Tag: European Union

• Thursday, May 28th 2015 - 06:37 UTC

  Queen's Speech anticipates challenging year ahead for Cameron and his 12 seats majority

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron's government formally announced a referendum on whether Britain should leave the EU in a policy speech read by Queen Elizabeth II on Westminster's grandest day on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2015 - 05:29 UTC

  Scotland proposes all four UK nations must agree in the event of an 'in-out' referendum on EU membership

  

  Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon confirmed on Tuesday that Scotland does not want to leave the European Union (EU) when the referendum over the UK permanence within the block takes place.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2015 - 06:52 UTC

  PM Cameron and EC Juncker begin talks to renegotiate UK EU membership

  

  David Cameron has told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that “British people are not happy with the status quo” in Europe. The prime minister hosted Mr. Juncker at Chequers at the start of a week of efforts to renegotiate Britain's EU membership.

• Monday, May 25th 2015 - 08:00 UTC

  Brazil/Uruguay expect Paraguay to join in speeding Mercosur/EU negotiations

  

  Uruguay will be hosting Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes in early June when he is expected to confirm' his country's support to Uruguay and Brazil in their renewed approach to accelerate negotiations for the signing of a full cooperation and free trade agreement with the European Union, which were started fifteen years ago.

• Monday, May 25th 2015 - 06:46 UTC

  Gibraltarians will be able to vote in UK's referendum on ties with European Union

  

  Gibraltarians will be able to vote in Britain’s referendum on whether to sever ties with the European Union. The franchise for referendum, promised by Prime Minister David Cameron by the end of 2017, will be based on that for a UK general election - meaning Irish, Maltese and Cypriots resident in the UK will get a vote, but other EU citizens will not.

• Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 05:49 UTC

  Brazil and Uruguay on an “urgent and necessary” redesign of Mercosur

  

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez said it was “urgent and necessary” to redesign Mercosur so as to give its members greater 'trade flexibility'. Vazquez made the statements following Thursday meeting with his peer Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia and underlined “it would be naive to admit that Mercosur as it stands currently, is satisfactory”.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 07:00 UTC

  Cameron puts pressure on Europe for major changes and revamped links

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron will hold an early referendum on membership of the European Union if he can first reach a deal that satisfies his demands for major changes in Britain's relationship with the bloc, his spokesman said yesterday.

• Saturday, May 9th 2015 - 09:06 UTC

  Tory majority government, but looking to Scottish independentists' landslide

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives won a stunning victory in Britain's election on Friday, which cut short the careers of his top three rivals and put the country's European Union future in doubt.

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 08:08 UTC

  EU regulators Russia's Gazprom of abusing dominant position; fine could reach 16bn

  

  Russia’s biggest gas utility, Gazprom, was hit with an antitrust case by European Union regulators for “abusing” its dominant position and overcharging customers for gas supplies. The investigation against the Gazprom has been ongoing for two years.

• Friday, April 17th 2015 - 03:39 UTC

  Mercosur must exhaust efforts to advance in trade talks with EU, insists Uruguay

  

  Mercosur must exhaust efforts with determination to advance in trade negotiations with the European Union, said Uruguay's Deputy foreign minister Jose Luis Cancela confirming the country's commitment with the block, but also demanding 'sincerity' in addressing the challenges and agreeing on an international insertion strategy.