Thursday
20th Jul 2017
By EUOBSERVER
EU countries Friday indicated they will impose further "targeted measures" on Russia unless it meets a series of conditions by Monday. Conditions include: contributing to "substantial" peace talks; agreeing to international oversight of the conflict; returning three border checkpoints to Ukraine; and the release of all hostages by pro-Russia rebels.
EU law professor Ellen Vos says the commission's proposed mini-reform on comitology, an obscure but often-used method of EU lawmaking, should go much further.
Candidates from all political families should be presenting their vision on where the Union should be headed. European socialists want to keep the Spitzenkandidat procedure for future elections.
Huge amounts of money from criminal activities are funnelled into the legitimate European economy. But little is being done about it at EU or national level.
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has argued for the EU to limit free movement to stop Brexit. But at what cost?
Poland's judicial system is on the ropes, in what could be another sign of the country backsliding further on democratic values.
"It seems we have not yet reached the bottom of the emission scandal", said the European commissioner for industry, Elzbieta Bienkowska, in a confidential letter.
