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Citizens’ march in Brussels against ‘Orbanisation’ of EU societies

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 08:22
Around 1,000 people marched in Brussels on Sunday (24 March) urging pro-EU forces to remain united in order to tackle the rising extreme-right and halt the “Orbanisation” of European societies ahead of the May EU elections.
Categories: European Union

Oettinger calls for EU veto on Italy-China deal

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 08:10
Italy's participation in China's giant "Silk Road" infrastructure project sparked an outcry in Germany on Sunday (24 March), including a call for the European Union to block such deals with a veto.
Categories: European Union

Xi, Macron hold talks as France seeks EU unity on China

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 08:07
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron are due to hold talks in Paris on Monday (25 March) with the host leader seeking to forge a united European front to contend with Beijing's advances.
Categories: European Union

Theresa May to meet ministers amid reported moves to oust her

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 07:57
British Prime Minister Theresa May will on Monday (25 March) chair a potentially volatile meeting of her cabinet amid reports of an attempted coup by colleagues over her handling of Brexit.
Categories: European Union

Orban in fresh anti-EU swipe after European suspension

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 07:45
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán again lashed out at “Brussels bureaucrats” Sunday (24 March), days after reaching a compromise with conservative allies in the European Parliament who were angered by an anti-EU billboard campaign. During a public radio interview Orbán accused the...
Categories: European Union

A million march in London, demand second referendum

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 07:34
Hundreds of thousands of protesters swamped London on Saturday (23 March) demanding another referendum on EU membership amid political paralysis over Brexit, in one of the country's biggest protests in decades.
Categories: European Union

EXPLAINER-Brexit: What will happen in the British parliament on Monday?

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 07:30
British lawmakers will seek to use a vote on the government's next steps on Brexit on Monday (25 March) to wrest control of the process and try to find a majority for an alternative way forward that would break the parliamentary deadlock.
Categories: European Union

EU health chief: Next Commission will strengthen tobacco rules

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 07:09
The next European Commission will propose strengthening tobacco regulations, based on a report showing how the Tobacco Product Directive (TPD) works in practice, the EU Commissioner responsible for health, Vytenis Andriukaitis, told EURACTIV.com in an interview.
Categories: European Union

Europe is not a project!

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 06:51
The perspective that the Union is a project is holding us back. The Union simply needs to be pragmatic, writes Žiga Turk.
Categories: European Union

EU to drop threat of Huawei ban but wants 5G risks monitored

Mon, 03/25/2019 - 06:30
The European Commission will next week urge EU countries to share more data to tackle cybersecurity risks related to 5G networks but will ignore U.S. calls to ban Huawei Technologies, four people familiar with the matter said on Friday (22 March).
Categories: European Union

ExxonMobil faces EU Parliament ban after no show at climate hearing

Sat, 03/23/2019 - 14:59
ExxonMobil faces losing its lobby privileges at the European parliament after the company failed to show up for the first hearing into climate change denial. EURACTIV's media partner The Guardian, reports.
Categories: European Union

S&D chief: Conservatives and liberals did not allow Greta to speak in the EU House

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 20:30
The European People’s Party (EPP) and the liberals (ALDE) have blocked climate change activist Greta Thunberg from speaking in the European Parliament because “kids belong in schools”, according to the chief of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Udo Bullmann. Speaking at...
Categories: European Union

France conditions support for opening US trade talks

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 20:21
France wants to secure enough guarantees in terms of environmental protection and access to public procurement markets, before moving forward into trade talks with the US, president Emmanuel Macron said during the European Council on Friday (22 March). 
Categories: European Union

‘Don’t be naive with China’, EU leaders tell Italy

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 20:04
EU leaders displayed a united front toward China on Friday (22 March) and warned the Italian government of the consequences of signing a bilateral deal with Beijing to become part of the new ‘Silk Road’.
Categories: European Union

Macron slams the EPP compromise on Orbán’s Fidesz party

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 17:55
French President Macron spoke in very critical terms on Friday (22 March) about the compromise reached by the European People’s Party to suspend, but not exclude Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party from the European centre-right family.
Categories: European Union

The ball’s in your court on Brexit, leaders tell UK

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 17:37
EU leaders struck a reflective tone as they wrapped up a Spring summit in Brussels that was, again, dominated by Brexit.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – Brexit Oddity

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 16:55
A photo says more than 1,000 words. This one shows the so-called ‘sherpas’ on the first day of the EU summit on Thursday (21 March) as they are trying to work through the details of the Article 50 draft conclusions. It’s...
Categories: European Union

5G not part of Italy-China agreement, Di Maio says

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 16:49
Chinese investments into the development of 5G communications networks are not included in the agreement between China and Italy set to be signed tomorrow, Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday (22 March).
Categories: European Union

French jailbirds to vote in EU elections for first time

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 14:51
For the first time, a prison in northern France will make sure inmates are able to vote at the EU elections in May. Almost all of France's 80,000 prisoners have the right to cast a ballot but few have managed to exercise it until now. EURACTIV France reports.
Categories: European Union

Italy and France reconcile after Macron’s harsh late-night comments

Fri, 03/22/2019 - 14:17
French President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte appeared to have found common ground on long-standing bilateral issues, overcoming the risk of another rift after Macron said Italy's attempts to discuss national problems on the sidelines of an EU summit were "a waste of time".
Categories: European Union

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