(l-r) The foreign ministers of Italy, Spain and FranceEU foreign ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss what to do with Russia in light of last week’s MH17 plane crash, where almost 300 people lost their lives. The option of moving to tougher ‘Stage 3…
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EU foreign ministers, EU top jobs, France, germany, italy, putin, russia, sanctions, Spain, UK;, Ukraine |
July 17, 2014
Yesterday’s European Council summit ended without an agreement on the remaining EU top jobs. However, something interesting still came out of the meeting.A socialist (and a woman?) for next EU foreign policy chiefEU leaders appear to have established t…
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EU top jobs, EUCO, European Council, France, germany, Hollande, italy, Merkel, Mogherini, Poland, Renzi, Tusk |
Tusk and Merkel “discuss the World Cup” ahead of today’s European Council summit (h/t Maciek Sokolowski)Yesterday, we reported that Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s bid to become the next EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs has…
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Cameron, central and eastern Europe, EU top jobs, EU-Russia relations, European Council, horse-trading, Merkel, Poland, Tusk |
In the past month there has been a lot of pushing and shoving over the eurozone’s fiscal rules (see here). While renegotiating the Stability and Growth Pact seems off the table, French President François Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo…
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Beelzebub, Dijsselbloem, eurozone fiscal rules, Merkel, Moscovici, Renzi, Stability and Growth Pact |
If you read our press summary this morning (if not, do sign up!) you would have seen – before anyone else outside Germany incidentally – that Lord Hill, the UK’s nominee for EU Commissioner, is already at risk of becoming a victim of an …
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#EUReform, Ed Miliband, EU top jobs, European Commission, Labour, Lord Hill, Martin Schulz |
On his Telegraph blog, Open Europe Director Mats Persson looks at Lord Hill’s nomination as the UK’s next European Commissioner:This morning, Brussels watchers, virtually in unison, typed the following name into Google: Lord Hill. David Cameron’s lon…
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barroso, Cameron, EU reform, EU top jobs, European Commission, juncker, renegotiation, UK-EU relations |
UPDATE (18:20) – The FT’s Peter Spiegel and Alex Barker are reporting that Belgium’s Karel De Gucht, currently serving as EU Trade Commissioner, could be a late entry into the race for High Representative.Like former Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansi…
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Ashton, EU High Rep, EUCO, European Commission, Georgieva, italy, juncker, Mogherini, Poland, Renzi, Sikorski, Tusk |
The most visited Wikipedia page from Brussels IP addresses today will be Lord Hill’s – the UK’s European Commissioner nominee. Lord Hill is currently the leader of the House of Lords.We have previously argued that David Cameron should “send forth to Br…
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Hammond: Will he win back UKIP voters to the Conservatives?Following the surprise resignation of William Hague as Foreign Secretary last night and the appointment this morning of Philip Hammond as his replacement, the Conservatives’ Europe policy is on…
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Conservatives, EU referendum, EU reform, FCO, Philip Hammond, UKIP, William Hague |
In an interview with Bild am Sonntag, European Commission President-designate Jean-Claude Juncker argued that:“It is right that there are concerns [among EU citizens] that the EU is interfering in things that are not its concern… for this reas…
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commission president, Commissioner for cutting red tape, economic competitiveness, EU commission, EU red tape, Jean-Claude Juncker |
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