Poland’s Morawiecki warns EU leaders of threat to bloc’s future
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday (18 October) warned fellow EU leaders that the EU risked unravelling if there was no “democratic control” over its institutions.
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October 9, 2021 EU leaders fear Polish exit following court ruling
Senior officials from two founding members of the European Union expressed fears Friday that a Polish ruling challenging the supremacy of EU laws could trigger the country’s exit from the 27-nation bloc.
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October 7, 2021 EU leaders offer words, funds to disillusioned Western Balkans
EU leaders failed to make any further tangible commitment to enlargement on Wednesday (6 October), and instead promised once again “the European perspective” and broader economic support to the increasingly disillusioned Western Balkans, in the hope of keeping the region on its European path.
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October 6, 2021 EU leaders to restate Western Balkans enlargement commitment but without timeline
EU leaders are set to reconfirm their commitment to further enlargement ahead of a summit with the six Western Balkan hopefuls on Wednesday (6 October), offering much broader cooperation to the region but failing to commit to a timeline, according to a draft document seen by EURACTIV.
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June 25, 2021 EU leaders confront Hungary PM over LGBTQ law
EU leaders holding a summit Thursday (24 June) attacked Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over a new law in his country banning LGBTQ content in schools, which they view as homophobic and contrary to EU values.
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May 26, 2021 EU leaders shelve request on design of climate change targets
European Union leaders on Tuesday (25 May) shelved an attempt to direct how the bloc will set new national targets for emissions cuts, weeks before Brussels is due to propose a huge package of tougher climate change policies.
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May 24, 2021 EU leaders to task Borrell with preparation of Russia report
EU leaders will task EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell with preparing a report on the bloc’s strategy towards Russia, similar to the one presented in March on Turkey, according to draft summit conclusions seen by EURACTIV.
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May 7, 2021 EU leaders to give strong backing to new social targets at Porto summit
The 27 heads of EU national governments will commit to “closely following” progress towards new jobs, skills and poverty reduction targets and will be open to adding new indicators to the GDP to measure national progress, according to the latest draft of the Porto social summit declaration seen by EURACTIV.
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May 5, 2021 Cyprus President to inform EU leaders about Geneva meeting outcome
Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, will inform the EU heads of state or government who will participate in the informal European Council meeting, on May 8 in Porto, about the results of the 5+1 informal meeting on Cyprus that took place on April 27-29 in Geneva, Government Spokesperson, Kyriacos Koushos has told CNA.
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April 3, 2021 Press freedom groups tell EU leaders not to sacrifice press freedom for close economic ties
The AEJ has joined the International Press Institute (IPI) and other concerned organisations in telling the heads of the European Commission and European Council to increase pressures on Turkey to end its persecution of journalists as a high priority. Today an Open Letter signed by 21 international journalists’ and media freedom groups was sent to […]
