European Parliament President, Martin Schulz, receives the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, 14 May 2015 Mr. Schulz’s acceptance speech can be found here. Possible next steps, in the spirit of Charlemagne: a. Mr. Schulz adds the title “Holy Roman Emperor” to his existing one “President of the European Parliament”. b. The European Parliament meets for one week…
…but only after Victory Day for some Whether attending the Victory Day (9 May) parade or not, numerous world leaders have passed by Moscow in recent days, confirming the country’s global importance in terms of geopolitics and economics. The late arrivals, Ms. Merkel and Mr. Kerry, had to go there in their search for a solution to…
Big win for UK Prime Minister David Cameron. His Conservative Party controls 331 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons and can govern on its own. Huge losses for the former government coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, and disappointing results for Labour. The Scottish Nationalists establish unquestionable predominance North of “the Border”. UKIP hopes do…
At the end of their joint visit to earthquake-stricken Nepal, the UN and EU humanitarian affairs chiefs issued the following joint press release: The Emergency Relief Coordinator and EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid conclude their joint visit to Nepal (Kathmandu/Bangkok/Geneva/New York, 2 May 2015) The United Nations Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and…
But remember that not everybody is celebrating… For more visit Eurostat online.
We counted four women out of a total of about 70 persons in this “family photo”. These are the participants in the informal meeting of the EU Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) in Riga, Latvia, on 24-25 April 2015. In addition to the scarce number of women, you may also want to look for Messrs…
