#Hungary: PM Orban must sign agreement with CEU University in Budapest and stop obstructing academic freedom ow.ly/2pxO50eHgpD
Ahead of today’s (19 October) European Summit in Brussels, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe have called on EU leaders to put pressure on the EPP Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to stop him obstructing an agreement, which would allow the Central European University in Budapest to provide education also in the US, […]
Environment Committee MEPs back a full ban on glyphosate-based herbicides by December 2020 and immediate restrictions on the use of the substance. The Environment and Public Health Committee opposes the European Commission’s proposal to renew the controversial herbicide licence for 10 years. Instead, MEPs say the EU should draw up plans for a phase-out of […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet former US President Bill Clinton (pictured) on Thursday (19 October) to discuss the political crisis in Northern Ireland, May’s spokesman said. During his time as president, Clinton played a central role in brokering peace in the British province, where a power-sharing administration collapsed in January and opposing sides […]
The European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS), which assesses possible security risks of visa-free travellers to the EU, was adopted today (19 October) by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. ETIAS will, together with the future EU Entry-Exit System, create a smart information system enhancing the protection of EU […]
The Europa Building in Brussels, also known as ‘The Egg’ and opened only in January amid controversy over its cost, was evacuated for the second time in a week on Wednesday (18 October) after catering staff were taken ill due to fumes suspected to be leaking from the drains. As a “precautionary measure”, the summit […]
The European Parliament has today (19 October) adopted its position on the revision of the Dublin Regulation, after a vote by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Thursday morning. The position was approved with a vast majority. MEP Cecilia Wikström (ALDE/SWE) is leading the revision and urges the European Council to adopt […]
Our lives are filled with different milestones, such as starting school, leaving the parental home and starting work, getting married, having children, retiring. When it comes to education, employment, careers and earnings, but also childcare, health and nutrition habits, or cultural, sports and internet habits, there are large differences between women and men but also […]
French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured) has succeeded in pushing trade onto the agenda of the European Union summit which starts on Thursday, calling for caution in commercial deals that would bring a surge of beef and other agricultural imports, writes Philip Blenkinsop. Macron said last week that France was in no hurry to a deal […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May will promise on Thursday (19 October) to make it as easy as possible for European Union citizens living in Britain to stay after Brexit, trying to unlock stalled talks that have spurred calls for her to walk away, write Elizabeth Piper and Alastair Macdonald. Weakened by losing her Conservative Party’s […]
The European Commission has published (19 October) its first annual report on the functioning of the EU- US Privacy Shield, the aim of which is to protect the personal data of anyone in the EU transferred to companies in the US for commercial purposes. When it launched the Privacy Shield in August 2016, the Commission […]
#PanamaPapers: MEPs accuse EU national governments of lacking political will on tax avoidance
Some EU member states are obstructing the fight against money laundering, tax avoidance and evasion, the EP committee of inquiry into the ‘Panama Papers’ leaks concludes. EU member states that received a special mention were the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Malta and Cyprus. Co-rapporteur Jeppe Kofod (S&D, DK) said: “Europe needs to get its own house […]
Ahead of today’s (19 October) European Summit in Brussels, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe have called on EU leaders to put pressure on the EPP Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to stop him obstructing an agreement, which would allow the Central European University in Budapest to provide education also in the US, […]
MEPs propose #glyphosate phase-out, with full ban by end 2020
Environment Committee MEPs back a full ban on glyphosate-based herbicides by December 2020 and immediate restrictions on the use of the substance. The Environment and Public Health Committee opposes the European Commission’s proposal to renew the controversial herbicide licence for 10 years. Instead, MEPs say the EU should draw up plans for a phase-out of […]
#Brexit: May to meet Bill Clinton to discuss Northern Ireland crisis
British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet former US President Bill Clinton (pictured) on Thursday (19 October) to discuss the political crisis in Northern Ireland, May’s spokesman said. During his time as president, Clinton played a central role in brokering peace in the British province, where a power-sharing administration collapsed in January and opposing sides […]
#ETIAS: Closing the information gap on people arriving in the EU
The European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS), which assesses possible security risks of visa-free travellers to the EU, was adopted today (19 October) by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. ETIAS will, together with the future EU Entry-Exit System, create a smart information system enhancing the protection of EU […]
#TheEgg: EU summit venue switched after noxious fumes
The Europa Building in Brussels, also known as ‘The Egg’ and opened only in January amid controversy over its cost, was evacuated for the second time in a week on Wednesday (18 October) after catering staff were taken ill due to fumes suspected to be leaking from the drains. As a “precautionary measure”, the summit […]
Parliament presents its proposals to revise European #asylum rules
The European Parliament has today (19 October) adopted its position on the revision of the Dublin Regulation, after a vote by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Thursday morning. The position was approved with a vast majority. MEP Cecilia Wikström (ALDE/SWE) is leading the revision and urges the European Council to adopt […]
Our lives are filled with different milestones, such as starting school, leaving the parental home and starting work, getting married, having children, retiring. When it comes to education, employment, careers and earnings, but also childcare, health and nutrition habits, or cultural, sports and internet habits, there are large differences between women and men but also […]
Not so fast: France’s #Macron and his farmers get trade onto ‘full’ EU agenda
French President Emmanuel Macron (pictured) has succeeded in pushing trade onto the agenda of the European Union summit which starts on Thursday, calling for caution in commercial deals that would bring a surge of beef and other agricultural imports, writes Philip Blenkinsop. Macron said last week that France was in no hurry to a deal […]
Trying to unlock #Brexit, May to make offer on EU citizens
British Prime Minister Theresa May will promise on Thursday (19 October) to make it as easy as possible for European Union citizens living in Britain to stay after Brexit, trying to unlock stalled talks that have spurred calls for her to walk away, write Elizabeth Piper and Alastair Macdonald. Weakened by losing her Conservative Party’s […]
Lord Steel: We should decriminalise abortion
Former Liberal leader Lord Steel says the 1967 Abortion Act is “out of date”
Theresa May stresses ‘urgency’ of EU citizens’ deal
Prime Minister Theresa May says she will stress the urgency of getting a deal on expat rights as she arrives at an EU summit.
Sikorski and Varoufakis offer PM Brexit advice
Radoslaw Sikorski and Yanis Varoufakis on what the UK should do to break Brexit deadlock.
Don’t ignore MPs’ universal credit vote, Sir Edward Leigh warns
Sir Edward Leigh criticises the government’s response to a Commons vote to pause universal credit.
Smacking to be banned in Scotland
The move would make the country the first part of the UK to outlaw the physical punishment of children.
Crime rises by 13% in England and Wales, ONS statistics say
There was an average of 100,000 crimes a week in the year to June, the Office for National Statistics says.
