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The City of London - an independent microstate inside the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - has been kept out of the Treaty on the Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, thereby losing the right to transact in euros.
In one month, transactions in the City fell by more than half, profiting the Amsterdam, Paris and New York stock exchanges.
Negotiations between London and Brussels are ongoing, but it is already clear that the European Union has found a (...)
EU response to Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, regarding his military operation in the Mediterranean
by
Josep Borrell

I would like to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 29 November. I will respond here to the various points you raise. In all friendship and with respect, I must say up front that the accusations made in your letter are based on misrepresentations of facts and misquotes. In any case, our common objective should be to ensure that the arms embargo on Libya imposed by the United Nations Security Council, acting unanimously under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, is fully (...)

Joint statement by the Members of European Council
We, European Leaders, are shocked and saddened by the terrorist attacks in France.
We condemn in the strongest possible terms these attacks which represent attacks on our shared values.
We stand united and firm in our solidarity with France, with the French people and the Government of France – in our common and continued fight against terrorism and violent extremism.
We call on Leaders around the world to work towards dialogue and (...)

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian left Yerevan for Brussels on late Wednesday morning, 21 October. He is expected to be received by the NATO Secretary-General, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the President of the EU.
These talks will take place at the same time as NATO defense ministers will be gathering at the organization’s headquarters on 22 and 23 October .
Armen Sarkissian has dual Armenian and British (...)

Turkish Intelligence Officer Feyyaz Ö., who was in charge of liaising with a US agency, spontaneously presented himself to the Austrian police on 15 September 2020. He revealed that he had received orders to eliminate three of that country’s political figures. .
With Austria having tipped off Germany about the ongoing investigation, it was discovered that the Turkish secret services (Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı - MIT) operate a gigantic network in Europe, greater than that of the Russian, or even (...)

Venezuela: eleven officials added to sanctions list
The Council today added 11 leading Venezuelan officials to the list of those subject to restrictive measures, because of their role in acts and decisions undermining democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela. The individuals added to the list are responsible notably for acting against the democratic functioning of the National Assembly, including by stripping the parliamentary immunity of several members of its members, not least its (...)

When Italy was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, she called out for help but the European Union failed to respond. For its part, Germany callously banned the export of masks.
Mindful of the cold shoulder they got from the EU during the 2008 economic crisis, the 2015 migrant crisis and the coronavirus crisis of 2020, the number of Italians disgruntled with the EU shot up to 67%.
Another poll showed that following Germany’s reactions to the recent crises and its current overtures toward Libya (...)

We, the leaders of the European Union (EU) and its Member States, in consultation with Western Balkans leaders, and in the presence of regional and international stakeholders, today reiterate our strong solidarity with our partners in the context of the coronavirus crisis. In these unprecedented times, we have concluded the following:
1. Recalling the 2000 Zagreb, the 2003 Thessaloniki and the 2018 Sofia Summits, the EU once again reaffirms its unequivocal support for the European (...)
Declaration on behalf of the European Union, on human rights in the times of the coronavirus pandemic
by
Josep Borrell

The coronavirus pandemic impacts every country and region of the world and every aspect of our lives. It has reminded us how interconnected we are. Nobody will be safe in any country as long as the pandemic rages in different parts of the world. Respect for all human rights must remain at the heart of fighting the pandemic and supporting the global recovery.
The pandemic and its socio-economic consequences are having a disproportionate impact on the rights of women, children and elderly (...)

In the past, European political leaders yielded to the orders of their astrologers. Today, they refer to them identically to the statisticians of the Imperial College. In the past, the latter have provided them as much justification as they needed for their liberal hospital policy. Today, they predict millions of deaths without any scientific rigour. Thierry Meyssan reveals how these charlatans have taken control of the policies of the European Union, the United Kingdom and certain states of the United States.

Joint statement of the Members of the European Council
The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an unprecedented challenge for Europe and the whole world. It requires urgent, decisive, and comprehensive action at the EU, national, regional and local levels. We will do everything that is necessary to protect our citizens and overcome the crisis, while preserving our European values and way of life.
We recognise the burden these measures put on all our citizens and praise their sense of (...)
“The Art of War”
In a Europe closed down by the Coronavirus, the EU opens its doors to the US armyby
Manlio Dinucci

30,000 US soldiers are currently disembarking in the European Union without respecting the sanitary measures ordered by Brussels and the member States. Either the command of the US Army Europe is incompetent and is putting its soldiers needlessly in harm’s way, or else they have already been vaccinated.

According to TRT, the Turkish public television corporation, a complaint was lodged by European MPs against the former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and two former presidents of the Lebanese government, Saad Hariri and Najib Mikati, for embezzlement .
More than one hundred million dollars have been diverted from European aid funds intended for the management of Lebanon’s 2015 waste crisis.
The group of European MPs is led (...)

The Chair and the Members of the EU Political and Security Committee and the Permanent Representatives to the League of Arab States held their eight meeting on the 23 January 2020 in Brussels.
The Ambassadors held constructive discussions on topics of mutual interest with a particular focus on the Question of Palestine and building a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, on developments of the situations in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Lebanon, and Iran, as well as on (...)

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