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[Ticker] No voters in Dutch Ukraine referendum ‘not anti-EU’
Voters who rejected the EU-Ukraine treaty in a Dutch referendum last April did not do so because of an anti-EU sentiment, according to an academic study published on Friday. Only 7.5% of No voters cast an anti-EU vote. The biggest motivation for No voters (34.1%) was “corruption in Ukraine”. Some 16.6% were “afraid Ukraine would...
[Ticker] EU states give conditional approval to visa-free travel for Ukraine
EU states, on Thursday, gave conditional backing to allowing Ukrainians to travel visa-free to the bloc for short visits. First, however, a mechanism to suspend the scheme in an emergency must be agreed upon, possibly at the EU-Ukraine summit, to be held on 24 November. …read more Source:...
Trump’s new world order
It’s been only nine days since Donald Trump won the presidential election, but much of the world is acting like he’s already in charge. Russia is doubling down on its military offensives in Syria, where dictator Bashar Assad says Trump could be a “natural ally.” Mexico has unveiled an 11-point plan to protect its citizens in the...
Obama to Trump: Time to get serious
BERLIN — Get serious or get played, President Barack Obama told President-elect Donald Trump here Thursday — warning his successor that he’ll lose elections and people will die if he doesn’t shape up. As impressive as the campaign he ran was, that won’t translate to governing, Obama said he told Trump in their long private...
Commission denies Oettinger broke ethics rules
European commissioner Günther Oettinger did nothing wrong when he traveled to Budapest at the invitation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the private plane of a pro-Russia German businessman, the Commission said Thursday. Zoltán Kovács, spokesperson for the Hungarian government, told POLITICO that the businessman, Klaus Mangold, “is a...
Ukrainians to gain visa-free access to EU
EU ambassadors on Thursday backed a European Commission proposal that allows visa-free travel for Ukrainian citizens in the EU, and vice-versa, for 90 days in any 180-day period. The decision will not come into force until details are agreed with the European Parliament on which circumstances would allow for the temporary suspension of visa-free...
New Polish military force worries political opposition
WARSAW — The Polish parliament on Wednesday approved the creation of a new territorial defense force aimed at deterring a possible Russian attack that critics say could end up serving as the armed wing of the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party. The force would be made up of 53,000 part-time soldiers stationed throughout the country by 2019....
Trump says he and Pence have talked to 29 foreign leaders. Here they are.
Donald Trump and Mike Pence on Wednesday provided a list of 28 foreign heads of state (plus the the Secretary General of the United Nations) that they’ve spoken with since last the election. The release comes after a story published Wednesday morning by the New York Times said foreign leaders were “scrambling to figure out how and when to...
Poll has ex-French PM Fillon winning conservative primary
PARIS — Former French prime minister François Fillon will knock out two heavy-hitting rivals to become the center-right’s presidential candidate, according to a new poll. The poll, published by Opinionway late Tuesday, has Fillon ahead in the race for the first time, beating frontrunner Alain Juppé in a November 27 runoff round by 54...
How Trump’s victory could give Russia another win
Before President-elect Donald Trump’s surprise victory last week, European leaders seemed certain to renew sanctions on Russia for its ongoing aggression against Ukraine. The sanctions are up for renewal at a meeting next month, and Moscow has done nothing to meet Western conditions. On the contrary, Russian military attacks in Aleppo, in...
