Monday
28th May 2018
By EUOBSERVER
Alexis Tsipras' Greek government plans to hire 20,000 civil servants over the next year to help Greece's austerity hit education and health services. Government officials believe that the hiring will not run into objections from representatives of Greece’s international creditors, Kathimerini newspaper reports. The same sources denied that such a move could render the civil service beholden to leftist SYRIZA.
The EU is funding "NGOs with ties to terror", Israel has said as EU foreign ministers meet.
Italy is in a political crisis because president Sergio Mattarella has rejected Paolo Savona as a cabinet member, for his views on the EU.
MEPs will have their first chance to discuss the EU Commission's plans for the next long-term EU budget in Strasbourg. At the same time, a court case in Luxembourg may shake up the 'rule of law' debate.
An agreement on measures to reduce risks in the banking sector will help start discussions on risk-sharing and on Franco-German plans.
European Commission has taken six EU countries to court over failing to achieve EU air quality standards. But what about the other countries where air quality is equally bad - or worse?
The European Parliament accused the EU Commission of not providing clear figures for a comparison of the proposed and the current EU budgets. We take a look at the main differences.
