The new Labor Government of United Kingdomheaded by the prime minister Keir Starmerhas repeatedly expressed its desire to “restart” relations with the European Union (EU), deteriorated after years of tensions generated by the Brexit and subsequent negotiations with the British Conservatives. From Brussels, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenhas expressed its … Read more
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will receive British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Brussels on Wednesday (2pm). The meeting is about the European Union’s relationship with Great Britain four and a half years after Brexit. Both sides want a rapprochement. Germany and France are also pushing for an EU migration deal with London … Read more
Germany and France call on the European Commission to start working to design a migration and asylum agreement for the European Union with the United Kingdom. In a letter sent to the Community Executive a few days ago, the Interior Ministers of the two largest EU countries assure that Brexit – the departure of the … Read more
The new European Commission will reach a critical stage after Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to create a second team of commissioners. This process is essential in consolidating European policies in the coming years. On September 17, the president proposed a new list of candidates to become European commissioners. At this time, as it did … Read more
Four years after Brexit was finally implemented, the new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that he will meet with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen next week to discuss his plans for a “reset” in relations. “I want a reset in our relationship with the EU and to make Brexit work for … Read more
Thierry Breton leaves behind debris, or at least tries to. Internal market commissioner Thierry Breton tendered his resignation, firing back at her Ursula von der Leyenwhich, as he states in his letter to the president of the Commission, asked the French president Emmanuel Macron to withdraw his candidacy with the promise of a stronger portfolio. … Read more
The agony is over. Ursula von der Leyen announced the new EU “council of ministers”, not at the Conference of Presidents as expected, but directly to journalists. Greece with Apostolos Tzitzikostas receives the portfolio of sustainable transport and tourism. “Apostolos Tzitzikostas will be commissioner of sustainable transport and tourism. He is responsible for the movement … Read more
The President of the Commission seems to have kept her promises by giving to those who supported her and to those who helped her to reach an elementary balance between men-women, north-south and correlation of political forces. Finland, one of the first countries to publicize the name of a woman, received as a reward the … Read more
If nothing goes wrong during the “grilling” in the plenary session of the European Parliament, the fifth Czech European Commissioner will be in charge of “international partnership”. When the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the composition of her team for the upcoming election period, two types of reactions came, quite … Read more
Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Brussels to urgently deal with “prolonged crisis» capacity which has driven energy prices to such extreme levels that requires an urgent “political response”. In a letter to the European Commission seen by the Financial Times, Mr Mitsotakis said electricity prices rose in August from €60 per megawatt hour to €130 per … Read more