The European Union on Monday adopted limits on the export of inflatable boats to Libya in a bid to make it harder for smugglers to send migrants to Europe. The decision by the foreign ministers of the 28 EU states, which also covers outboard motors, is the latest to help a chaotic and violence-torn Libya … Read more
A 13-Member European Union (EU) Delegation including six Members of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee have paid a day’s working visit to Ghana. The aim of the visit was to give the European Parliament Trade Committee the opportunity to meet with Ghanaian authorities, Members of Parliament and other relevant stakeholders regarding topics of interests … Read more
The European Union and the UN host a two-day conference starting Tuesday on Syria’s future, with Russian-backed President Bashar al-Assad as firmly in place as ever despite efforts to oust him. EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini has billed the gathering in Brussels as a follow-up to a donors’ conference last year in London, which … Read more
The EU has outlined its strategy for Brexit negotiations, suggesting talks on a trade deal could begin once “sufficient progress” is made on a separation settlement with the UK. The draft guidelines, issued by European Council President Donald Tusk, argue for a “phased approach” in talks. The draft will be sent to the 27 member … Read more
The EU has outlined its strategy for Brexit negotiations, suggesting talks on a trade deal could begin once “sufficient progress” is made on a separation settlement with the UK. The draft guidelines, issued by European Council President Donald Tusk, argue for a “phased approach” in talks. The draft will be sent to the 27 member … Read more
European Council President Donald Tusk is due to issue draft guidelines on how the EU intends to negotiate the UK’s departure from the bloc. The proposals will be sent to the governments of 27 EU members. They will help set the tone for two years of tough negotiations and efforts to finalise a deal. EU … Read more
British citizens should be allowed to keep the benefits of EU membership, according to the chief Brexit negotiator at the European Parliament. Guy Verhofstadt said allowing individuals to keep rights, such as freedom to travel and vote in European elections should be a priority. The former Belgian prime minister said Brexit had been a “tragedy” … Read more
The European Union (EU) has pledged 160 million Euros to support Ghana’s development cooperation budget for new programmes in the agriculture sector, hailing the Government’s renewed interest to make agriculture the engine of prosperity. The EU would also launch a 35 million-Euro Market Oriented Agricultural Programme, in April, this year as part of efforts to … Read more
European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday presented options for reforming the bloc to shore up its unity and popular support after Britain’s shock decision to withdraw. Five scenarios in a ‘white paper’ that the president of the European Commission delivered to the European Parliament ranged from changing little to scaling back to just … Read more
The US Vice-President, Mike Pence, has said the US under President Trump remains committed to co-operation and partnership with the European Union. Mr Pence, speaking in Brussels, sought to reassure European allies worried by some of Mr Trump’s statements. Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, said the EU was counting on unequivocal US … Read more
US Vice President Mike Pence meets EU and NATO leaders Monday at the end of a European trip aimed at reassuring allies worried that President Donald Trump might abandon them. Upon arrival in Brussels on Sunday, Pence said he looked “very much forward” to his meetings with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, European Council … Read more
British citizens voted to exit the European Union in a referendum in June 2016 Britain’s divorce from the European Union could involve a transition arrangement “if necessary”, but a deal should be possible within 18 months, Brexit minister David Davis said Wednesday. The hardline eurosceptic told a parliamentary committee that such an arrangement could be … Read more
The European Union (EU)’s foreign and defence ministers on Monday agreed on a new plan on security and defense, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said. Mogherini has proposed an implementation plan on security and defense, to turn into action the vision set out in the EU Global Strategy, which is intended to guide EU … Read more
Protests against the agreement have been taking place outside the Walloon parliament in Belgium Canada and the European Union are to sign a long-delayed landmark trade deal at a summit in Brussels on Sunday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described it as “great news” and said he looked forward to attending. A signing ceremony planned … Read more
Revisiting and rethinking Europe recently on these very pages, prof. Anis Bajrektarevic asked: “… is the EU the world’s last cosmopolitan enjoying its postmodern holiday from history? Is that possibly the lost Atlántida or mythical Arcadia– a Hegelian end of history world? … a post-Hobbesian (yet, not quite a Kantian) world, in which the letzte … Read more
Substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the EU are unlikely to start much before the end of 2017, a former European Council president says. Speaking to the BBC, Herman Van Rompuy described the UK’s decision to leave the EU as a “political amputation”. He said negotiations were unlikely until a new … Read more