The former chief spokesperson of the European Commission has been entrusted by the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, with leading the EU’s executive body’s fight against antisemitism. . ... The former chief spokesperson of the European Commission has been entrusted by..…
“Sadly, this year, we see concrete evidence of roll-back at political and legislative levels in a growing number of countries,” ILGA-Europe’s Executive Director, Evelyne Paradis told The Independent. ..…
As the head of the EU executive, von der Leyen will be in charge of trade negotiations, antitrust rulings involving powerful tech giants, and economic and climate policy for 500 million Europeans. . ..…
Jean-Claude Juncker, the leader of European Union executive, said the continent had lost man of strong convictions.. ..…
Countries have until 26 August to nominate their commissioners to the new EU executive, and national leaders - who have helped the German get the top job - are jostling to secure important portfolios for their nominees. . ..…
The European Commission is the EU’s executive branch; each member state has the right to appoint one commissioner, who is considered the equivalent of ministers in national governments. . ..…
BRUSSELS, Today, 17 36 The EU Commission's vice-president for rule of law, Frans Timmermans, said on Thursday he has no doubt the new commission under Ursula von Leyen will be just as tough on the breaches of rule of law as EU executive... ... Timmermans was however tight-lipped on..…
This angered EU executive which viewed it as treatment breaching EU laws.. ..…
I am European of heart and conviction, von Leyen said, addressing the press for the time since she was nominated to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker at the head of EU executive. ..…
BRUSSELS - Germany's Ursula von Leyen made her pitch to European lawmakers on Wednesday to be the next head of EU executive, promising to focus on promoting the rule of law, digitalisation, competitiveness and the fight against climate change... ..…
EU executive commission reduced its forecast for next year for both the eurozone and the 27 countries that are due to remain in the bloc after Britain leaves. ..…
Leaders agreed that Ursula von der Leyen, Germany’s defence minister, should become commission president, placing her in charge of the EU’s executive arm. ..…
That insures another female role in the highest echelons of the EU executive. . ..…
The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU. ..…
EU leaders, mostly EU affairs circles, Ursula vond Leyen, as the President of European Commission, EU's executive branch.. ..…
According to news reports, the Conservative European People’s Party (EPP), the largest group in the European Parliament, opposed a plan, proposed by German Chancellor and other EU leaders to install 58-year-old Frans Timmermans, a Social Democrat, former Dutch Foreign Minuster and outgoing European..…
LONDON — A German minister who once said President Donald Trump had outdated view of women is in line to become the president of European Union's executive body.. ..…
As Micah Grzywnowicz, co-chair of ILGA-Europe’s Executive Board told us: “For years, we have said that marriage equality was an important signifier of equality, but not the be-all and end-all for LGBTI people. ..…
FILE PHOTO: Leaders of Visegrad countries Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini are welcomed by European Council President Donald Tusk ahead of a European Union leaders..…
Britain’s impending departure from the EU will leave space in the EU’s executive bodies for another major player alongside France and Germany. ..…
The Green bloc in the European Parliament could be in a position to play a key role in choosing the next head of the EU’s executive Commission. . ..…
If confirmed, the results could put the Greens in a position to tip the scales when it comes to choosing the next head of the EU's executive Commission. . . . . . ..…
The candidate to lead European Union Executive's Commission is promising to bring stability to European Union over the next few years and predicts pro- EU forces will lead the next parliament.. ..…
If they lose the majority, the two main blocs may rely on the votes of the third-largest group in Parliament — liberal democratic parties guided by French President Emmanuel Macron — to pass key laws and make decisions, such as the appointment of the next head of the European Commission, the..…
This is power reserved for EU's executive arm, European Commission, which avows itself completely independent, promising neither to seek nor to take instructions from any government or from any other institution, body, office or entity... ..…
The EU executive Commission is led by Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg. ..…
Each will get to send to Brussels one commissioner as part of the 28-strong EU executive body known as the European Commission. ..…
This approach links European Parliament elections to the formation of EU's executive, and does not have universal buy-in. ..…
Suddenly, the new legislation became part of the EU executive’s “Europe that Protects” agenda. . ..…
Juncker, who heads the EU's executive arm, the European Commission, and Tusk, who organises EU summits as European Council president, issued a joint statement with Abe pledging broad cooperation. . ..…
Timmermans said on Wednesday said he is politically 'colour blind', and added that the commission's decisions are not party political measures, and that the EU executive has been 'absolutely neutral'. . ..…
The commission, which acts as the EU’s executive branch, put out a framework in 2018 that aimed to meet the Paris Climate Agreements goals. ..…
Additionally on Thursday, the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, declined to recognize Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela, calling for a political process leading to new elections. . ..…
The EU’s executive body will begin to meet this month and will structure the bloc’s parameters for which it will use in negotiations. . ..…
By qualified majority rather than unanimously, European Commission, EU's executive arm, on allowing new EU tax laws to be approved... ..…
The objective is to reassert national sovereignty by changing the political composition of the European Parliament, and by extension the EU's executive, the European Commission, and eventually the European Council, where national leaders make the most important EU decisions. . ..…
The populists could also slow down a number of other things at the European Commission, the EU's executive branch. ..…
The EU leadership is working to finalize an agreement by next May, when European parliamentary elections will be held and a new European Commission (the EU executive branch) will be appointed. . ..…
The Italian financial market is currently suffering from speculative attacks amid a budget row between the Conte administration and the European Commission (the EU’s executive body). ..…
Craig Fenwick, EEC’s Executive General Manager of Events and Hospitality says forward bookings are also looking strong for the EEC: “As we look to next year we are seeing pleasing results with some months looking particularly strong. ..…
The tariffs on steel and aluminium, which have sparked retaliatory measures from the EU, will remain, but will be reassessed in the course of discussions conducted through a US-EU executive working group that will be set up. . ..…
“Member states are in charge— but this is a useful clarification in terms of avoiding discrimination,” spokesman Margaritis Schinas told reporters when asked about opposition to same-sex marriage in parts of eastern Europe, where governments have also clashed with the EU executive over..…
Margaritis Schinas, spokesman for the European Commission, the EU’s executive body stressed the need for continuing dialogue with Poland’s government over the judiciary overhaul. . . . . . ..…
“There is now the real risk that things are moving backwards in a way that would be damaging not only for Romanian democracy but for the place that it has built as an EU member state,” the EU executive’s First Vice-President Frans Timmermans said at a meeting of the European Parliament..…
EU source said on Monday that EU executive had drawn up new set of national quotas under. ..…
Earlier this week, President Francois Mitterrand of France and Jacques Delors, president of EC Executive Commission, suggested that EC members should move ahead by themselves.. ..…