EU Juncker mourns Jacques Chirac

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker was moved and devastated by the news that Jacques Chirac has passed away. Aujourd'hui, l'Europe perd une de ses figures de proue, la France un grand homme d'État et moi un ami fidèle. Jacques #Chirac était un homme de fortes convictions, celles des valeurs humanistes de fraternité, de…

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MEPs against terrorist content online

Members of European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee agreed on September 24 to begin discussions with EU ministers on new EU rules to tackle the dissemination of terrorist content on the internet. MEPs could soon start negotiations with EU countries on rules that could force internet companies to remove content promoting terrorism within an hour of being…

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New Commission media team announced

Ursula von der Leyen, endorsed as a top EU executive, announces her future media relations team: Jens Flosdorff, a German national with 15 years’ experience in political communication, is currently part of the President-elect’s transition team. He was director of communication in the German ministries of defence and of social affairs over the past ten…

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Judges rule Westminster prorogation “unlawful”

The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled on September 24 that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to shut down parliament in the run-up to Brexit was unlawful, pushing the process of Britain’s exit from the European Union deeper into turmoil. I can't understand why Boris does not want to win a big Brexit majority and smash…

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New global arms race

Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann, geopolitician OPINION  The United States, less than a month after its effective retreat on 02 August from the INF intermediate-range missile treaty signed in 1987 (from 500 to 5.500 km), fired an intermediate-range missile off California on August 19 to test this new weapon previously prohibited by the treaty. This new conventional missile…

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Europarl Sassoli invited to London

European Parliament President David Sassoli today received a phone call from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. It was the first conversation between the two leaders. It was a pleasure to speak today with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He invited me to London and stressed the importance of the European Parliament in the Brexit process….

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MEPs vote for Brexit deadline extension

The European Parliament continues to support an “orderly Brexit” based on the already negotiated Withdrawal Agreement (WA), MEPs reaffirmed in the resolution adopted on September 18 during Strasbourg Plenary with 544 votes in favour, 126 against and 38 abstentions. #EPlenary @MichelBarnier considers potential risks in Ireland R greatest. He added nobody is trying to steal…

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MEPs endorsed Lagarde for EBC chair

Christine Lagarde (France) obtained Parliament’s approval to be the European Central Bank (ECB) next president, in a plenary vote on September 17. In the secret vote, MEPs casted 394 ballots in favour, 206 against and 49 abstentions to recommend Lagarde to head up the European Central Bank. Christine Lagarde gets👍from MEPs to be the ECB’s…

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“Anti-Hungary lobby”strikes again

“The anti-Hungary, pro-migration lobby is back” reads the statement of State Secretary of Hungarian government Zoltán Kovács. The anti-Hungary, pro-migration lobby is back at it again. The #Article7 witch hunt goes on… Read my latest blog entry here: https://t.co/9wqNuujrhd https://t.co/jZmWmtZy1H — Zoltan Kovacs (@zoltanspox) September 16, 2019   “Certain elements in the European Parliament remain determined…

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