EUROPE DIPLOMATIC

G7: migration conversation new turn

Brindisi, Italy 15.06.2024 “The conversation has changed” around migration laws in Europe as Rishi Sunak and his fellow G7 leaders launched a coalition to defeat the smuggling of migrants to Europe. In a communique released while concluding of the two-day summit in Puglia, the leaders of the UK, US, Germany, Italy, France, Canada and Japan…

G7: Meloni enjoys her spectacular ascendance

Brindisi, Italy 13.06.2024 Welcoming the Group of Seven leaders in a luxurious Puglia resort of Borgo Egnazia, in Fasano, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visibly enjoyed her role of a generous, and warmhearted hostess. As she offers hospitality for the three-day G7 Summit, Meloni has every reason to enjoy the event, unlike her guests, whose prospects…

G7: Russian assets to fund Ukraine

Brindisi, Italy 13.06.2024 The assembly of Seven leaders have reached an informal agreement to loan money to Ukraine backed by the profits from frozen Russian assets, the U.S . unnamed official confirmed to CNN channel. “There was shared recognition here in Puglia by every G7 member that the situation on the battlefield remains difficult, and…

European Parliament elections provisional result 10 June

Brussels 10.06.2024 CONCLUSIONS: French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the French Parliament and called snap elections in the wake of tonight’s European election results Exit polls show Marine Le Pen’s National Rally are set to trounce Macron’s party in a historic win for the party The French parliamentary elections will be held on 30 June…

EU elections: provisional results

Brussels 10.06.2024 The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) has won 191 seats, confirming its role as the largest bloc in the European Parliament. The Socialists and Democrats (S&D) bloc was always projected to come in second – and it has, winning 135 seats. Liberal Renew lost 22 seats, and surfaced with 83, and the Greens…

Projection: European Parliament 2024 – 2029

Brussels 09.06.2024 European Parliament 2024 – 2029 first projection. The EU’s 27 electorates are very different, so it’s not always evident to draw any conclusion on turnout figures and what they mean. But already we’re getting some indicating figures from several countries, and it just shows how varied they are. In France, turnout by 17:00…

Germany: Scholz descending to third place

Brussels 09.06. 2024 Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats are finding himself at third place, according to exit polls in Germany’s European vote. The Christian Democrat CDU and CSU are on course to receive up to 30% of the vote and the far-right AfD are set to get 16-16.5%, with the SPD far behind on 14%….

EU elections: Austria far right ascendance

Brussels 09.06.2024 First results: AUSTRIA: The far-right Freedom Party, FPÖ, is ascending. After voting closed on Sunday May 9, a forecast poll based on surveys carried out over the past week shows them comfortably leading with 27%. That’s ahead of the conservative People’s Party, ÖVP, with 23.5%, and the Social Democrats, SPÖ, with 23%. If…

European Parliament: final day of vote

Brussels 09.06.2024 Today the Europeans in 20 EU member-states are going will drop ballots on the biggest and final day of voting for the European Parliament. In a year of political junction these elections are pivotal, and the European vote is especially significant in view of fragmentation of the political process, contrasting, and even confrontational…

European elections – 350M voters

Brussels 08.07.2024 Slovakia, Latvia and Malta opened their polls on the third day of elections. In the afternoon the crucial Italian vote got underway, with Prime minister Giorgia Meloni and her Fratelli d’Italia party hoping to win the hearts of the citizens, gaining influence in Brussels. During these days approximately 350 million eligible voters in…