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Juncker urges ‘immediate action’ on migration
The European Commission will introduce a new proposal for legal migration into the EU in 2016, Jean-Claude Juncker announced Wednesday, in one of several measures he offered to deal with the refugee crisis. Juncker, in his State of the Union speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, said the Commission would urge EU member states to act...
Juncker: EU ‘not in a good place’
STRASBOURG — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the EU is “not in a good place” and that it needed to move beyond “business as usual” to address the daunting political challenges facing the bloc. “Now is not the time to go ahead willy-nilly, business-as-usual,” Juncker told members of the European Parliament and other EU...
Ukraine war becoming bloodier, dirtier
UN says war in Ukraine claimed more civilian lives in past three months than in spring, with both sides guilty of war crimes and torture. …read more Source:...
Europe returns to the 1930s
Czech police intercepted a group of Syrian asylum-seekers on a train headed for Germany. Upon being detained, the 200 or so refugees were marked with ink numbers on their forearms. While clearly a mishap, it was not the first time that Europeans were reminded of a period many would rather forget. In July of this year, a Polish Member of the...
What should be in the 2015 State of the Union?
As President Juncker puts together the final touches to his State of the Union address, scheduled to be held at 09.00 CMT on Wednesday 9 September. EuropeanPublicAffairs.eu has provided a wishlist from each of our contributors on what they hope this year’s address will focus on, ranging from unemployment, social inequality, defence, skill...
Ukraine refuses to yield to Russia on EU trade
Kiev has said there is no chance of postponing its EU free-trade pact despite Russia’s threats, amid wider assertions of Ukrainian sovereignty. …read more Source:...
BBC enters Putin’s media war
LONDON — Europe’s floundering campaign to counter misleading Russian media coverage is about to get a boost from Britain’s public broadcaster. The BBC said Monday it wants to set up a Russian-language TV channel to promote “democracy and liberty” and counteract the Kremlin’s crackdown on domestic media. The broadcaster will also...
[Ticker] Tension mounts as EU-Ukraine free trade deadline approaches
EU, Russian, and Ukrainian experts are to draft a paper by October, tabling “practical solutions” addressing Russia’s concerns on the impact of the EU-Ukraine free trade treaty, which enters into force next year. Trade ministers will also meet in November, in a bid to avoid Russian trade sanctions on Ukraine. …read more...
Šefčovič to press Russia on Ukraine gas talks
Maroš Šefčovič will urge Russia to return to EU-brokered talks with Ukraine when he meets Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak this Friday, he told POLITICO today. The trilateral talks fell apart in June. Šefčovič, the EU’s energy union vice president, is set to meet Novak, and hopes that Gazprom representatives will be there too. “We...
Šefčovič warns energy firms over Nord Stream II participation
Gazprom’s deal with European energy companies to double the Nord Stream gas pipeline’s capacity raises a “host” of questions on how the project fits with the EU’s energy security and regulatory priorities, Maroš Šefčovič, the EU’s energy union vice president, told POLITICO today. “How is it in compliance with our strategy...
