Brusssels 14.01.2022 “France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union welcome Serbia’s January 16 national referendum on constitutional changes as a key step to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and to enhance the transparency and effectiveness of the country’s rule of law institutions. We believe that these reforms are…
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EU-UK fishing opportunities
Brussels 23.12.2021 The Council has approved an agreement between the EU and the UK on fishing opportunities for 2022, paving the way for EU fishermen and women to exercise their fishing rights in the Atlantic and the North Sea. The Council has approved an agreement between the EU and the UK on fishing opportunities for…
G7: Borrell supports Ukraine
Brussels 11.12.2021 “Today at this gathering of the big democratic countries, I’m representing the European Union as a whole. The big issue has been the situation at the eastern border of Europe, in Ukraine, where Russia is massing troops. This represents a threat. In the meeting today, all of us have been united in standing…
Epilogue: human rights 1948-2021
Brussels 11.12.2021 Brussels 11.12.2021 On 10 December, every year, we mark the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This year’s theme “Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights” is particularly important as the pandemic and its socio-economic consequences have a growing negative impact on human rights, democracy and the rule of law, including…
Wikileaks Assange closer to extradition
Brussels 10.12.2021 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared to be a step closer to facing criminal charges in the United States for one of the major leaks of classified information after Washington won an appeal over his extradition in an English court. BREAKING: High Court decision “Grave miscarriage of justice,” says Julian Assange’s fiancée, as a…
Assange marriage at Belmarsh prison
Brussels 12.11.2021 Julian Assange has been granted permission to marry his long term partner Stella Moris in Belmarsh prison, the BBC has been told. The Wikileaks founder and Moris have two young children together. Their love story flourished in Ecuador Embassy. The prison service said Assange’s application was “considered in the usual way by the…
UK Conservative MP stabbed in church
Brussels 16.10.2021 The president of the European Parliament David Sassoli expressed his sorrow, reacting upon the news of knife stabbing of the UK MP Sr David Amess, who has died from the wounds in his constituency in Essex. “Deeply shocked and saddened by the news that British MP Sir David Amess has been murdered while…
AUKUS: France geopolitical response
Brussels 14.10.2021 Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann OPINION: What is France and Europe response to AUKUS? Non-alignment and a pivot to Russia. Within the framework of the Indo-Pacific strategy, the alliance of the three Anglo-Saxon states, the United States (USA), Australia (AU) and the United Kingdom (UK) – AUKUS -has been implemented to the detriment of France and…
New Northern Ireland Protocol
Brussels 13.10.2021 The UK Brexit Minister Lord Frost has proposed plans for an entirely new protocol to replace the existing Northern Ireland Protocol. In a speech to diplomats in Portugal on Tuesday, October 12, he described his new legal text as “a better way forward”. Here is the speech I delivered today in Lisbon on…
UK-Ireland: EU red lines
Brussels 10.10.2021 Ireland’s foreign minister has warned that the UK demands risk a “further breakdown in relations” with the European Union ahead of talks this week aimed at resolving the impasse over the Brexit agreement.(Image above: illustration, skyline). EU working seriously to resolve practical issues with implementation of Protocol – so UKG creates a new…
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