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PARIS, France (Reuters) – The European Union’s commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said the bloc was willing to help ease the pressure for Italy, who has appealed to the EU for help in taking in African migrants. Italy has even raised the possibility of closing its ports to humanitarian rescue ships to pressure EU partners, sources familiar with the matter said. Italy has brought in over half a million boat migrants since 2014, and a […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that she wanted to end the anxiety of European Union nationals fearful of their future after Brexit, promising to protect their rights and saying: “We want you to stay.” But she was heckled by critics in the House of Commons, while opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said her plan was “too little, too late.” The futures of 3.2 million EU citizens living […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — European Union leaders on Thursday urged Internet firms to do their utmost to combat online extremism promoting attacks or face the possibility of legislation if the industry self-regulation fails. EU leaders meeting at a summit in Brussels increased the pressure on United States giants like Facebook and Twitter to rein in online propaganda amid a recent spate of terror attacks in Britain, France and Belgium. “We are calling on social media […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A push by French President Emmanuel Macron to hand Brussels more powers to control Chinese investments in Europe’s key industries faced a setback on Thursday from European Union partners who fear a rise of protectionism. European leaders will discuss the thorny topic of international trade on the second day of an EU summit on Friday, as Europe seeks to champion free trade against the protectionist policies of United States President Donald Trump. […]
BELGIUM (Reuters) – The United Kingdom and the European Union have taken the first step towards starting the formal negotiations over the UK’s breakaway from the EU, chief negotiators from both sides announced on Monday. The announcement was made at a press conference following the first meeting between the two lead negotiators – Michel Barnier on behalf of the EU and David Davis on behalf of the UK, at the EU headquarters in Brussels on […]
by Roland JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s economy will slow in the coming years, the CBI business lobby warned Tuesday, blaming domestic political turmoil — and the impact of Brexit one day after EU divorce talks began. The economy will expand by 1.6 percent this year before slowing to 1.4 percent in 2018, according to upgraded forecasts from the Confederation of British Industry, after 1.8-percent growth in 2016. The CBI, […]
by Catherine Boitard Agence France-Presse ATHENS, Greece – As Greece’s government Friday welcomed a long-delayed bailout agreement, analysts warned the deal throws responsibility back on the struggling country to pull itself out of crisis. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the agreement — hammered out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and eurozone finance ministers — opens the way to a “final exit to the crisis.” Reached Thursday, the deal averted another summer of Greek […]
by Danny Kemp Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union warned Britain Friday that delaying Brexit negotiations after Prime Minister Theresa May failed to win a majority in elections could wreck the chance of securing a divorce deal. Brussels had set June 19 as the start date for talks, but the bloc’s leaders said that was now in doubt after Prime Minister Theresa May’s gamble to strengthen her parliamentary mandate backfired. […]
by Damien Stroka Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany unleashed a volley of criticism Monday against United States President Donald Trump, slamming his “short-sighted” policies that have “weakened the West” and hurt European interests. The sharp words from Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel came after Trump concluded his first official tour abroad which took him to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Brussels and then Italy for a G7 summit. They followed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s warning on […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and members of the college of Commissioners observed a minute of silence on Wednesday (May 24) in solidarity with the victims of an attack in Manchester that killed 22 people. Guenther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources said Europeans “mourn with the British people.” The minute of silence was held on the sidelines of the weekly commissioners meeting, while EU flags hung at half-mast […]
by Alex Pigman Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Eurozone finance ministers failed to reach a deal for fresh bailout cash for Greece on Monday, as a row with the International Monetary Fund over debt relief dragged on. After more than eight hours of talks in Brussels, ministers from the 19-member single currency bloc could not settle deep differences on debt relief pitting Germany, the eurozone’s most powerful member, against the IMF. “I think we […]
by Céline Le Prioux Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Freshly elected French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are the new power couple leading the charge against anti-European populists and trying to put the struggling European Union back on track, analysts say. French legislative elections in June could endorse Macron’s message of change, giving him a real power base, while the long-serving Merkel faces polls in September that she is expected to […]
