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France: Emmanuel Macron Dissolves Parliament

par This Is Beirut, 09/06 22:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced he was dissolving parliament and called snap legislative elections after the far-right trounced his centrist alliance in EU polls. The first round of elections for the lower house National Assembly will take place on June 30, with the second round on July 7, Macron announced in an address to ...

European Union Leaders Haggle For Bloc's Top Jobs

par This Is Beirut, 17/06 23:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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European Union leaders huddled in Brussels on Monday to thrash out how to divide up the bloc's top jobs, with early signals putting Ursula von der Leyen on track for a second term as chief of the powerful European Commission. Far-right gains in EU-wide elections in early June, which triggered snap polls and political upheaval in France, appear to ...

Ukraine Says EU Security Accord to Be Signed Soon

par This Is Beirut, 19/06 19:48 - Reading : less than a minute

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Ukraine said Wednesday it would soon sign a security agreement with the European Union, the latest in a series of accords that it hopes will ensure military aid for years to come as it battles Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky last week hailed an "unprecedented" 10-year security deal agreed with the United States as a "bridge" to NATO ...

EU Shows Unconditional Support for Cyprus Against Hezb

par This Is Beirut, 20/06 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said on Thursday that a threat against Cyprus was tantamount to a threat against the entire European Union, after Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah threatened the island nation the previous day with reprisals if it opened its airports or bases to Israel "to target Lebanon." [readmore ...

EU Unlocks 1.4 bn Euros from Russian Assets for Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 24/06 21:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The EU on Monday agreed to start paying out a first chunk of funds worth 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) earned from Russian frozen assets to help arm Ukraine, bypassing blockages from Hungary. The money is part of roughly three billion euros a year in interest from immobilized Russian central bank funds that the EU agreed to use for Kyiv in ...

Ukraine and Moldova Accession to the EU: Negotiations Begin

par This Is Beirut, 25/06 10:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The European Union formally launches accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on Tuesday, setting the fragile ex-Soviet states off on a long path towards membership that Russia has tried to block. The landmark move is aimed in particular at sending a vote of confidence in Ukraine's future as Moscow has momentum on the battlefield almost ...

Zelensky Signs Ukraine Security Accord With EU

par This Is Beirut, 27/06 19:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday signed a 10-year security pact with the European Union in Brussels, the latest deal aimed at shoring up long-term support for Kyiv in its fight with Russia. Days after the EU said it was opening formal membership negotiations with Kyiv, Zelensky attended a summit of EU leaders to meet with some ...

EU Imposes Sanctions on Hamas Financiers

par This Is Beirut, 28/06 18:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The European Union imposed on Friday asset freezes and visa bans on several firms and individuals accused of helping to finance Palestinian militant Islamist group Hamas, Brussels said. The sanctions were the second round to be imposed by the EU on the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad groups after their attack on Israel on October 7. Overall, ...

EU Chief in Egypt for Joint Investment Conference

par This Is Beirut, 29/06 17:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen was in Cairo on Saturday to kick off a two-day investment conference, where deals potentially worth over $42 billion are expected to be signed. "At this conference, European companies are signing over 20 new deals... which are worth over 40 billion euros," von der Leyen said at the meeting in the ...

Le Pen and Orban's Far-Right Groups Unite in EU Parliament

par This Is Beirut, 08/07 19:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Marine Le Pen's party on Monday teamed up with the camp of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to launch a new far-right camp in the European Union parliament, a day after being dealt a surprise defeat in French elections. Jordan Bardella, Le Pen's 28-year-old lieutenant and chief of her National Rally (RN) party, will take the reins of the ...

Von Der Leyen Reappointed as EU Chief

par This Is Beirut, 18/07 11:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected by MEPs on Thursday as head of the European Commission, paving the way for continuity in the European Union's main institutions. Members of the European Parliament meeting in Strasbourg on Thursday granted a second five-year term of office to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who had already ...

Stark Divide as Cyprus Marks 50 Years Since Turkish Invasion

par This Is Beirut, 20/07 17:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Cyprus on Saturday marked 50 years since Turkish troops invaded the Mediterranean island, with comments from the Turkish and Cypriot leaders demonstrating the stark divide that remains. The Greek-Cypriot president of Cyprus, who seeks a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation under a UN framework, said there was no other option but reunification. But ...

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