Tag: European Union

• Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 07:25 UTC

  Austria's Sunday presidential election with an eye on Brexit and Trump's victory

  

  Austrian voters could elect the European Union’s first far-right leader in the a presidential election on Sunday. Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party is running against Alexander Van der Bellen. Van der Bellen is an independent candidate who led The Greens party earlier. Recent public opinion studies have shown the two candidates with about equal support.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:01 UTC

  US told by WTO to drop a special tax exemption that benefits Boeing

  

  United States was given 90 days to drop a special tax exemption for the giant aerospace company Boeing because it amounts to an unlawful subsidy. The World Trade Organization (WTO) made the order after investigating a complaint from the European Union.

• Saturday, November 5th 2016 - 06:57 UTC

  Garcia-Margallo replaced by pro-Europe diplomat in Rajoy's new cabinet

  

  Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has dropped José Manuel García-Margallo from his cabinet, replacing him as Foreign Minister with a career diplomat from Jerez de la Frontera. Although there had been wide speculation that García-Margallo would not continue in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the appointment of 61-year old Alfonso María Dastis Quecedo took most pundits by surprise.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 - 14:19 UTC

  EU and Canada sign free trade accord, but has to clear 40 European parliaments

  

  The European Union and Canada signed a free trade agreement on Sunday that aims to generate jobs and growth though it must still clear some 40 national and regional parliaments in Europe in the coming years to enter fully into force.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 - 11:05 UTC

  Portugal pledges in Brazil to promote Mercosur/EU trade agreement

  

  Brazilian president Michel Temer said that Portugal and Spain are determined to help speed trade negotiations between Mercosur and the European Union. Temer made the announcement on hosting Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa who was on a brief visit to Brazil for the Community of Portuguese Language Countries summit in Brasilia.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2016 - 10:57 UTC

  PM Theresa May and Scotland´s First Minister Sturgeon clash over Brexit

  

  British PM Theresa May and Scotland’s First Minister clashed at a Downing St Brexit summit dominated by a “very frank exchange of views”, Nicola Sturgeon revealed. Ms Sturgeon branded a warning from Number 10 that the devolved administrations must not try to undermine the UK’s negotiating position as “nonsense” as she labelled the talks between the PM and the leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as “deeply frustrating”.

• Friday, October 21st 2016 - 08:06 UTC

  García-Margallo claims “confidential” talks on co-sovereignty with Gibraltar personalities

  

  Spain’s caretaker Minister for Foreign Affairs, José Manuel García-Margallo, claimed that he had held “confidential” talks on co-sovereignty with “personalities” in Gibraltar. However the minister gave no indication as to who he had spoken to, according to Spanish press reports.

• Monday, October 17th 2016 - 10:04 UTC

  The Sunday Times reveals unpublished Boris Johnson's pro-Remain column

  

  Current Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the UK remaining in the EU would be a “boon for the world and for Europe”, a previously unpublished newspaper column reveals. He wrote the column in February, along with a pro-Brexit article that was later published in The Telegraph. Boris Johnson subsequently became a leading figure in the campaign to leave the European Union.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2016 - 11:17 UTC

  Ireland support measures for the economy preparing for the impact of Brexit

  

  The Irish government said on Tuesday it has introduced a number of specific measures to help firms that might be affected by the uncertainty caused by Britain's vote to leave the European Union (EU). The measures include an extension of the Special Assignee Relief Program, which gives designated individuals income tax relief for work done in the country until the end of 2020.

• Monday, October 3rd 2016 - 07:03 UTC

  PM May announces Brexit process should be over by 2019 with strong limits on immigration policy

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that Britain would begin the process of withdrawing from the European Union by the end of March and suggested that she would seek a clean break that makes limits on immigration a priority.