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”…
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Rajoy cancelled Tallinn Digital Summit due to Catalonia
Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will not attend the Tallinn Digital Summit with other EU leaders on Friday (29 September) because of unrest ahead of a controversial independence vote in Catalonia on Sunday, according to media reports. Trump, Spanish PM Rajoy say they oppose Catalonia independence bid https://t.co/JIHV4iVdoI pic.twitter.com/hSv1AMOP4g — Reuters (@Reuters) September 26, 2017…
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…
Rouhani “lashed out” Trump at UN
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ‘lashed out’ at US President Donald Trump for his “ignorant and spiteful” comments against the Iranian nation, the Iranian news channel Press TV reported. UPDATERouhani: Iran’s nuclear deal belongs to entire intl. community not just ‘one’ country https://t.co/KNTvG52jry@HassanRouhani pic.twitter.com/R4RaV8ae18 — Press TV (@PressTV) September 20, 2017 Delivering a speech at the…
Austrian politicians disapprove of Juncker’s voluntarism
Austria’s Social Democrat Chancellor Christian Kern and conservative Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz rejected European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker’s vision to expand eurozone to the East and a border control free zone. In his annual State of the European Union speech (#SOTEU2017), Juncker suggested a vision of a post-2019 EU where some 30 countries would be…
Merkel leading in polls after debate with Schulz
Three weeks before elections incumbent German chancellor Angela Merkel is heading for a possible fourth term while her rival Martin Schulz is failing to win audiences in a crucial televised debate. TV debate before DE elections: Merkel more credible, likeable & knowledgable. Schulz better than expected. 70% of debate time on EU policies pic.twitter.com/Qy0FBe5rri —…
Macron declares fight against terrorism as a priority
President Macron confirmed that the fight against “Islamic terrorism” is the priority of his foreign policy, announcing the news at a conference dedicated to the fight against the financing of terrorism. https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/902519918435876864 Speaking in front of 170 ambassadors of France at the meeting in Paris, the head of state considered that the security of the…
Rouhani will abandon nuclear deal, if more sanctions imposed
Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers “within hours” if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. “If America wants to go back to the experience (of imposing sanctions), Iran would certainly return in a short time — not a week or a month but within hours…
Lavrov: Russia open to dialogue with US & EU
The United States is trying to keep Europe in the Trans-Atlantic alliance and, at the same time, to brazenly ensure US energy companies’ interests, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with the participants in the Territory of Meanings on the Klyazma National Educational Youth Forum, TASS agency reports. “While the struggle to…
“Full-scale trade war on Russia”
The US has actually declared trade war on Russia by tightening sanctions against it, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in a Facebook post. He is confident that these measures will have no sense and that Russia, nevertheless, will be able to develop, according to TASS news agency. Russian prime minister: New sanctions amount to…
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