Thursday
19th Apr 2018
By EUOBSERVER
The EU will be on the list of countries that will be exempted from US tariffs on steel and aluminium, US trade secretary Robert Lighthizer said Thursday. Speaking in a House of Representatives committee meeting he said that the EU, South Korea, Australia, Argentina and Brazil may be exempted. The information still has to be confirmed by president Donald Trump.
Eurozone bank chief Mario Draghi will stay part of an opaque "lobbyist" group despite transparency complaints.
Fundamental freedoms are under attack across the EU but the case of Bulgaria presents unique challenges, and opportunities to learn, for left-wing forces throughout Europe.
On Thursday, the European Parliament will vote on a political deal on organic farming, following 19 months of behind-closed-doors negotiations. EUobserver here details a five-month odyssey to get access to the secret documents that led to the deal.
A resolution condemning the appointment of the EU executive secretary general has left frustrated MEPs and a bruised EU executive.
Turkey has belittled the EU in a week of macho posturing, but strategic relations go deeper than the rhetoric.
Project Safte, an international research project funded by the European Commission, has revealed a loophole in the EU firearms directive that is being exploited by criminals and possibly terrorists.
