29 years after the Srebrenica massacre the UN General Assembly adopts a resolution on Srebrenica genocide and establishes an International Day of Reflection and Commemoration. The vote is controversial among Balkan countries, but the EU made its continous position clear in an official statement – “there is no place” in the EU for those who deny the Srebrenica genocide and try to “rewrite the history”.
Three leading groups of economists have urged the European Union to build a stronger capital market to boost funding for key developments such as the green transition and artificial intelligence, as well as to help boost the bloc’s competitiveness.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Russian President Vladimir Putin – without informing the EU and its leaders – to discuss the war in Ukraine. Hungary currently holds the presidency of the Council of the EU.
The French left-wing alliance New Popular Front has won a surprise victory in Sunday’s legislative elections. Some EU leaders are hailing the result as a relief for European integration, averting a French government led by nationalists and eurosceptics. France now enters a period of political uncertainty as it tries to form a new government.
According to the EU’s climate change service Copernicus, global temperatures in June exceeded the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. It was the 13th month in a row in which record temperatures were recorded.