EU Foreign Affairs ministers discussed yesterday the follow-up to the EU global strategy on foreign and security policy. EU global strategy presents five priority areas to be implemented for 2016…
Today the Council of the European Union meets in Luxembourg to debate about the Commission proposals for an effort-sharing on LULUCF regulation, concerning land use, land use change and forestry.…
The British High Court declared on Thursday that May’s government has not legal authority to start the Brexit process without prior parliamentary approval. The Parliament is the only body empowered to…
On Wednesday the 12th of October the Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner, D. Avramopoulos, and the Security Union Commissioner, Sir J. King, reviewed and made public the monthly report on…
The Budgets Committee’s (BUDG) meeting to review the draft 2017 EU budget approved more funds to help young employment and to support economic growth. BUDG also debated migration and security…
At yesterday’s Eurogroup, ministers welcomed the implementation of Greece’s economic adjustment program. They also acknowledged future challenges Member States should meet regarding health care and long-term care as well as current…
The former socialist Prime Minister of Portugal, António Gutierres, was elected unanimously by the United Nations Security Council to replace Ban Ki-moon as secretary-general. The 15 ambassadors of the UN…
He signed this peace deal with the FARC after 4 years of negotiations. The deal was meant to end 52 years of conflict. The deal unfortunately collapsed last week as…
Members of the European Parliament are currently discussing the latest developments in Syria at the European Parliament (after the failed US-Russia attempts to revive the ceasefire followed by the Russian-backed Syrian…
6055 migrants were rescued yesterday on the sea route between Libya and Italy. This is one of the biggest rescue operation achieved in a single day. At least 22 of…