This Is Beirut, 2024-06-09 10:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Voting commenced across Europe for the pivotal EU elections, with a spotlight on the rise of far-right parties in countries like France and Germany potentially shaping the continent's political landscape for the next five years. Voting began across Europe on Sunday on the final – and biggest – day of marathon EU elections, with balloting due ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-06 23:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron European Union
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday that the EU risked being blocked by a big far-right presence in the European Parliament after this week's elections. "If France sends a very big far-right delegation, if other big countries do this, Europe could be blocked," Macron told French television. "Because what is a Europe where the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-04 20:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France, Germany, and Poland have become "permanent" targets for Russian disinformation attacks in the run-up to European Parliament elections this week, a senior EU official said on Tuesday. The European Union has repeatedly warned heading towards the June 6-9 vote that Russia would ramp up disinformation campaigns in the 27-country bloc. "There ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-03 17:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Britain, France, and Germany late on Monday submitted a resolution to the UN nuclear watchdog's board, censuring Iran over its lack of cooperation with the agency despite US opposition, two diplomats said. It was the latest of numerous diplomatic maneuvers by Western powers who fear Iran might be seeking to develop a nuclear weapon -- a claim the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-02 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
European Union Emmanuel Macron
France's far-right National Rally (RN) party holds a commanding lead in voting intentions for upcoming European Parliament elections, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday. Voting intentions remained "very volatile", however, said the Elabe institute, which conducted the polls for broadcaster BFMTV and weekly La Tribune Dimanche. "One ...
Rami Rayess, 2024-05-29 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Seldom has Lebanon faced the international community with a unified position. It was the case this time, however, regarding one of the most important and pressing matters for the country; the Syrian migrants whose presence on Lebanese soil has become a burden that requires a thorough and responsible approach, away from grudge-bearing and hasty ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-28 18:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel's war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived a global push for Palestinians to be given a state of their own. Norway, Spain, and Ireland on Tuesday became the latest countries to recognize a State of Palestine, breaking with the long-held view of Western powers that Palestinians can only gain statehood as part of a negotiated peace ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-28 11:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
EU foreign ministers have a "significant" discussion about sanctioning Israel if it continues to flout international humanitarian law, said Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin on Monday. “There was a very clear consensus about the need to uphold the international humanitarian legal institutions,” Martin told reporters following the Foreign ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-27 20:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to call a meeting with Israel to get it to explain its actions in its Rafah offensive despite a UN court ruling, the bloc's top diplomat said. "We got the necessary unanimity to call for an association council with Israel to discuss the situation in Gaza," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Israel has ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-27 12:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that a UN court ruling telling Israel to stop its offensive in Gaza's Rafah must be implemented, as European ministers met Arab counterparts in Brussels. Israel has continued to strike Rafah as its government has dismissed Friday's ruling from the International Court of Justice. Hamas and the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-26 19:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell hosted Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa on Sunday for international talks on building up the Palestinian Authority to eventually take over Gaza rule from Hamas. A "strong" Palestinian Authority is needed to bring peace in the Middle East, Borrell said just before going into the meeting with ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-24 21:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The European Union is studying whether it could play a role monitoring the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after Israel's war with Hamas ends, officials said Friday. The 27-nation bloc set up a mission in 2005 to help monitor the crossing, but that was suspended two years later after militant Islamists Hamas took control of ...