The planned partnership agreement with Tunisia has been delayed. A “Memorandum of Understanding” is not yet ready and will not be available in time for the EU summit on Thursday and Friday, said a spokeswoman for the EU Commission. Talks with the government in Tunis would not resume until next week. The spokeswoman did not […]
As a consequence of the crisis in Russia, the EU wants to expand its military support for Ukraine. This was announced by EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Josep Borrell after a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg. In addition, several scenarios for further developments in Russia and possible consequences for Europe need to be worked out.The […]
The new economic security strategy, aimed primarily at China, has met with criticism. An EU diplomat in Brussels said that the EU Commission was exceeding its competencies with the strategy presented by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday. The definition of security risks is a national task, he said, adding that one must […]
Uniform ethical standards are to apply in the EU institutions in the future. A new ethics committee will be responsible for drawing up the common rules. However, enforcement will remain the responsibility of the individual authorities; sanctions are not planned. This is provided for in a draft presented by the EU Commission in Brussels on […]
US pharmaceutical company Pfizer is refusing to provide information about an agreement to newly regulate a controversial, multibillion-dollar EU vaccine purchase from 2021. Instead of responding to questions from MPs on the COVI special committee looking into the Covid-19 crisis, the company sent a list of questions and refused to allow access to files. According […]
The Emir of Qatar, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Hungary’s head of government Viktor Orbán were the first to offer their congratulations. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Council President Charles Michel were also quick to congratulate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on his re-election.Erdoğan was confirmed in office on Sunday with around […]
The realignment of Europe’s China policy is moving forward. Following EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Josep Borrell has now also announced a new course. “System rivalry has increased, competition has intensified”, Borrell said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. The US, he said, is now also […]
The European Parliament and Ukraine’s Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, want to work together on the country’s planned EU accession. The two chambers held a joint session in Brussels on Wednesday to kick off their unusual cooperation. The meeting was chaired by EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola and her Ukrainian counterpart Ruslan Stefanchuk.The EU granted Ukraine […]
In Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Finland, the Social Democrats of Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who have been in power until now, did make gains – they gained 2.2 percentage points to 19.9 percent. However, they still fell to third place behind the conservative National Rally Party of former Finance Minister Petteri Orpo (20.8 percent) and […]
As expected, the heads of state and government have agreed to supply Ukraine with one million artillery shells. They thus followed a submission by the foreign and defense ministers on Monday. The ammunition is to be delivered within twelve months. The summit declaration talks about ground and artillery ammunition and, if needed, also missiles.However, the […]