The infringement procedure initiated on Thursday by the European Commission, if the United Kingdom does not back down, should reach the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU), which could impose large fines on London. It is a scenario that many consider distant, but also in 2015 few would believe that the United Kingdom … Read more
The European Union executive has unsuccessfully asked the British government to delete passages violating a legally binding agreement from the draft controversial Internal Market Act by the end of September. However, the British House of Commons approved the proposal in its original form on Tuesday, which, according to von der Leyen, fundamentally undermined mutual trust. … Read more
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen received a standing ovation on Wednesday after her first State Of The Union. She was thanked extensively for the way she tries to guide the EU through the corona storm. A serious turnaround, because when she took office almost ten months ago, she was widely reviled as a … Read more
Photo: Fred Debrock, Reuters – Aalst – From LGBTQ-free zones in Poland to anti-Semitic carnival costumes in Aalst: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union in the European Parliament has lashed out at racism and discrimination on the continent. – “Hate is hate, and no one should take it,” … Read more
The European Union must reduce its CO2 emissions “by at least 55 percent” by 2030. This is what Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed on Wednesday in her annual State of the Union in the European Parliament. She also advocates a “European health union”. – The European emissions target for 2030 is currently 40 … Read more
The speech should therefore have references to the Commission’s measures to respond to the health, economic and social crisis caused by Covid-19, but also to the plan for Europe’s recovery, the fight against climate change, the new measures in the field migration and asylum and the situation in countries in the European neighborhood. – Antena … Read more