The mayor of Rotterdam issued an emergency order late Saturday in an attempt to contain a pro-Turkish demonstration outside the consulate which has turned into a flashpoint of the worsening relations between the Netherlands and Turkey. Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said he needed special powers to assure security throughout the center of the city fearing that…
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Turkish protests in Rotterdam
Several hundred demonstrators waving Turkish flags gathered outside the Turkish consulate in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Saturday, demanding to see the Turkish minister for family affairs as a dispute between the two countries escalated. Police erected metal barriers and patrolled on horseback to keep the demonstrators away from the consulate as the crowd…
Italy prepares to celebrate EU 60th birthday
The Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni praised Europe highly, convinced that Europeans have plenty of reasons to be proud of the EU, and was confident it will heal the scars left by a prolonged economic and migration crisis, and Britain’s decision to abandon the project. European Union leaders are willing to relaunch Europe with a…
Tusk appointment as 'discord apple'
Poland will continue with the asymmetrical responses to European Union, obstructing bloc affairs in a line of protest to the EU imposing a Polish politician – Donald Tusk – as a chair of the EU Council meetings against the will of the Polish government. The foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski said Poland will “play a rough game”…
Turkey claims EU visa-free
The deals with the European Union, including an agreement on hosting the flow of migrants in Turkey, would be jeopardized if the bloc failed to implement promised visa liberalization for Turks, – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (pictured) said. Speaking to CNN Turk television Cavusolgu said Turkey would present a final text to the EU “and…
Benelux attempts to make up with V4
The Benelux countries – Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg – invited Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia for talks in the Netherlands on the future of the European Union, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said at press conference after the Informal Summit of the EU in Brussels. The Dutch meeting between the ‘old’ and…
EU27 towards common defence
The plans to move forward with the EU Defence did not get consensus due to an asymmetrical answer of the Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo to the imposition of the rejected by Poland candidate – Donald Tusk – at the top of the European Council. Szydlo blamed Tusk a failure of impartiality, peddling hard in…
Kaczynski answer to Tusk reappointment
Poland’s ruling party leader, and one of the most influential EU politicians, Jaroslaw Kaczynski said, any talk of Poland wanting to leave the EU was “nonsense”, but he regretted the decision of the EU Council to appoint his compatiot Donald Tusk without approval of his coutnry. The decision by European Union leaders to reappoint Donald…
Awaiting Polish reaction to Tusk reappointment
Declaring the reappointment of Donald Tusk as a president of the European Council for the second term, Antonio Tajani, the European Parliament president, responded to Brussels Diplomatic question if the decision taken against the opposition of the Polish government would upset the upcoming celebration of the Treaty of Rome. “It is not a scandal,…
Donald Tusk confirmed for second mandate
Today, Donald Tusk approved for the second mandate as the president of the EU Council. PM @JosephMuscat_JM greets @donaldtusk upon his re-election as President of #EUCO pic.twitter.com/Be1P18PrSA — MaltaPermRep 🇲🇹 🇪🇺 (@MaltainEU) March 9, 2017 The president of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani announced the re-eclection of Donald Tusk as a president of the EU Council…
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