Tag: EU
EU aid will help prevent Ebola virus spreading, says Belgium’s EU...
The EU is stepping up aid to help tackle crises in Africa and South America.
Aid will go towards the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic...
EU help for devastating Belgian fires
The EU has moved to help with devastating wildfires in both Belgium and Spain.
On Monday, it announced it has deployed assistance to both nations...
Message to PM Burnham: “Speak for two-thirds of Brits who want...
By Denis MacShane
The Clacton by-election campaign is over. It had the advantage of allowing Labour to freeze any discussion about what a new Labour...
Message from Lahbib: Do not forget Myanmar
Belgium’s EU commissioner Hadja Lahbib says the scale of Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis has “changed beyond recognition.”
She spoke after the European Union said it would provide additional...
Geo-political tensions are “reshaping” Europe’s territories
Regional "perspectives" must remain at the heart of European policymaking.
That was the message to emerge from a meeting of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime...
Lahbib joins others in condemning “Antigypsyism.”
Belgium’s EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib has spoken out against “Antigypsyism.”
This came on 2 August as the EU and others commemorated European Roma Holocaust Memorial...
Top MEP says “wait and see” on UK’s new PM
Andy Burnham is due to be named leader of the Labour Party on Friday, before he becomes prime minister on Monday.
The outgoing mayor of...
Britain’s leadership crisis is a symptom, not the disease
By Denis MacShane and Stephan Richter
Andy Burnham’s rise to Downing Street No. 10 may buy the Labour Party time. But Britain’s political crisis runs...
Support for EU remains “strong”
While economic concerns grow, Europeans value the peaceful, protective and cooperative nature of the EU, and recognise the quality of life it enables, suggests...
EU must burnish its reputation and “regain the lustre”
By Giles Merritt, founder and former chairman of Friends of Europe
Euro-gloom’ is pervasive. It’s encouraging that business and political decision-makers are squarely confronting Europe’s...
