Moldova’s pro-European president, Maia Sandu, has won a second term as president. Moldova, a candidate for European Union membership, is currently in accession negotiations to become a member of the bloc.
Nancy Faeser recommends that Frontex forces are deployed in Połowce on the Poland-Belarus border. According to Poland and the EU, Russia and Belarus are responsible for transferring migrants to the EU’s external border to destabilise the 27-member bloc.
Germany opposed new EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, which entered into force on Wednesday (30 October). The country has a major car industry and several large German brands have invested in the Chinese market and rely on sales in China.
The leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states discussed the revival of the European Union’s Dublin Regulation and the possibility of deporting illegal migrants to non-EU countries.
The Czech and Austrian national rail operators ČD and ÖBB have “colluded to prevent a new entrant”, according to the European Commission who fined both companys a total of 48.7 million Euro in violation of competition rules.
On Sunday, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in various locations of the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Next Saturday crucial parliamentary elections will take place. Protestors demonstrated for closer ties with the EU.