DIf it didn’t go according to plan, it became apparent early on. EU heads of state and government arrived in Brussels on Thursday afternoon to negotiate the Union’s seven-year budget. It’s over 1,000 billion euros for 2021-2027, and the dispute over the budget has been deadlocked for months. Charles Michel, the President of the European … Read more
europa’s heads of state and government are preparing for the toughest EU budget negotiations long ago. At the special summit, which is called at short notice, from Thursday afternoon they will discuss how much money the EU will receive in the next seven years and how it should be spent. It’s about a large sum: … Read more
DNegotiations, which have repeatedly been described as the most difficult budget talks in EU history, have been stuck for months. Many governments and officials in Brussels therefore chose Charles Michel, the ambitious President of the European Council, who coordinates the negotiations between the national governments. He and his colleagues have had many talks with national … Read more
economy trade dispute US increases punitive tariffs on Airbus – – Status: 09:18 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes – – – Suffering from American punitive tariffs: Airbus Credit: pa / dpa / Andrew Matthews – – The United States increases the punitive tariffs on Airbus aircraft from the current ten to 15 percent. The … Read more
foreign countries Brussels on AKK withdrawal “There is astonishment over Germany” – – As of: 6:55 p.m. | Reading time: 3 minutes This is what Angela Merkel says about the AKK withdrawal – – CDU chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will not run as chancellor and will withdraw from the CDU party presidency. Before her meeting with … Read more
foreign countries United Kingdom and Gibraltar European Union membership referendum Party Nigel Farage: “All of Europe should leave the EU” – – Status: 03:06 a.m. | Reading time: 4 minutes – – – – – – – Nigel Farage is in a party mood – the founder of the Brexit Party has been waiting eagerly … Read more
politics Memorial hour in the Bundestag “The responsibility on Germany’s shoulders is enormous” – – Status: 12:51 p.m. | Reading time: 3 minutes Schäuble – “75 years after Auschwitz there is still anti-Semitism” – – The Bundestag commemorated the victims of National Socialism on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation. President … Read more
Germany EU-Turkey deal Only 189 people were deported to Turkey in 2019 – – Status: 00:07 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes – – – – “If people came to Europe, it would be much more expensive” – – Gerald Knaus, chairman of the European Stability Initiative, is seen as the pioneer of the refugee … Read more
foreign countries After EU criticism Kaczynski defends controversial judge discipline law – – Status: 9:54 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes – – – Jaroslaw Kaczynski, chairman of the right-wing Polish ruling party PiS Source: AP – – Poland’s ex-prime minister Kaczynski has reaffirmed his country’s controversial judge law. The EU has sharply criticized the … Read more
er presented itself as a major tamer of the refugee crisis. However, the former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini actually owed the declining numbers of refugees, which he sold as his successes, to the previous social democratic government. That had namely various agreements closed in Libya, which meant that fewer boats with migrants left there. … Read more