#FactOfTheDay: 2017’s G20, « Shaping an Interconnected World ».
Last Friday and Saturday, on 7 and 8 July 2017, the G20 leaders met in Hamburg, Germany, in order to discuss « Shaping an Interconnected World », the main theme of this…
Last Friday and Saturday, on 7 and 8 July 2017, the G20 leaders met in Hamburg, Germany, in order to discuss « Shaping an Interconnected World », the main theme of this…
Today, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, and Julian King, Commissioner for the Security Union, will attend the informal meeting of…
On the 4th of July, 2017, the European Parliament paid tribute to Simone Veil. She was the first person elected by the direct universal suffrage to become president of this…
Poverty reduction, jobs, SMEs and climate change, as well as strict rules on human rights and tax transparency: these are the key features of a recent agreement between the Council…
On the 27th of June, the European Parliament LIBE Committee published an opinion on the directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code. It was an opportunity for the Committee to…
Last Thursday and Friday, June 22nd and 23rd 2017, European Heads of State and Government gathered in Brussels for the June European Council. This summit mainly focused on security and…
Niels Muiznieks, Commissaire aux droits de l’homme du Conseil de l’Europe, s’inquiète de cette tendance prononcée à compliquer le regroupement familial. Il le fait avec des paroles fortes : «…
On the 22nd of June, a meeting between the 27 Heads of State at the European Council took place in Brussels. At the end of the first working session, Donald Tusk, during his joint press conference with the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, said that one of the central issues was precisely the fight against the terrorist threat. The EU Leaders have reached an anti-terrorism agreement in Brussels to step up efforts against « foreign fighters ».
Since Saturday, a wildfire has been hitting the centre of Portugal. More than 1,000 firefighters are battling this blaze, at least 64 people have passed away, and more than 130…
This morning at the European Commission’s Headquarters in Brussels, Michel Barnier, negotiator of the 27 European countries met the British Secretary of State, David Davis for the first round of the “divorce”, one year after the referendum that sanctioned the « Leave » victory. “I hope that today, we can identify priorities that will allow me to report to the European Council that we have had a constructive day of negotiation” said Barnier. Prime Minister Theresa May sent his minister David Davis to take the first step with the French negotiator Michel Barnier.