Strasbourg 18.07.2024 The European parliament endorsed Ursula von der Leyen as a head of the European Commission for the second term. After morning debate 401 MEP supported her candidacy by secret ballot. With 401 votes in favour, the European Parliament approved Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission in a secret ballot…
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MEPs shape new Europarl for 2024-2029
Strasbourg 17.07.2024 The first Plenary session the MEPs have chosen Parliament’s new Bureau, with all 14 Vice-Presidents and five Quaestors elected on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday, in a secret vote by paper ballot, 11 Vice-Presidents were elected in the first round of voting, and three in the second and final ballot. The vote on…
Europarl: President Roberta Metsola II mandate
Strasbourg 16.07.2024 On Tuesday, MEPs re-elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2027, with 562 votes in the first round. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first round of voting, where she received an absolute majority of 562 votes cast out of 699 by secret paper ballot, among two…
Borrell: Ukraine should prevail
Brussels 12.07.2024 The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell made remarks upon arrival to the NATO Summit in Washington D.C., where the allies celebrated NATO’s 75th anniversary with US President Joe Biden and all other Allied Heads of State and Government. “During 75 years [of its existence] NATO has been ensuring peace and protecting the free…
NATO new cyber defense centre
Brussels 11.07.2024 NATO allies agreed to launch a new cybersecurity unit aimed at warning military commanders of emerging hacking threats. The decision was announced during the 75th NATO Summit in Washington D.C. on July 10. (Image above: illustration). The Integrated Cyber Defense Centre’s mandate will include sharing threat intelligence on cyber threats to private infrastructure…
Borrell: “desperate need” for Gaza ceasefire
Luxembourg 24.06.2024 The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell asked to pay attention to the Joint Statement issued yesterday with the Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Janez] Lenarčič: “It was a cry of alarm. I think [that] everything that can be said, is said in this statement, where we say that the delivery of…
Hungary heading to EU presidency
19.06.2024 In spite of a number of the European politicians and even parties insisting to strip Hungary of its chairmanship in the EU for an ongoing argument between the Viktor Orban government, and the European Commission, in a few days from July 1 Hungary will start its half-a-year mandate. The Hungarian civil servants refuse any…
Borrell: Russian elections “irony”
Brussels 11.04.2024 The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell addressed the Members of the European Parliament to ensure their political support to the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine, which entered a stalemate since last summer. In his highly controversial speech he attempted to convince the only elected EU institution that the continuation of support to Ukraine…
EU-Armenia: shifting away from Russia
Brussels 05.04.2024 The European Union has agreed on a comprehensive plan to divert Armenia from Russia’s centuries long influence and support its economy in the face of growing tensions in South Caucasus. Talks in the European Commission between the President Ursula von der Leyen, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol…
EU exchanges views with Chinese envoy
Brussels 05.04.2024 The European External Action Service (EEAS) Managing Directors for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Michael Siebert, and for Asia and the Pacific, Niclas Kvarnström, met the Special Envoy of the Chinese Government for Eurasian Affairs, Li Hui, in Brussels on 4 March, Monday. Li Hui serves as the Chinese Special Representative for Eurasian…
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