Thursday
17th Aug 2017
By EUOBSERVER
The president of the Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, said on Wednesday that his objective was to organise a referendum on the region's secession from Spain "in the second half of September next year". He was addressing the Catalonian parliament ahead of a confidence vote about his government's budget on Thursday.
Austria is sending soldiers to stop migrants coming from Italy, while Bulgaria has said the EU should “defend” its borders by “force of arms”.
Behind all the money coming to Europe from China's 'New Silk Road' lurks a potentially explosive cocktail.
"Unique” Irish deal to maintain free flow of people and goods, but UK ideas on future EU trade branded a “fantasy”.
Opening the German election campaign, Merkel has refused to link distribution of refugees in Europe with the EU budget.
Britain wants to keep its EU customs privileges after Brexit but also wants the freedom to negotiate other trade deals.
Italy has endorsed Libya’s decision to chase NGOs out of coastal waters in what one charity called “an unacceptable assault on people’s lives and dignity”.
