25.07 2017. Brussels. The Council extended the mandate of the EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia until 31 December 2018. EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia is the EU naval operation disrupting the business model of migrant smugglers and human traffickers in the Southern Central Mediterranean. The operation has two supporting tasks: training the Libyan Coastguard and Navy and contributing to the implementation of…
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Mogherini ignores Sophia failure
Anna van Densky from EU Council, Brussels The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini ignores the obvious Sophia operation failure in Mediterranean, in spite of the clear will of Belgium to cancel the participation of their vessel in sea rescue mission. Mogherini also pretends to be unaware of the assessment of the House of Lords, openly…
House of Lords supports Iran nuclear deal
“We can no longer assume America will set the tone for the West’s relationship with the Middle East,” said David Howell, chairman of the British parliament’s House of Lords International Relations Committee. Is the Iran nuclear deal working? Or is it the worst deal in the history of the world? Watch former @ENERGY Sec @ErnestMoniz…
Farage for referendum on House of Lords
After a three-hour debate on Tuesday, for the second time in a week peers amended the legislation that will authorise Theresa May to notify the EU of the UK’s intention to leave and pave the way for official Brexit talks to begin. The government has suffered a second Brexit defeat in the House of Lords…
May insists on guarantees to UK
“The Prime Minister has made clear her intention that the bill should be passed unamended,” – Theresa May spokesman told reporters. “MPs have already voted it through unamended at the first stage so we expect that to be the case again.” The British Prime Minister Theresa May has been indicating that the legislation needed to…
UK: MPs vote to leave EU
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May won approval from parliament’s lower chamber on Wednesday to trigger Britain’s exit from the European Union, defeating attempts by pro-EU lawmakers to impose extra conditions to her plan to start Brexit talks by March 31. Lawmakers (MPs) voted 494 to 122 in favor of legislation giving May the right…
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