The Council adopted the following conclusions: 1) The EU and its member states are shocked and deeply saddened by the downing of the Malaysian Airlines Flight...
The new European Commission should include sufficient women or risk being blocked by the European Parliament, warned Martin Schulz. “Parliament will not accept a gentlemen’s club,"...
Brussels, 17 July 2014 "The President of the European Council already presented the main conclusions of this Summit. I will restrict my remarks to the issues...
On 7 July, the Commission will propose a Directive on working time for inland waterway workers. The proposed Directive would implement an agreement reached by EU-level...
By Martin Banks The Council of Europe (CoE) has been accused of applying “double standards” in its treatment of Azerbaijan compared with Russia. The accusation was...
"Dear colleagues, Welcome to this informal dinner, our first meeting immediately after the Eur opean elections. I asked you to come to Brussels tonight, so that...
The Conference of Presidents held a meeting on 27 May 2014 ahead of the informal dinner of EU heads of state and governments scheduled for today,...