The European Council calls on all countries to comply with EU sanctions, especially the candidate countries, the summit said in a statement. The adoption of the sixth EU sanctions package further intensifies pressure on Russia to end the war against Ukraine. Work will continue on sanctions, including to strengthen enforcement and prevent circumvention, it said. […]
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What the European Minimum Wage Agreement provides for
By Dimitris Katsaganis Increases in the minimum wage and the percentage of “coverage” of collective agreements are provided for in the agreement between the European Parliament and the European Council for their member countries. In particular, this Euro-agreement stipulates that the minimum wage in each EU Member State should be 60% of gross median salary […]
EU: Ukraine, energy, food security and defense to be discussed at European Council on 30-31 May
Ukraine, energy, food security and defense are the topics to be discussed at the European Council on 30-31 May in Brussels. The first item on the European Council’s agenda is the situation in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky will address a teleconference to European leaders at the beginning of the debate. “One of our most pressing […]
EU: Agreement on the supply of natural gas reserves before winter
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have announced that they have reached an agreement on the supply of gas reserves before winter. The agreement reached concerns the proposed regulation which stipulates that Member States will replenish their gas reserves to “at least 80%” of their capacity by November 2022. Under the same […]
K. Mitsotakis: A European safety net is needed for consumers, businesses, farmers from energy increases
Stressing that a European response is needed to protect consumers, businesses and farmers from fluctuations in gas and electricity prices, he accompanied his statement to the informal European Council. “We are here in Versailles, at the extraordinary European Council, in the shadow of the greatest war the European continent has experienced since the end of […]
Extraordinary meeting of the European Council on Ukraine-Russia
The 27 leaders of the European Union agreed at an extraordinary meeting of the European Council. As it became known, the meeting will take place on Thursday at 21.00 Greek time and of course the topic of discussion will be the situation and developments between Russia and Ukraine. The President of the European Council, Charles […]
The vaccination passport does not convince an EU that asks to limit non-essential travel to the maximum
There are two ways to tell. The short and simplified summary is that the heads of State and Government of the 27 have seen each other today by teleconference with two problems on the table: the general coordination against Covid and the idea of ​​establishing a vaccination passport to try to save the next tourist […]
The EU closes an investment agreement with China
After almost seven years of negotiations, the European union a controversy closed this Wednesday investment agreement with China which aims to improve European investors’ access to the Chinese market, but which raises suspicions in the Biden administration even before taking office. An extraordinary summit by video call, on the verge of the end of the […]
The EU unlocks the veto of Hungary and Poland and reaches an agreement for the Budget and the Recovery Fund
The Heads of State and Government of the 27 have settled this Thursday, after weeks of tension and paralysis, the dispute over the controversial Mechanism of the Rule of Law, an instrument that will allow, in exceptional cases, freeze community funds for those who push the rule of law and community values ​​to the extreme. […]
Berlin offers Hungary and Poland that their access to funds can only be restricted if there is a judgment of the CJEU
After almost five months of discussions, endless meetings between ambassadors, ministers, deputies and commissioners, and with a blockade at the highest level that has lasted for too many weeks, the leaders of the EU have many possibilities to settle this Thursday once and for all disputes over the the rule of law mechanism that has […]