Wednesday
18th Oct 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Eurosceptic Croatian nationalist MEP Ruza Tomasic, whose presence on the European People's Party HDZ list drew the ire of EPP president, Joseph Daul, has been re-elected to the European Parliament. Since joining the EP in July 2013 after Croatia's accession, she sat with the European Conservative and Reformists group.
Politicians and civic leaders need a new sense of optimism if they are to avoid mere 'sticking plaster' solutions to migration.
On balance, 55 percent of British respondents said the UK had benefited from EU membership. Among all European respondents, 47 percent said their voice counted in the EU.
Tusk has proposed a series of 13 top-level talks to take forward European reform, but his backing for a multi-speed Europe risks deepening divide.
Negotiations were stalled for weeks, as Warsaw tried to capture funds earmarked for the civil sector.
EU countries are trying to break a deadlock in discussions over the revision of a directive on posted workers before a crucial meeting next Monday.
The EU is "not confident, but hopeful" that the UK will achieve sufficient progress for 'stage 2' by December, as Britain's Brexit negotiator blames the slow pace of negotiations on the EU ahead of a crucial summit meeting.
