Declaration of the leaders of 27 member states and of the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission We, the Leaders of 27 Member States and of EU institutions, take pride in the achievements of the European Union: the construction of European unity is a bold, far-sighted endeavour. Sixty years ago, recovering from the tragedy…
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Rome: Juncker calls for solidarity
“…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…
Pope Francis laments “vacuum of values”
“When a body loses its sense of direction and is no longer able to look ahead, it experiences a regression and, in the long run, risks dying,” Francis told the leaders gathered in an ornate, frescoed chamber in the heart of the Vatican. Pope Francis told Europe’s leaders on Friday the continent faced a “vacuum…
EU celebrates its 60th anniversary
Leaders of the European Union met in Rome to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the bloc’s founding treaty and demonstrate the EU27 unity in face of the UK departure from the project. Under heavy security as the Italian capital awaiting anti-EU protests later in the day and the risk of attacks such as that by…
60 years of the Treaties of Rome
EU heads of state or government will meet in Rome, Italy, on 25 March, for the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaties. This will be an occasion to reflect on the state of the European Union and the future of the integration process. The leaders are expected to adopt a declaration setting out a joint…
Poland refuses concept of multispeed EU
Today Poland promised to launch ‘hard talks’ at the European Union’s anniversary at Rome informal summit end of this week. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Polish political heavy-weight, said that Warsaw will not bow to any form of a multi-speed Europe. The March 25 EU summit marking the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which paved…
Rome Summit: Tusk as EU symbol of strife
While EU Council president Donald Tusk (pictured) is preparing the anniversary of the Treaty of Rome Summit (25.03.2017), focusing of the ‘unity’ message of EU27 in post-Brexit era, the argument over his own re-appointment ignoring Polish government’s protest, remains open, poisoning the historic event. Although the Summit is informal, the open confrontation with Poland over…
Brexit launch expected on 14th of March
Reportedly the triggering of the Article 50 is foreseen for Tuesday, the 14th of March, when the Prime Minister Theresa May will declare the historic process of the departure from the European Union during her speech in the UK Parliament. The date was carefully chosen well ahead of the Informal Summit in Rome, when the leaders…
Italy prepares to celebrate EU 60th birthday
The Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni praised Europe highly, convinced that Europeans have plenty of reasons to be proud of the EU, and was confident it will heal the scars left by a prolonged economic and migration crisis, and Britain’s decision to abandon the project. European Union leaders are willing to relaunch Europe with a…
EU27 ‘Multi-speed’
On Monday, 6.03.2017, the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain met at the palace of Versailles, in outskirts of Paris, to prepare for a March 25 EU summit in Rome devoted to the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which laid the foundation of the European project. The leaders of the euro zone’s…
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