Tag: European Union
Paris and Berlin want the European Commission to negotiate with London
France and Germany are calling on the European Commission to negotiate a new migration agreement with Great Britain. Both countries want to strengthen the fight against illegal immigration and have…
Enlargement, a priority for the new European Commission?
5 min Eleven years after Croatia’s integration on July 1, 2013, theEuropean Union says it is ready to reopen its doors to the Western Balkan countries, pressured by the war…
European Parliament ‘recognises’ opposition candidate Gonzalez Urrutia as ‘legitimate president’
On Thursday 19 September, MEPs decided to recognise opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as a ” the legitimate, democratically elected president of Venezuela ” Authorities in Caracas had declared incumbent…
Chloé Ridel (PS): “We owe the current deadlock to Emmanuel Macron”
Chloé Ridel, MEP and spokesperson for the Socialist Party, is RFI’s guest this Thursday, September 19. French politics, difficulties for the new Prime Minister Michel Barnier to form a government,…
Thierry Breton, father of “the first European digital regulation”
Dramatic turn of events in Brussels: French Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, slammed the door of the European Commission on Monday, September 16, saying he had been disowned…
Brazil calls for postponement of European law on imported deforestation
Brazil is asking the European Union to postpone the entry into force of its new regulation against deforestation. This law would prohibit the marketing in the European Union of certain…
European Central Bank cautiously cuts rates by a quarter point
The European Central Bank (ECB) is lowering its key interest rates by a quarter of a point on Thursday, September 12, 2024. This is a cautious reduction given that inflation…
Josep Borrell’s admission of impotence during visit to Rafah border post
On the sidelines of a visit to Egypt, the head of European diplomacy went to the Rafah border crossing in the Egyptian Sinai on Monday 9 September. During this visit,…
France has requested additional time to send its plan to Brussels
Targeted since the end of July by a European procedure for excessive deficit, like six other EU member states, France was due to send its plan to get back on…
Michel Barnier, a politician experienced in Europe as new Prime Minister
By choosing Michel Barnier for Matignon, Emmanuel Macron has appointed the French politician who has spent the most time in Brussels. With three European Union (EU) mandates during his career,…