by AFP, BTA, HINA, MIA, TASR | 19.Sep 2023 | Europe in brief
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited the Italian Island of Lampedusa and proposed an emergency plan to help Rome manage migratory flows. A list for Spain’s proposal to make Catalan, Basque and Galician official EU languages inadvertently omitted Croatian. Twenty young European ambassadors from the Western Balkans clean the beaches of Lake Prespa in North Macedonia as part of the EU-funded “EUBeachCleanup” initiative.
by ANSA, STA, TASR, FENA, ATA | 15.Sep 2023 | Europe in brief
The German government has suspended an agreement with Italy to voluntarily take in refugees due to Italy’s refusal to respect the Dublin rules. In other news: Slovenia and Luxembourg pledge for equal treatment of all EU candidates and the preservation of Schengen. Slovak and Hungarian police are combating illegal migration together.
by EFE, STA, BTA | 12.Sep 2023 | Europe in brief
This week, attention will turn to the State of the Union speech that Ursula von der Leyen will give to the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the last of her current term. In other news: Slovenia’s PM Golob calls for accession talks with Bosnia and Bulgaria’s PM sees the euro as a stability factor against inflation.
by AFP, Belga, EFE | 08.Sep 2023 | Europe in brief
A first-ever claim for compensation brought against European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex by a family of Syrian refugees has been rejected by the European Court of Justice. The Digital Markets Act forces big technology companies to comply with the EU’s antitrust laws. EU Commission President Von der Leyen wants Africa as ally at UN climate conference.
by ANSA, AFP, EFE | 05.Sep 2023 | Europe in brief
For the European Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, there should be no further postponements on the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact. In other news: The city of Brussels is worried about security, as Belgium decided to no longer house single men seeking asylum. Also: Charles Michel insists on setting 2030 as the date for EU-Enlargement.
by dpa, FENA, BTA | 01.Sep 2023 | Europe in brief
According to consultancy McKinsey, the European car industry has lost around 5 percentage points of market share in the Chinese car market since 2019. In other news: The European Court of Human Rights found that the current political system in Bosnia and Herzegovina prioritizes ethnic representation. As a result, elections are undemocratic. Bulgaria stressed its ambitions concerning its Schengen membership during the Strategic Forum.
