Tag: European Council
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Russia bombs Kyiv with ballistic missiles: Belgium blocks loan to Ukraine with Russian assets
The European Council this week ended with no agreement over using frozen Russian assets in Europe to collateralise them for a loan to Ukraine. Most of the €140 billion of Russian assets held in Belgian and French banks could be used to fund Ukraine and its reconstruction through these funds in a proposal which has…
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Europe rallies behind Ukraine: concerns growing that Europe failed over Gaza
The EU Foreign Affairs Council met in Copenhagen last night, with Ukraine and European defence at the top of the agenda. Most of the EU countries acknowledge that Ukraine will keep defending itself against Russia’s invasion and will not capitulate to the demands being made by US President Donald Trump. The EU will keep supporting…
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European Leaders praise President Trump and acknowledge his leadership status over negotiations with Russia
In a statement issued by the European Council President, the EU Commissioner, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, the UK and Finland, earlier today, European leaders praised President Trump for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir yesterday and even stated that the road to peace will be brought with President Trump’s vision. European leaders stated in their…
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Exclusive: European leaders feels stuck with 15% after Commission President shook hands on it with President Trump
A diplomatic source that is privy to meetings of the European Council has informed The Maltese Herald that European leaders are reluctant to demand a renegotiation of the the trade deal struck by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Donald Trump. The diplomatic source told The Maltese Herald that, given the Commission…
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Despite the smiles and business fora: Libya’s reality of migration is overshadowed by blackmail and Russian terrorism
Despite the smiles, yesterday’s European Council meetings was overshadowed by various grim realities including the reality of blackmail by Libya’s new dictator Khalifa Haftar. European leaders forecast a renewed wave of migrants heading towards Europe from Libya this Summer. The EU and Italy have deals with the north African countries to prevent the migrants from…
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ADPD condemns Abela’s proposal to change the European Convention on Human Rights
In a statement released earlier today, the Green Party, ADPD condemned the Prime Minister’s proposal to change the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) when Malta takes up the European Council’s Presidency next May. The Prime Minister made his comments last week to the press following a European Council meeting. The Green Party accused the…
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EU Member States unanimously approve Europe’s ReArm Programme
Yesterday, at the European Council meeting, European Union member states unanimously approved the Commission’s proposed ReArm programme with the exception of Hungary, which did not approve the final text. The Commissioner President Ursula von der Leyen said these are exceptional measures in exceptional times while Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Europe needs to…
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Exclusive: Germany foils plans by the European High Representative Josep Borrell to discuss ICC arrest warrant
The Maltese Herald can reliably confirm that Germany, along with a group of other EU member states, has thwarted plans by the European Union’s outgoing High Representative, Josep Borrell, to discuss at the European Council the ICC arrest warrants against Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and his ex-defense minister. After the International Criminal Court recently issued…
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine will get nuclear weapons if security by the Allies is not guaranteed
During yesterday’s meeting of the European Council, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky announced to European leaders that he informed US Presidential nominee Donald Trump, that if Ukraine was not to be granted a security alliance with Western allies, it would have no choice but to opt for a nuclear weapons arsenal to guarantee its security. President…
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Rest in Peace Lorenzo Vella
Updated. Ok, now I am watching photos of him and he was with the left-wing, MOVE group in University. Yes, I remember the group at that time, but I don’t remember him specifically. Today I woke up at the shocking news of Lorenzo Vella’s passing away. He was sick since 6 months ago with cancer…
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It is not true that the “Conservatives” (the Far-Right) have been unfairly underrepresented in the EU top posts
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is protesting against the European Union’s Council selection of the top posts saying that the conservatives have been unfairly underrepresented. This is false. The “conservatives” that Giorgia Meloni is referring to are the far-right parties called the European Conservatives and Reformists and Identity and Democracy. These groups have together garnered…
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European Council to nominate Roberta Metsola as Parliament President. Initial agreement on Ursula von der Leyen to make another term
There was no agreement on the nominee for the President of the European Commission during the first meeting of the European Council, but on the second day, the heads of the European Member States seemed to have agreed on nominating Ursula von der Leyen for another term. There is also no objection to Roberta Metsola…