INFOGRAPHIC: Balance of power in European governments Across Europe, parties in government and opposition forces will rally support and lure voters on 22-25 May. With less than 100 days to go before the voters cast their ballot, EurActiv presents an overview of where the balance of power lies in EU countries. See related article. … Read more
EU to review Swiss ties after vote curbing immigration The European Union warned it will review ties with Switzerland after the non-member Alpine country voted to restrict EU immigration Swiss face EU clash after immigrant vote If Britain decides to quit bloc it could find itself in similar position, trying to exercise sovereignty … Read more
French president to meet widow of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink Hollande will conduct a visit to Turkey next week during which he will sit down with Rakel Dink Brussels unimpressed with Turkey’s internal struggles, sticks to principles Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan explained to the European Union?s top officials yesterday (21 January) … Read more
Probe launched into use of water cannons against two protesters in Istanbul Istanbul Governor?s Office launched an investigation into the use of water cannon at two people who held a sit-in protest in front of Istanbul’s police hq 13 y.o. ?Gezi? Suspect Acquitted Çanakkale 1st Assize Court acquitted a 13 year old defendant … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan ?assures? EU he will respect rule of law PM Erdoğan ?gave assurances? during his first visit to Brussels since 2009, European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso says following a meeting Turkish government would show off if trucks were loaded with humanitarian aid to Syria: BDP leader If the trucks were … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan?s gamble in Brussels Whenever a rupture has been expected in the stormy relations between Turkey and The European Union, there has always been a breakthrough at the very last moment. Turkey PM gives new push to EU bid Turkey‘s PM Erdogan is in Brussels for talks on his country’s troubled EU membership … Read more
Euro elections 2014 bloggers introduce themselves: Part One What is Europe for you? What does it mean to be young and European in 2014? An exchange of views between bloggers across the continent. Can Europe make it? has the pleasure of introducing you to our guest columnists for the run-up to the European elections 2014. Europe and me: imagining community I … Read more
Judicial bill should conform to EU political criteria, Füle tells Çavuşoğlu Stefan Füle has expressed the EU?s expectations that the new judicial bill prepared should be consistent with the EU legislation ************** The EU and Turkey?s Asylum Policy in Light of the Syrian Crisis GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 10, 15 … Read more
Making Sense of Turkey?s Foreign Policy MARC PIERINI It has become an understatement in Western diplomatic circles to say that Turkey?s foreign policy is becoming more difficult to understand. In the eyes of Turkey?s Western partners, Ankara frequently fluctuates on international issues, displays a distinct lack of consistency in dealing with its friends and … Read more
France’s new surveillance law creates a police state Jeremie from La Quadrature du Net writes, “France just turned into a surveillance state, adopting a sneaky surveillance framework in article 13 of its Defense Bill (Loi de programmation militaire). MAIN FOCUS: Final spurt towards banking union | 12/12/2013 The project of a banking union is taking … Read more
Seven countries join forces to build a European drone France, Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland and Spain have signed an agreement on Tuesday (19 November) to build an unmanned aircraft by 2020 and challenge the dominance of the United States and Israel on a market seen as strategic. Defence ministers meeting in Brussels instructed … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: EU opponents forge an alliance | 14/11/2013 The right-wing populists Marine Le Pen from France and Geert Wilders from the Netherlands announced on Wednesday in the Hague that they would forge an alliance and form a parliamentary group in the EU Parliament after the 2014 elections. Commentators warn against underestimating right-wing nationalists and advise politicians to … Read more
Leaders gather in Warsaw for climate talks Delegates expected to make only modest progress in halting global warming, but could lay the groundwork for comprehensive agreement in two years? time ‘Realism’ to dominate climate talks Over the next fortnight, negotiators from all over the world are meeting in Warsaw in the hope of advancing discussion … Read more
France takes tough line at Iran talks France expresses doubts about draft agreement and makes demands on Tehran that appear to be tougher than those from the US and Britain Iran nuclear talks end without a deal Near two-week gap before next talks could prove uncomfortable for US and Iranian negotiators, who both face considerable opposition at … Read more
French journalists killed in Mali Two journalists for French radio station RFI have been killed after being kidnapped by gunmen in the northern Mali town of Kidal. France says its journalists “coldly assassinated” in Mali Two French journalists killed in Mali on Saturday were “coldly assassinated” by the “terrorists” that France is fighting in the west … Read more