Speaking points by Michel Barnier after the College meeting Brussels, 12 July 2017 Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to be here with you today. I have just attended the meeting of the College of Commissioners, at the invitation of Jean-Claude Juncker. Our first day of negotiations, on 19June, was useful to start off on…
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Lavrov to visit Brussels
Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will discuss the future of the bilateral relations and a range of international issues, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The meeting will take place in Brussels on July, 11. The EU diplomats expect the Ukrainian conflict to be at the top…
Barnier: ‘Brexit means uncertainty’
“Brexit means uncertainty”, said Michel Barnier at the outset of the debate with European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) members on 6 of July,“uncertainty for citizens, businesses and jobs”. As the EU chief negotiator Barnier stressed his task is to negotiate on the basis of what the United Kingdom requests, including end to free movement for EU citizens, full…
Italy overwhelmed by migrants high tight
At the meeting Tallinn, Estonia, the EU interior ministers agreed to reinforce the Libyan coastguard, apply deportations of migrants, rejected the asylum status, and provide funds to African countries to defeat poverty forcing people to search better life in Europe. EU interior ministers had also a message to NGOs actively rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean…
Europol arrests terrorist sites webmaster
An individual was arrested in Madrid, Spain, on suspicion of radicalisation and for dissemination of jihadist terrorist propaganda via the internet. The investigation which was supported by Europol for more than a year was led by the Spanish Guardia Civil. The arrested person, of Moroccan origin and a resident in Spain, used his computer know-how to…
Calais Jungle brawls stopped by riot police
Riot police engaged to break up clashes among some a hundred of African migrants armed with sticks and rocks in the northern French city of Calais during the weekend, local police said, following similar brawls the night before. (Photo: illustration) 16 injured in mass brawl between African migrants in #Calais https://t.co/n9emxrQUBf pic.twitter.com/oSrKsyqBKe — RT (@RT_com) July 1, 2017…
May abandon of Brexit talks scenario
London. 02.07.2017. British business leaders have been told to brace for the possibility that Prime Minister Theresa May’s government abandon the table of Brexit negotiations with the EU27 as early as this year, sources said to the Sunday Telegraph. The move would be designed for “domestic consumption” to show the government is not open to compromise the UK citizens’ interests while negotiating …
Elections: ‘Forza Italia’ at raise
Italy’s center-right parties were the big winners in mayoral elections on Sunday, partial results showed, in a vote likely to put pressure on the center-left government ahead of national elections due in less than a year. In the most closely watched contest, the northern port city of Genoa – a traditional left-wing stronghold – seemed…
General Prosecutor seat for a billion? – Shokin case
The Front News International news agency published leaked documents on alleged intervention of US officials in the internal affairs of Ukraine, describing an episode of then the US Vice President Joe Biden conditioning President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko for a $ 1 billion loan with the replacement of Attorney General Viktor Shokin. The application of pressure could be…
EU27 contest for two agencies to be moved from UK
Brussels. 22.06.2017. The European leaders are deciding upon he future of EU agencies located in London in the wake of the post Brexit referendum changes. At a summit in Brussels the EU27 leaders without Theresa May are expected to take the next crucial step in moving two EU agencies out of the British capital. Belgium's…
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