The Home Affairs Council will discuss the reform of the common European asylum system. In this context, the presidency will inform ministers about the state of play of all the related files, including: the reform of the Dublin regulation, and the proposed establishment of the European asylum agency. The reform of the Dublin regulation aims…
Category: International
#Draghi: Asset purchases go on
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-President and I are very pleased to welcome you to our press conference. We will now report on the outcome of today’s meeting of the Governing Council, which was also attended by the Commission Vice-President, Mr Dombrovskis. Based on our regular economic and monetary analyses, we today conducted a comprehensive assessment of…
ECB: changes coming
At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.40% respectively. The Governing Council continues to expect the key ECB interest rates to remain at…
Atalanta: 'Somalia' extended
On 25 November 2016, the Council extended the mandate of the operation EUNAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta until 31 December 2018. The Council also allocated to the operation a budget of EUR 11.064 million from the so-called common costs. The European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta was launched in December 2008 to contribute to the…
#Trump's triumph reflects on #EU
Anna van Densky OPINION #Trump’s triumph has a direct and powerful impact on Europe’s political life – the upcoming elections 2017 in the #EU key countries, namely Dutch in March and French in May. Both unsystemic candidates Geert Wilders (PvV) and Marine Le Pen (FN) have sensed that their victory as ‘anti-establishment’ politicians can…
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