Wednesday
28th Jun 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Berlin is prepared to accept France's Pierre Moscovici becoming EU economics commissioner so long as a budget hardliner, such as Finland's Jyrki Katainen, is appointed vice-president of the commission, reports Der Spiegel. Berlin had previously voiced opposition to Moscovici getting the post on grounds that France is breaching euro rules.
The EU is encircled by a ring of the world’s worst offenders on human trafficking, a US state department report has said.
A year after British voters chose to leave the EU, "taking back control" from the bloc is firmly on the back-burner, as May government’s main ambition is its immediate survival.
The prime minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, maintains that his country had broken no rules and committed no crime when issuing rulings that slashed global tax bills for the big firms.
If the European emissions trading system is not reformed to work efficiently, a Nordic carbon price floor could be introduced to secure future green investments in the region.
Baltic nation of 1.3 million inhabitants plans to use its EU presidency to showcase its status as a digital frontrunner.
Despite many MEPs in the EU parliament striving for more openness and transparency, others don't appear to see it that way.
