Civil Liberties Committee MEPs will question Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans about the respect of the rule of law in Poland on Wednesday, at 17:30. The Commission began investigating the situation in Poland under the “Framework for addressing systemic threats to the Rule of Law” on 13 January 2016. The purpose of the meeting is…
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Georgian food toursim to EU
Zurab Matcharadze, Georgian journalist, correspondent of ‘Rezonansi’ newspaper OPINION Today the European Parliament voted in favor of granting the citizens of Georgia the right to 90 days visa to Schengen zone. I do not know about the European Union, but for Georgia it is a historic decision, being the only tangible result for a…
MEPs in rage over Trump's ban
Political group leaders reacted on Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s recent signing of an executive order banning nationals of seven countries from entering US territory. Most MEPs described the travel restrictions as arbitrary and defying the core values of Western democracies, such as freedom, non-discrimination and solidarity. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherni welcomed the clarification…
Brussels: MEPs approve CETA
The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which aims to boost goods and services trade and investment flows, was approved by the International Trade Committee on Tuesday. The full House is to vote on the deal in February. “By approving CETA today we take a significant step forward. In the face of rising protectionism…
MEPs congratulate Trump individually
Donald John Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at noon on Friday, the day different traditional ceremonies are expected to take place in Washington DC. On Friday morning as a part of the inauguration day programme Donald Trump and his wife Melania attended a service at St. John’s…
Juncker attends talks on Cyprus
Today Jean-Claude Juncker the European Commission president attends Cyprus peace talks in Geneva considering it as a ‘very last chance’ between divided island to united, however he expected it to be a success. His participation is framed in an observer status. The Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders come together to reunification talks in Geneva this…
Liberals rejected Alliance with Five Star Movement
DEPECHE from Serge Turbin, European Parliament, follow-up of OPINION on M5S joining ALDE party: The shocking prospect of Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement (M5S) joining the ALDE group in the European Parliament did not materialise as the ALDE group’s executive committee bureau rejected the deal. The national delegations of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Sweden) as well as…
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