EU: MEPs insist on AI rules

Brussels 10.12.2023 The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) reached a political agreement with the Council on a regulation to ensure AI in Europe is safe, respects fundamental rights and democracy, while businesses can thrive and expand. This means that under legal act defined by Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

EU: Hanukkah lights at Schuman square

Brussels 08.12.2023 Amid war on terrorism the IDF is conducting in Gaza, the European leaders demonstrate firmly their solidarity with the people of Israel, and the European Jews, not only by a political support, but also by respect of the Jewish millennia long beautiful tradition of lightening candles on Hanukkah festival. On Sunday, December 10,…

EUROPARL: BRICS at rising

Brussels 07.12.2023 Anna van Densky “The Rising Power of BRICS: Implications for the European Union” conference tооk place at the European Parliament, with the participation of seven MEPs, prominent diplomats, and experts. The Vocal Europe Team with the support of the European People’s Party (EPP) group conducted a policy debate discussing the issue of absence…

Borrell tribute to Kissinger

Brussels 30.11.2023 “I learnt with sadness of the passing of Henry Kissinger. He embodied the global standing of the United States of America on the world stage” reads the statement by the EU High Representative Josep Borrell on the decease of former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. “As former Secretary of State, advisor,…

EU welcomes release of Israel hostages

Brussels 30.11.2023 “The EU welcomes the fact that, finally, the truce agreed between Israel and Hamas has started today. It should be fully implemented as a first step towards ending the ongoing horrific humanitarian situation in Gaza, and extended for a longer period” reads the statement by the EU High Representative Josep Borrell on the…

MEPs advocate EU consolidation

Strasbourg 24.11.2023 Following the Conference on the Future of Europe and in the context of unprecedented challenges and multiple crises, MEPs put forward proposals to modify the EU. Parliament is advocating reforms that will enhance the EU’s capacity to act and strengthen the opinion of the majority among the member-states, proposing – taking decisions by…

Stoltenberg refuses prospects of Putin’s victory

Brussels 14.11.2023 NATO Secretary General addresses protection of critical undersea infrastructure, support to Ukraine with EU Defense Ministers: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union with EU Defense Ministers in Brussels on Tuesday (14 November 2023) to discuss the protection of critical undersea infrastructure…

Borrell announces Middle East voyage

Brussels 14.11.2023 “… There were intense contacts between the Member States, in particular after the holding in Paris of the conference called by France to collect humanitarian aid for Gaza and the statements made by the President of the French Republic [Emmanuel Macron]. , several Member States asked me to launch a new attempt to…

EU diplomats convene in Brussels

Brussel 13.11.2023 The Foreign Affairs Council takes place over two days and be chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. The EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the latest developments concerning Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Council will then exchange views on the…

EU solidarity with Belarus

Brussels 12.11.2023 “Today, we mark the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus, in memory of 31-year-old Raman Bandarenka, who was brutally beaten by the regime’s security forces, leading to his tragic death on November 12, 2020. His death was never investigated and no charges were brought against those responsible for it” reads the statement by…