The agreement with Egypt adds to the controversial one signed last year with Tunisia —900 million euros of financing linked to the approval of the disbursement of the Monetary Fund— and the most recent with Mauritania, of 210 million (about 50 of them, for management of immigration). Brussels is now finalizing the design of a … Read more
The institutional shock has already been served. The European Parliament will bring to the EU Justice the decision of the European Commission to unfreeze 10.2 billion euros of community funds that it had suspended to Hungary due to the drift of the rule of law. The decision was made this Thursday by the president of … Read more
The European elections in June and the political adjustments prior to that event will put European conservatives and Christian Democrats in front of the mirror. The survival of the great coalition between popular and social democrats that has reigned for five decades in the European Parliament and which is increasingly damaged will depend on the … Read more
Unexpectedly, what until a few weeks ago appeared to be the Government’s main weak point, the amnesty law, is now a framework with more nuances in the political battle. The measure of grace for those accused of process pro-independence arouses the rejection of broad sectors of society and the frontal opposition of the PP, but … Read more
Beware of populism, extremism and Putin’s friends. This is how the German Ursula von der Leyen has launched her electoral offensive to repeat her term as head of the European Commission. Her political family, the European People’s Party (EPP), has chosen her as the main candidate to lead the community Executive after the European elections … Read more
DThe US’s plan to set up a temporary port to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip has met with international approval, but it still needs time to be implemented. U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Pat Ryder said Friday that it was expected to take about 60 days for the temporary port to be fully operational. … Read more
This Wednesday the PP has slipped the threat of breaking off the negotiation with the PSOE on the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) if the socialists approve with Junts the proposed amnesty law for those accused of the process Catalan independence movement. The deputy secretary of institutional action of the popular … Read more
His main rival is Ursula von der Leyen, the current head of the community Executive, from the family of the European People’s Party (EPP), favorite to repeat his term. The German has focused her speech on shielding and reinforcing security in Europe with a new defense policy and has assured that she will not agree … Read more