“In view of what was announced in London yesterday, I’d like to inform you that I will call a European Council on Saturday, the 29th of April, to adopt the guidelines for the Brexit talks,” Tusk told reporters. The European Union’s 27 leaders will meet on April 29 to agree the negotiating positions for Brexit talks…
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US signal NATO they mean business
Those NATO allies who brushed off the request of the US government to pay as agreed for common defence, might have been too superficial in their judgement. The U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting with NATO foreign ministers next month in order to stay home for a visit of China’s…
Greece Minister stays in Brussels
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Monday he planned to stay in Brussels for further consultations with the country’s creditors towards finalizing a bailout review. Greece and its international lenders are still at odds over pension, labor and energy market reforms, necessary before new loans can be disbursed to Athens. Tsakalotos said ‘most…
Eurogroup awaitng Greek reforms
Today Greece and its euro zone creditors are still at odds over reforms required before new loans can be disbursed to Athens, the head of euro zone finance ministers said after an inconclusive meeting in Brussels. “Some key issues” still remain to be sorted out, Jeroen Dijsselbloem told a news conference after the meeting. “The…
Poland refuses concept of multispeed EU
Today Poland promised to launch ‘hard talks’ at the European Union’s anniversary at Rome informal summit end of this week. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish political heavy-weight, said that Warsaw will not bow to any form of a multi-speed Europe. The March 25 EU summit marking the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which paved…
On 29 March the UK starts Brexit talks
Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Article 50 proceedings with the European Union on March 29, launching two years of negotiations that will reshape the future of the country and Europe. May’s government said her permanent envoy to the EU Tim Barrow had informed European Council President Donald Tusk of the date when Britain intends…
Rome Summit: Tusk as EU symbol of strife
While EU Council president Donald Tusk (pictured) is preparing the anniversary of the Treaty of Rome Summit (25.03.2017), focusing of the ‘unity’ message of EU27 in post-Brexit era, the argument over his own re-appointment ignoring Polish government’s protest, remains open, poisoning the historic event. Although the Summit is informal, the open confrontation with Poland over…
EU and Russia for common approach towards Libyan conflict
“… Russia being a very important permanent member of the Security Council, my assessment has been that Russia has always been highly involved in the discussions but also in the work on the Libyan file but this is more for the UN Representative (Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission…
EU calls Belarus for democratic change
“The latest developments in Belarus highlight a clear need for a broader democratisation process in the country. Freedom of association and of assembly needs to be ensured. Recently detained peaceful protesters, including journalists covering the events, must be immediately released, ” – says the statement of the European external action service. “The European Union is committed to a…
Europol crack on money-laundering
The initial results of a preliminary investigation carried out by the French National Financial Public Prosecutor’s Office, commenced in September 2015, has revealed a vast and complex money laundering network in six Member States (Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania) and in the offshore financial centres outside Europe (Hong Kong, Singapore). The initial results of…
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