Wednesday
25th Apr 2018
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.
The president of the European Commission has decided that nine member states who are failing to fight air pollution will receive another month's respite.
Spanish special forces seized a boat from African 'pirates' as diplomats watched on Monday, in a drill marking Spain's bid to grab a top EU military mission from the UK.
Russian domestic television - the only source of foreign news for most Russians - consistently shows Europe over-run by immigrants, beset by terrorist atrocities, and on strike. This has serious consequences.
In an exchange with the new Chinese ambassador to the EU - his first appearance at an EU institution - the EU Parliament international trade committee called for action to meet commitments to open up China's market and reduce overcapacity.
Six out of seven political parties running in Greenland's parliamentary elections on Tuesday are pro-independence, but they disagree on how fast the last ties to Copenhagen should be cut. Increasing dependence on China could be the consequence.
The anti-abortion campaign known as "One of US" lost its bid to force the European Commission to propose legislation that would cut funding to embryonic stem cells.
