Topic: european-union

Greenpeace climbs EU Council building

Greenpeace climbs EU Council building

Yves Herman, Reuters
Posted at Dec 12 08:30 PM

A police officer looks at a banner installed by members of Greenpeace during a protest action outside the European Council’s building in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday ahead of the European Summit.  Read more »

EU budget rules need rethink, says new commissioner

EU budget rules need rethink, says new commissioner

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 10:25 AM

The EU's new economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said the bloc should consider loosening its strict budget deficit rules to respond to climate risks and weak growth, echoing a similar call by French President Emmanuel Macron.  Read more »

EU antitrust regulators probes Google's data collection

EU antitrust regulators probes Google's data collection

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 07:53 AM

EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google's collection of data, the European Commission told Reuters on Saturday, suggesting the world's most popular internet search engine remains in its sights despite record fines in recent years. Read more »

Britain set for Dec. 12 election to break the Brexit deadlock

Britain set for Dec. 12 election to break the Brexit deadlock

Guy Faulconbridge, Elizabeth Piper and William James, Reuters
Posted at Oct 30 08:19 AM

After the European Union granted a third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, the United Kingdom, its parliament and its electorate remain divided on how, or indeed whether, to go ahead with Brexit. Read more »

UK Prime Minister Johnson appeals to parliament to back Brexit bill

UK Prime Minister Johnson appeals to parliament to back Brexit bill

Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan, Reuters
Posted at Oct 22 08:38 AM

With just over a week before Britain is due to leave the EU, Johnson is scrambling to get his deal through parliament, which has put up a series of hurdles for the prime minister to meet his Oct. 31 deadline to try to prevent a no-deal Brexit. Read more »

Last-gasp Brexit deal set to dominate fraught EU summit

Last-gasp Brexit deal set to dominate fraught EU summit

Marine Strauss and Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 17 08:40 AM

The meeting will be Boris Johnson's first and last EU summit as prime minister of Britain if an agreement on his country's Oct. 31 divorce can be sealed with the other 27 member states and approved by parliament at a special session on Saturday. Read more »

Parliament deals British PM Brexit blow before suspension

Parliament deals British PM Brexit blow before suspension

Alan Ritchie and Joe Stenson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 08:40 AM

After a tumultuous few days that exposed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's weakness in the face of hostile lawmakers, the House of Commons again refused to grant a snap poll that might have bolstered his position. Read more »

EU to showcase Cine Europa films

EU to showcase Cine Europa films

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 03:25 PM

MANILA - Moviegoers can once again enjoy free European movies during the Cine Europa film festival on a first come, first served basis from September 20-24 at Greenbelt 3’s Cinema 1. Read more »

For Europe, no-deal Brexit threat comes at a bad time

For Europe, no-deal Brexit threat comes at a bad time

Peter S. Goodman, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 03 09:37 AM

The implications have been a source of anxiety for months on both sides of the English Channel — predictions of crippling traffic jams at ports, confusion over customs procedures, and a general state of business-disrupting bewilderment. Now, absent an emergency intervention this week in the British Parliament, things are about to get real. Read more »

Court bids launched to stop Johnson suspending UK parliament

Court bids launched to stop Johnson suspending UK parliament

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 30 08:04 AM

Johnson announced the surprise decision Wednesday to dismiss parliament next month for nearly five weeks, claiming his new government needed a fresh start in order to pursue a "bold and ambitious" post-Brexit domestic agenda.  Read more »

EU criticizes 'militarization' of South China Sea

EU criticizes 'militarization' of South China Sea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 07:30 AM

HANOI - The "militarization" of the South China Sea is threatening peace in the contested waterway, the EU's top diplomat said Monday in Hanoi, echoing warnings from the US as pressure mounts against Beijing's ambitions in the region. Read more »

Sterling slumps on 'no-deal Brexit' worries; stocks dip

Sterling slumps on 'no-deal Brexit' worries; stocks dip

Rodrigo Campos, Reuters
Posted at Jul 30 08:25 AM

The dollar index edged up and touched its highest since late May as markets counted down to a likely cut in US interest rates this week, with much riding on whether the Federal Reserve signals more cuts will follow. Read more »

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