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Briefing: EP AFCO – Exchange of views on the outcome of the Croatian Presidency of the Council EU
On June 8, the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs held an exchange of views with Nikolina Brnjac, Ministre délégué, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, on the outcome of the Croatian Council Presidency. Ms Brnjac gave a brief overview of the work of the Croatian Presidency, focusing on...
Tension on the agenda when Pompeo meets EU foreign ministers
It takes two to tango. That’s the polite reply U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is likely to get when he meets EU foreign ministers on Monday for an hour and a half of virtual discussion, in which he is expected to request support for Washington’s confrontations with Beijing. For the Europeans, who have watched President Donald...
EU lawmakers propose taking China to court over Hong Kong security law
The European Parliament is next week set to vote in favor of taking China to the International Court of Justice over its decision to adopt a controversial national security law in Hong Kong. In a draft resolution, the Parliament “strongly criticizes the adoption of the national security law on Hong Kong by the National Peoples’ Congress”...
Borrell has ‘serious concern’ over US sanctions against International Criminal Court
Donald Trump’s decision to authorize sanctions against the International Criminal Court is “a matter of serious concern,” the EU’s top diplomat said. The U.S. president on Thursday issued an executive order authorizing sanctions against ICC employees involved in an investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in...
Israel: The annexation nation
Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the “Europe At Large” column. PARIS — Too much history, not enough geography. British philosopher Isaiah Berlin’s aphorism about the plight of the Jews explains why Zionists fought to build a state on the land where their distant forebears dwelled in Biblical times. But Israel may be...
Trump orders large withdrawal of US forces from Germany
Perhaps only Donald Trump could turn a withdrawal of troops into an act of aggression. The U.S. president has directed the Pentagon to reduce sharply the number of U.S. military forces stationed in Germany, where a heavy presence of GIs has long served as a symbol of Washington’s commitment to protecting its European allies. The White House...
With Haftar in retreat, France hedges its bets in Libya
PARIS — The collapse of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar’s offensive against the capital Tripoli thanks to Turkish military intervention has exposed Europe’s inability to shape the conflict at its borders and left France trying to hedge its bets. On Friday, Haftar suffered his most significant defeat since the beginning of his military...
Trump’s Europe strategy: Nothing
Angela Merkel rejected Donald Trump’s invitation to Washington fearing he might want to use a G7 leaders’ summit for an election-year photo op. Barely 72 hours later, images of the U.S. president holding a bible in the air outside St. John’s Church suggested the German chancellor had not overestimated Trump’s penchant for...
Macron to Trump: Full house and clear agenda needed for G7
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron tried to play the mediator on calls with Donald Trump last week, in an attempt to salvage a G7 leaders’ summit in the U.S. while also backing Angela Merkel’s refusal to attend in June. On a call Saturday, the second in three days, the French president told his American counterpart that it wouldn’t really...
Trump: It’s ‘common sense’ to invite Putin to G7
President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his push to re-invite Russia to the Group of Seven summit later this year — arguing that President Vladimir Putin’s inclusion at the annual meeting of the most economically advanced countries is a matter of “common sense.” “He’s not there. Half of the meeting is devoted to Russia, and if he...
