Tuesday
27th Jun 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Spain is to spend €2.3m to keep immigrants from entering Spain from Morocco via its exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish interior minister, Jorge Fernandez Díaz, said Thursday. Ceuta and Melilla is a problem not only for Spain, but for all of Europe, he pointed out to media.
Brussels says Google has abused a near-monopoly position in online searches to favour its shopping service, but the US company said Brussels cannot prove the charges.
EU states have given initial backing for the Commission to negotiate the legal future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia.
With US president Trump's withdrawal from the Paris agreement, the future of climate governance will depend on how the other major emitters react.
Ahead of negotiations for the 2021-2027 EU budget, the question of linking funds to EU policies and values has come to the forefront.
“We want you to stay”, British leader Theresa May told EU nationals on Monday, but the UK's "settled status" plan lacked "ambition", the EU said.
The EU Commission says extra revenue generated from a new visa-free travel scheme, to launch in 2020, would go to the EU budget, reducing member state contributions.
