“…It is now exactly 60 years ago that the Treaties of Rome – signed in this very room – sealed our Union forevermore. It is a Union that rose from the ashes of two world wars, shaped by the hands and by the iron will of those who had returned from battlefields and concentration camps…
Tag: Jean-Claude Juncker
EU startling bill of Brexit costs
“A failure and a tragedy” – the words the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has chosen to describe Brexit. However Juncekr promised no to dramatise the talks, confirming that Brussels will approach the negotiation of Britain’s withdrawal in a “friendly” and “fair” way, but warned that European institutions were not “naive” about the process. Juncker…
Juncker calls Tsipras to speed up reforms pace
“I have read the letter of the Prime Minister with great attention”. “I can sympathise with the European spirit and with the plea for a return to normality after so many efforts by the Greek people. For me, there is no doubt that the EU social acquis applies to Greece as to any other EU…
Is EU Regulation Ready for Fintech?
Serge Turbin, OPINION Fintech is a booming sector at the intersection of financial services and technology. Increasingly, fintech startups and technology companies are entering the marketplace traditionally reserved for large financial institutions and intermediaries, such as banks and insurance companies. From TransferWise to Funding Circle, fintech firms are disrupting the status quo, by offering new…
Ombudsman O'Reilly for transparent Brexit
The European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly called on the EU’s Brexit negotiators to give the public access to documents and accept their input during the negociations on Brexit, starting in March. Emily O’Reilly, who as Ombudsman has mandate to investigate complaints from the public about the EU authorities, wrote to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker asking for…
Verhoftstadt optimistic for EU27
“We shouldn’t focus on the negative story of one country leaving us, but on the optimistic prospect of building a new common destiny for the 27,” – said Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE leader, while debating president’s Juncker White paper on future of Europe. “I think you are right when you say the first three scenarios aren’t…
Juncker "melancholic" on the EU future
Anna van Densky, OPINION Launching a debate on the future of the European Union, and subsequently the entire continent, Jean-Claude Juncker – the president of the European Commission – has offered Five scenarios (5S), however none of them even hinted on a ‘catastrophic’ one – the case of French or/and Dutch citizens would follow #Brexit…
Juncker's Five scenarios for EU
The European Commission today adopted a White Paper on the Future of Europe, presenting avenues for unity for the EU at 27. Speaking at the European Parliament today (pictured), President Juncker presented a White Paper on the Future of Europe, setting out the main achievements of the European Union: a peace spanning seven decades and…
Juncker's White paper to save EU27
President Jean-Claude Juncker will present a White paper to the European Parliament on Wednesday 1st of March, on ways to re-establish unity after the UK launches its ‘divorce’ process, a spokesman announced. The European Commission president wishes the states to find the ways to deepen cooperation further and faster in bilateral ways, without the whole…
Juncker works at post-Brexit era concept
European Union chief executive – the European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will propose to national leaders next month a number of options for reestablishing unity after the moment of the UK triggering the Artile 50 so initiate Brexit procedure, leaving the EU. Juncker hopes the EU27 members will be able to deepen cooperation further and faster…
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