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July 16, 2019
Von der Leyen sets out greener, fairer Europe to EU lawmakers
STRASBOURG, France — Germany's Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday sketched out her vision of a greener, fairer and rule-based Europe in a last-ditch effort to win the votes of European socialist and liberal lawmakers to become the first female European Commission head.If European Parliament lawmakers reject von der Leyen, it will be a serious blow for the bloc, beset by challenges ranging from trade to Brexit and erosion of ...
July 16, 2019
Spain’s Podemos offers to make concessions to avoid repeat elections
MADRID — Spain's far-left Podemos party is willing to make concessions to rescue stalled power-sharing talks with acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez' Socialists and avoid a repeat election, leader Pablo Iglesias said.Sanchez declared negotiations dead on Monday, raising the prospect of Spain facing its fourth election in as many years as the fragmented political system struggles to resolve big problems ranging from Catalan separatism to budget reform.Three months after the ...
July 16, 2019
EU threatens Venezuela with more sanctions
BRUSSELS — The EU on Tuesday threatened to expand sanctions against Venezuela unless talks between the government and opposition lead to "concrete results", and warned President Nicolas Maduro's regime to end human rights abuses.The European Union, which has sought to help resolve Venezuela's political crisis by convening an international contact group, urged both sides to show "genuine engagement" with the Norway-brokered talks on the Caribbean island of Barbados."In case there ...
July 16, 2019
French minister resigns in luxury dinners scandal
PARIS — A senior French Cabinet minister resigned on Tuesday after reports accused him of extravagant spending, including on luxury dinners, but lashed out at what he termed a "media lynching."Environment Minister Francois de Rugy has been under unrelenting pressure for a week after the Mediapart website accused him of hosting friends to opulent meals, complete with lobster and vintage wines, while he was speaker of parliament."The attacks and media ...
July 16, 2019
EU braces for no-deal Brexit or another delay under Boris Johnson
BRUSSELS/LONDON — The European Union is bracing for either a no-deal Brexit or another delay if Boris Johnson becomes Britain's prime minister next week with a pledge to renegotiate a deal the bloc says it will not reopen.The three-year Brexit crisis could be about to deepen as Johnson's pledge to leave the EU "do or die" — with or without a deal — on Oct. 31 sets Britain on a ...
July 16, 2019
Qatari missile in weapons haul after Italy cracks down on neo-Nazis
ROME — Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile belonging to Qatar’s armed forces, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathizers, the authorities said on Monday.Police arrested three people, including Fabio Del Bergiolo, 50, a former candidate for the neo-fascist Forza Nuova party, whose home was found to contain a huge stash of arms as well as neo-Nazi propaganda and Hitler memorabilia."During the operation, an air-to-air ...
July 16, 2019
Von der Leyen pledges EU 'green deal' in first 100 days
STRASBOURG, FRANCE - European Commission president nominee Ursula von der Leyen pledged Tuesday to propose a "green deal" for Europe in her first 100 days in office, which would see a carbon-neutral continent by 2050."I will put forward a green deal for Europe in my first 100 days in office. I will put forward the first ever European climate law which will set the 2050 target in law," von der ...
July 16, 2019
Macron vows to help restart Serbia-Kosovo dialogue
BELGRADE - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday vowed to help restart dialogue and reach a long-lasting agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, former war foes who have been locked in a diplomatic spat for months.Visiting Serbia's capital Belgrade, Macron said that he would organize a meeting in the coming weeks with the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel "in order to find a global ...
July 16, 2019
EU agrees measures against Turkey for Cyprus drilling
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday agreed measures to punish Turkey for pursuing drilling operations off Cyprus despite repeated warnings.The EU will halt high-level dialogue with Turkey, suspend talks over an aviation agreement and cut 145.8 million euros in pre-accession financial funds allocated for 2020.Foreign ministers from the bloc also told the European Commission, the bloc's executive, to keep working on possible financial sanctions targeting those involved in the ...
July 16, 2019
UK PM candidates set high bar for Brexit talks: no Irish backstop
LONDON - The two candidates vying to be Britain's next prime minister set a high bar on Monday for success in Brexit negotiations, saying that even a significant concession from the European Union on the Irish border would be insufficient.Both frontrunner Boris Johnson and underdog Jeremy Hunt said on Monday that they would not be willing to accept the so-called Northern Irish backstop element of Theresa May's Brexit deal, even ...
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