Following years of severe political and democratic backsliding, the European Parliament recommended suspending EU accession negotiations with Turkey. MEPs remain seriously concerned about Turkey’s violations of human rights, the rule of law, media freedom and the fight against corruption, authoritarian trends . It's a farce to continue these talks with President Erdoğan!@KatiPiri explains why the…
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May-Juncker last attempt to secure orderly Brexit
The European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and the British Prime minister Theresa May agreed on additional legally binding declarations on the ambivalent Irish border backstop in a last-minute effort to avoid no-deal Brexit, overcoming House of Commons skepticism. President @JunckerEU Prime Minister @theresa_may meeting in #Strasbourg underway. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/C9WpdcxXVP — Margaritis Schinas (@MargSchinas) March 11, 2019 In late…
#8March: Europarl employees protest against inequality
#InternationalWomenDay European Parliament staff went on strike, protesting against inequality in the European parliament. In 60 years only two women reached the positions of speaker, however they both were elected last millennium. #InternationalWomansDay #Brussels employees of #Europarliament demonstration at doorstep. pic.twitter.com/wy1AHPPJ2f — Anna van Densky (@AnnaVanDensky) March 8, 2019 #FeministStrike at the European Parliament main…
Vox castigates Catalonia independence aspirations
Anna van Densky from Brussels. Spain’s VOX far-right party members came to European Parliament to condemn the aspirations of Catalans for independence. Although the congregation was impressive in numbers of attendees, there were no new elements introduced during presentations, while speakers defended the same point reflected in the name of the event – “Catalonia, a Spanish…
Europarl: Puigdemont attends Catalan expo
Today the former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont as a guest of honor attended a photo exhibition “The Catalan Language: 10 million European Voices”, taking place in central location of the European Parliament – Atrium of Altiero Spinelli building. The event was inaugurated by Ramon Tremosa (MEP, ALDE). El president @KRLS i els consellers @toni_comin @PuigGordi @ClaraPonsati i @MeritxellSerret arriben…
MEP: Catalan trials reminiscent of comrade Stalin ‘justice’
“The Calalan trials in Madrid are reminiscent of ‘Vishinky justice’ of comrade Stalin style dealing with his political opponents“, said Indrek Tarand, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Estonia, while commenting on the accusations of the Catalan politicians. MEP is definite about the status of all the Catalans accused at High Court in Madrid as ‘prisoners…
Batumi port enlargement under fire
Sajjad Karim MEP (UK, ECR), the Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the South Caucasus, welcomed the development of the Batumi port, underlining Georgia strategic situation on the East-West transportation route. “The country has the potential to become an important transportation hub, which would in turn boost its economic growth, including in the Adjaria region“, Karim said….
Tajani condemns Jewish stele vandalisation in Strasbourg
“I condemn the deterioration of the stele of the former Strasbourg synagogue, destroyed by the Nazis in 1940. Those responsible will have to be punished severely. I repeat, we must act quickly and strongly to stop the resurgence of anti-Semitism” said the president of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani in his Twitter micro blog, commenting on…
Puigdemont complains to EU ombudsman
Former President of Catalan government, and acting politician in exile, Carles Puigdemont presents a formal complaint to the EU ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, against the decision of the European Parliament (EP) president Antonio Tajani to ban his joint conference with the Quim Torra, the incumbent President of the Government of Catalonia. The decision to ban the Catalan event in the EP…
Europarliament 2019-2024 seats projection
Parliament released the first seat projections, based on a cross-section of national polls, for the composition of the next (9th) European Parliament 2019-2014. With 5% error margin first seat projections 4 the next #EP https://t.co/aXxWxyjk4E via @Europarl_EN — Anna van Densky (@AnnaVanDensky) February 18, 2019 The European Parliament has published a first set of projections on how…
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