Tuesday
30th May 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Migrants from crisis-hit EU countries flocked to the UK last year, official figures show. The number of Italians went up 66% year-on-year, Portuguese 47%, and Spanish 36%. Meanwhile, the number of Bulgarians and Romanians went up 166%, from 9,000 in 2012 to 24,000. The net inflow was 212,000 people.
Un audit consulté par EUobserver dévoile un trou d’un demi-million d'euros dans les comptes du groupe Europe des Nations et des Libertés.
In newly published position papers, the EU Commission spells out details of safeguarding citizens' rights and of the UK paying for EU budgets, facilities, and even teachers' salaries.
The EU commission wants to link up all centralised EU information systems for security, border, and migration management. The plan has drawn a sharp rebuke from the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency.
French and Russian leaders agreed to "strengthen" ties at their first meeting, but exchanged jabs about Russian efforts to influence French elections.
After a bad year for the EU in 2016, Europeans need to reconnect with why we originally embarked on a united path.
The European Commission wants to “build bridges” between the EU and the US amid the negative fallout from last week’s meetings, it has said.
