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The prospect of an EU consensus on asylum reform is dire, but even if leaders agree, their position will differ vastly from European Parliament demands.

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Norway is closely associated with the European Union through its membership in the European Economic Area (EEA).

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Nadia Calvino, the European Commission's director general for budget, was appointed Tuesday Spain's economy minister under the new social-democrat prime minister Pedro Sanchez. Calvino's appointment comes as Spain is set to become the last eurozone country under a procedure for excessive deficit given the procedure against France is to be closed in the coming weeks. Sanchez has already committed to follow the budget prepared by his conservative predecessor Mariano Rajoy.

The United States is pressing its European allies to get more NATO battalions, ships and planes ready for combat, officials say, in a fresh move to shore up NATO’s deterrence against any Russian attack.

A landmark report by UN environment experts on plastic pollution, published to coincide with World Environment Day (5 June), shows that governments across the world are starting to take action and that bans and levies are starting to take off.

Gay spouses have the right to live anywhere in the EU, its top court has said, in a challenge to illiberal leaders in central Europe.

Rejected asylum seekers could soon be sent to camps in an unattractive place in Europe, according to Danish prime minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen. Speaking in Aarhus on Denmark's constitutional day, 5 June, he said a new European asylum system would soon be up and running including common reception centers in Europe "in a country that is not on the list of favorite destinations of migrants or human beings," he said.

The EU commission is targeting balloons and balloon sticks in its new plastics law, but a lobby group for balloon makers has accused it of 'misleading claims'.

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Meetings of Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with international organisations.

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Five million women and children die every year from entirely preventable causes. The Global Financing Facility (GFF) supports the 50 countries with the greatest needs by investing in their health systems but that is not enough, writes Mariam Claeson.

President Tusk and President Đukanović discussed domestic situation and the progress made in the accession talks with Montenegro.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, pubic sessions and press opportunities.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

France v Parliament
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Wathelet proposes that the Court should annul only the act by which the President of the Parliament declared in Brussels, and not in Strasbourg, that the general budget of the EU for 2017 was definitively adopted

Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein
Approximation of laws
The administrator of a fan page on Facebook is jointly responsible with Facebook for the processing of data of visitors to the page

Coman and Others
Citizenship of the Union
The term ‘spouse’ within the meaning of the provisions of EU law on freedom of residence for EU citizens and their family members includes spouses of the same sex

The Association of European Manufacturers of Sporting Ammunition (AFEMS) is a non-profit, Europe-wide association based in Brussels. Its mission, however, goes beyond protecting its members’ interests and is at the forefront of defending social and environmental issues.

Angela Merkel has presented her plans for a joint EU security and refugee policy and a stable Eurozone in a newspaper interview. This is the first time she has publicly responded to the proposals put forward by France's President Macron. The chancellor has finally presented a concrete vision for the future of the EU, some commentators write approvingly. Others are disappointed with her ideas.