Anna van Densky from Brussels The MEPS of Foreign Affairs Committee questioned Josep Borrell, Spanish candidate for High Representative/Vice-President for foreign affairs and security policy. Political groups’ coordinators from the committee will meet within 24 hours to assess the performance of Josep Borrell, candidate EU top diplomat job. #EU has to cultivate geopolitical approach to…
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Prosecutor orders seizure of Open Arms vessel
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (Socialist) has sent a vessel to escort Open Arms from the surroundings of Lampedusa to Palma, Mallorca. This gesture has been intended to end standoff between the Italian Minister of Interior Matteo Salvini (Lega), and the NGO, transporting migrants from Libyan coast to Italy. https://twitter.com/Hispantv/status/1163886680916615171?s=20 Salvini vowed to upgrade the problem…
Open Arms refuses to navigate to Spain
The Mediterranean Open Arms migrant rescue vessel has firmly rejected an offer of a safe port in Spain, explaining that the six day journey to Algeciras would be too risky for the passengers, whose moods have been already critical. Today, ignoring the maritime border, some of 107 migrants have been jumping off the vessel and…
Open Arms: 27 migrants allowed ashore
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has agreed to let ashore 27 migrants from Mediterranean NGO rescue ship Open Arms, all of them claim that they are “unaccompanied teenagers”. #OpenArms #Updated disembarkation 27 unaccompanied minors begins pic.twitter.com/FBZzxt68Un — http://www.anoncandanga.com (@anon_candanga) August 17, 2019 Those who claim they are minors were allowed to disembark on the Italian…
Mogherini meets disgraced Borrell with open arms
Today the Foreign Affairs Council started with a discussion on current affairs, allowing ministers to review pressing issues on the international agenda. #migration @FedericaMog I’ll ask Member States to be consistent and put money on their political priorities. €4.5 bln already used for projects on the ground with good results; now risk of a gap….
Selfie hazard: two dead in Spain
Two young men died in a selfie accident after falling 12 meters from the seaside promenade in Orihuela, in Alicante province. The accident took place around 7:30pm on July 3. Two British men, aged 21 and 22, have died while taking a selfie in the Spanish coastal town of Orihuela. The young men were posing for…
Puigdemont admitted to EU elections
A Madrid court ruled on that former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who lives in a self-imposed exile in Belgium since 2017 to escape arrest for his prominent role in organising the independence referendum, could run in the European Parliament election on May 26. Ens hem compromès a ser la veu de l'#1Oct i a posar…
MEP calls for specific legislation for terrorism victims
The initiator of the “White and black book on terrorism” Member of the European Parliament Maité PAGAZAURTUNDÚA-RUIZ (Spain, ALDE) hopes for a specific European legislation to assist the victims of terrorism, underlining that first aid is essential, and it means a great deal in recovery. 🗣 M Antonina Soto (@Ma_Soto_ ), psicóloga experta en atención emocional de…
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…
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…
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