Tuesday
26th Sep 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Spanish socialist leader Pedro Sanchez has said he will oppose Mariano Rajoy's bid to be installed as prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Wednesday. Caretaker PM Rajoy said he would risk the vote even though his centre-right People's Party and its allies are six deputies short of a majority, with 170. Some commentators had urged the socialists, with 85 deputies, to abstain to break eight months of deadlock.
Only two months ago, EU officials said there was only anecdotal evidence that consumers in eastern EU member states were being misled by companies.
EU social and urban policies should be more linked together and involve local authorities, in order to help people find affordable homes.
Financial services firms in London are proposing a free trade deal with the EU-27 to allow access to each others' markets without restrictions. They also propose a bilateral dispute settlement system.
French leader seeking to "rebuild Europe" with "pioneer" groups of pro-integration states. But German coalition talks could hold him back.
Duda's vetoes on judicial reform will do little to protect the constitution or to stop politicisation of courts, experts warn.
Italy is promoting Milan as a new home for the London-based medicines agency. 'There are many talks. Everybody is talking to everybody else,' said the Italian state secretary of European affairs.
