Tuesday
26th Sep 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Jean-Claude Juncker has written to former competition commissioner Neelie Kroes seeking “clarifications”, the EU Commission said, following leaks that showed she had interests in an offshore firm called Mint that she failed to declare. The commission said it was also “looking into” whether Mint was linked to any firms on which Kroes adjudicated while she was in office. The inquiry could see her stripped of her EU pension.
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.
