catalonia’s independence referendum for having put themselves “outside the law”. Spain's King Felipe attacks Catalan referendum organisers for having put themselves "outside the law", in TV address https://t.co/Iv8qlSDuU0 pic.twitter.com/8UAQDcyRlR — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 3, 2017 In a TV address to the nation, he said the…
#Catalonia: Juncker washes his hands
No word condemning violence of riot police in #Catalonia came from #EU leaders. European Commission press-service issued a statement, referring to its previous position, indicating it is ‘illegal’ format under the Constitution of Spain: “Under the Spanish Constitution, yesterday’s vote in Catalonia was not legal” Declaración sobre los acontecimientos en Cataluña https://t.co/ax5bsJz8Fj pic.twitter.com/Uswj6YDKOl — European…
Catalonia: overwhelmed by democracy
Jordi SOLE, MEP, OPINION The time has come for Catalonia to reject the repressive response of the Spanish government to our call for a referendum on self-determination by using democracy, lots of democracy. The best response to the closure of websites promoting the referendum, the seizure of electoral material with words as dangerous as “democracy”…
Merkel welcomes Macron vision of Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech on EU reform, her spokesman said, without giving details on how she would go about improving the way the European Union is run. Macron offered a sweeping vision for Europe’s future in a speech in Sorbonne University in Paris, calling for the EU to cooperate…
Europe reacts upon German elections results
The EU politicians react upon the results of German elections. Leader of the ALDE group Guy Verhofstadt congratulated the FDP after their strong results in the German elections. “Tonight, the German Liberals celebrate a major comeback. After years in the wilderness, the FDP is now back. A positive trend started over a year ago, as a…
Russians don’t see ‘logic’ of US proposal in Donbass
Speaker of the Russian parliament’s upper house Valentina Matviyenko says she does not see ‘logic’ in the suggestion of the US Department of State to locate the UN peacekeepers at the border between Russia and Ukraine. Миротворцы нужны, чтобы обеспечить безопасность ОБСЕ, считает Матвиенко. https://t.co/lkVFN17qNn — Сегодня (@segodnya_online) September 17, 2017 “I cannot see any logic…
Russian peacekeeping proposal for Donbass in stalemate
The separatists of the of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic reject the idea of deploying UN peacekeepers on the border with Russia, as stated in an interview with RT TV channel by Denis Pushilin, the entity envoy to Moscow. US wants ‘broad mandate’ for #UN peacekeeping mission in #Ukraine https://t.co/upDzIrbqrz — RT America (@RT_America) September 14,…
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