Tuesday
25th Jul 2017
By EUOBSERVER
People in Switzerland in a referendum on Sunday (27 November) rejected plans to introduce a strict timetable for phasing out nuclear power. Nearly 55 percent of voters turned down the proposal, which would have closed three of Switzerland's five nuclear plants next year, with the last shutting in 2029. The five plants currently generate almost 40 percent of Switzerland's electricity.
A "high level political dialogue" ended with tense exchanges at a press conference over the human rights situation in Turkey.
"It's hard to imagine that, overnight, UK law would suddenly forget European law," said Ian S. Forrester, a British judge at the Court of Justice of the EU.
Threat of US fines against German and other EU firms involved in Russia's Nord Stream II gas pipeline could prompt angry European response.
The trial, which opened Monday, of 17 journalists and administrative employees of the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet is considered one of the most important episodes in a systematic campaign to silence dissent.
Some eastern EU member states worry they are being sold inferior food. The Slovak prime minister will speak to commission chief Juncker about it.
Andrzej Duda's veto on two controversial justice reforms reveals cracks in the ruling PiS party, but it could still be bypassed.
