Monday
23rd Oct 2017
By EUOBSERVER
"No one should be confronted with a mountain of red tape", the EU's Brexit chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, promised at the annual State of the Union conference in Florence on Friday. He said it would be "a priority" in Brexit talks to preserve the rights of the approximately 3.2 million EU citizens and their families in the UK, and the 1.2 million British citizens working and living in the EU.
A crucial week is ahead in Catalonia as its leaders decide whether to declare independence - an illegal move according to the Spanish government – or yield to pressure from Madrid.
"Countries like Russia are serial abusers of Interpol and shouldn't be treated the same as legitimate states," human rights activist Bill Browder said.
The Lombardy and Veneto regions in northern Italy are seeking greater self-determination from the central government following referendum results on Sunday.
Despite a large victory, Babis will need allies to govern. His choice of who to rule with will define how eurosceptic the Czech Republic becomes.
Klaus Mangold, a German businessman with good connections in Russia, and who provided a jet for Commission vice-president Guenther Oettinger, played a crucial role in Hungary's controversial Paks nuclear deal with Russia, Direkt36's investigation has found.
Eight member states have urged the EU's foreign service to significantly expand its work on countering Russian propaganda.
