Rutte: Dutch gamble
Anna van Densky, OPINION Dutch Prime-Minister Mark Rutte tries to play hard the card of EU solidarity versus ‘aggressive Russia’, while looking for a compromise [...]
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EU Summit: #May camertone
Arriving first to the European Counsil Summit, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May sets a camertone to the meeeting, welcoming #Brexit informal meeting, and ensuring [...]
Concluding 2016: upcoming EU Summit
The 15-16 December EU Summit will focus on issues of migration, security and Brexit in a separate informal meeting. The leaders will assess the situation on [...]
Sakharov to ISIS victims
Islamic State survivors and Iraqi Yazidi activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar received today Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The two women were [...]
Migrant’s missing children
The ‘deep concern’ about the growing numbers of child refugees and about the situation of unaccompanied, missing or separated children is expressed in European [...]
South Sudan: EU calls to end violence
The Council adopted conclusions on South Sudan, in light of the profoundly disturbing developments in the country. The Council called on all parties to lay down their arms [...]
Foreign ministers focus on Latin America and Africa
Arrival and doorstep (in English) by Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EC Today the EU [...]
Europa: the Lantern turned on
On Saturday 10 December 2016 during much awaited opening of European Council meeting centre Europa ‘The Lantern’ almost 2000 attendees enjoyed a guided tour. The [...]
Sakharov Prize to Islamic State Slaves
Nadia Murad (pictured) and Lamiya Aji Bashar, public advocates for the Yazidi community in Iraq and survivors of sexual enslavement by the so-called Islamic State, will [...]
Asylum: Dublin changing
The Home Affairs Council will discuss the reform of the common European asylum system. In this context, the presidency will inform ministers about the state of play of all [...]
#Draghi: Asset purchases go on
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-President and I are very pleased to welcome you to our press conference. We will now report on the outcome of today’s meeting of the [...]
ECB: changes coming
At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending [...]
Atalanta: ‘Somalia’ extended
On 25 November 2016, the Council extended the mandate of the operation EUNAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta until 31 December 2018. The Council also allocated to the [...]
#Trump’s triumph reflects on #EU
Anna van Densky OPINION #Trump’s triumph has a direct and powerful impact on Europe’s political life – the upcoming elections 2017 in the #EU key [...]
#EU presidents congratulate Mr.Trump with his victory
The EU presidents Tusk and Juncker congratulated Donald Trump on his elections as the 45th President of the United States. “The strategic partnership between the [...]
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