Wednesday
25th Apr 2018
By EUOBSERVER
The European Commission will not campaign in the UK referendum, a spokesman for the EU's executive said Monday. Margaritis Schinas said: "I don’t see what role the Commsision might have in a campaign that concerns the British people and the British people alone."
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.
