Brussels 23.09.2020 Today, the European Commission is proposing a new Pact on Migration and Asylum, covering all of the different elements needed for a comprehensive European approach to migration. It sets out improved and faster procedures throughout the asylum and migration system. And it sets in balance the principles of fair sharing of responsibility and…
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Sassoli removes national flags
To indignation of some Members of the European Parliament, the January Plenary session in Strasbourg started with removal of national flags from the desks in the Chamber. “The European Union is slipping further. The autocratic socialist Sassoli, who was appointed President of the European Parliament, has ordered to bailiffs to seize all national flags on…
Annemans: Catalan state building strategy missing
Gerolf ANNEMANS, OPINION The establishment of an independent republic is not impossible. It has often happened in the last century, provided that a number of conditions are met it is a process that can be successfully crowned. However, it should not be underestimated in the current context of the European Union and it must be…
Annemans on future of Catalan Republic
Gerolf ANNEMANS MEP shares his views on European Parliament EU-Catalonia dialogue platform, and on crisis of self-proclaimed Catalan Republic. As a political scientist and an author, ANNEMANS reflects on possible ways towards fully fledged independence of new-born European states like his native Vlaanderen. The platform launch took place in Anna Polittkovskaya press centre of the…
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