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‘For How Long Can EU-Russia Economic Relations Deteriorate?’ Asks Chizhov

February 22, 2016 by Staff Reporter

Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Russia

Let me start by quoting the EU Trade and Investment Strategy approved by the EU Council on 27 November 2015, writes Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union. “The EU’s strategic interest remains to achieve closer economic ties with Russia. The prospects for this will, however, be determined primarily by […]

Filed Under: Embassies to EU, European Commission, European Parliament, Foreign Relations, Opinion, Russia, Trade & Invesment

Violence Against Women – The EU’s Great Unfinished Business

November 25, 2015 by Staff Reporter

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Europe and Latin America have a problem in common: the high rates of violence against women continue to increase in their countries. That is why, today November 25th, the International Day Against Gender Violence, the network of European NGOs, Grupo Sur, calls on the European Union to meet its commitments in the fight against this […]

Filed Under: European Parliament, Justice & Home Affairs, Opinion

“Ambitious Climate Alliance Needed” From EU-CELAC Lawmakers

June 11, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Jean-Claude Juncker, Rafael Correa, Pro tempore President of CELAC, Donald Tusk

EU and Latin America, Caribbean Lawmakers Forging Paris #COP21 Positions Today’s formal Declaration at the Brussels Summit of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) calls for the strengthening of the bi-regional alliance ahead of COP21, but hbs says that isn’t enough. “There is a fundamental difference between […]

Filed Under: Blogs, European Commission, European Council, Greens

Sovereignty Claw-Back From Corporate Trade At EuroLat Summit

June 8, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Sovereignty, Corporate, Trade, EuroLat, Summit

Three days of social mobilisation (8-10 June) kicked off today in Brussels and Strasbourg to mark the EU-CELAC Summit (10-11 June). The broad coalition aims at strengthening and giving visibility to existing resistances and struggles taking place in the two regions. They highlight new initiatives, which move away from the trade and investment architecture promoted by […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Business, European Parliament

“Feminicide, EU-CELAC Must Act”

June 2, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Feminicide, EU-CELAC Must Act

Femicide, the murder of women because they are women, continues to be a reality in both Latin America and Europe. Two years after an action plan was adopted during the last EU-CELAC Summit, including commitments to eliminate all forms of violence against women, a conference has been held in Brussels on “The duty of due […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Business, European Parliament, Greens

Lux Leaks Scandal. Juncker Gets A Step Closer to Hot Seat

May 20, 2015 by Brian Maguire

Jean-Claude Juncker

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, just got a step closer to explaining his role in the Lux Leaks scandal. Speaking after an official visit to Luxembourg, German Member of the European Parliament, Fabio De Masi said: “It is becoming increasingly clear that powerful EU member states like Germany and France are covering aggressive […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Brian Maguire, European Parliament, The Left

Eastern Partnership Having ‘Positive Impact’ Says Georgia’s Margvelashvili

May 13, 2015 by Matthieu Lietaert

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Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili speaking at the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee discussed the Eastern Partnership ahead of the Riga summit on 21-22 May. He said the Eastern Partnership has had a positive impact on Georgia, not only because we reached the association agreement, but also because it gave us opportunities and mechanisms for reforming our economy, […]

Filed Under: Blogs, European Parliament, Foreign Relations

Uzbekistan, Justice For Central Asia’s Forgotten Massacre?

May 12, 2015 by Brian Maguire

Heidi Hautala, MEP (Finland) Greens

The killing of hundreds of protesters by Uzbekistani security forces in the early hours of 13 May 2005 must be independently investigated and the ongoing persecution of those connected to the unrest must end, Amnesty International said on the 10th anniversary of the Andizhan killings. A decade after security forces indiscriminately gunned down mostly peaceful […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Brian Maguire, European Commission, European Parliament, Foreign Relations

Turkey “Step back from authoritarian reform” Says MEP Schaake

May 11, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Marietje Schaake, D66, ALDE

Turkey must step back from authoritarian reforms to remain key EU partner said Marietje Schaake, Dutch Member of the European Parliament. Schaake was responding after the adoption of the annual Turkey report in the foreign affairs committee. She said: “The text was significantly sharpened compared to the draft by S&D-rapporteur Kati Piri, who failed to address many urgent […]

Filed Under: European Parliament, Foreign Relations, RENEW

TAXE – Go Slow. The Order Of The Day.

May 11, 2015 by Staff Reporter

At a public hearing in the European Parliament, Brussels, United Left MEPs declared their frustration with the Special Committee on Tax Rulings (TAXE) and what they saw as a lack of any real progress by the Committee towards protection for whistle blowers and journalists. GUE/NGL MEP Fabio de Masi, TAXE shadow rapporteur, said: “The majority in […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Brian Maguire, European Parliament, The Left

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