Tag: Luis Yañez-Barnuevo Garcia

• Monday, May 6th 2013 - 07:27 UTC

  Falkland Islands: “British sovereignty over the Islands as such, is not accepted by the European Parliament”

  

  “British sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands as such is not accepted by the European Parliament”, according to a visiting delegation of EU lawmakers who met with their Argentine peers in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, May 6th 2013 - 01:49 UTC

  EU confident trade accord with Mercosur will be signed at the beginning of 2014

  

  The chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Mercosur, MEP Luis Yañez Barnuevo currently visiting Argentina and Uruguay said he was “confident the trade agreement between the Mercosur bloc and the EU will be signed at the beginning of 2014”.

• Saturday, July 21st 2012 - 07:28 UTC

  EU considering a new round of discussions with Mercosur before end of 2012

  

  The European Union - Mercosur trade negotiations calendar has been delayed and its full resumption is expected to take place in September or soon after, reports the EU press office in Montevideo.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:07 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade talks suspended until after Paraguayan elections of April 2013

  

  The removal of Fernando Lugo as president of Paraguay interrupted European Union/Mercosur discussions, which could resume following the April 2013 presidential elections said on Wednesday the European Parliament mission visiting Asunción.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2012 - 18:27 UTC

  MEP's surprised at Mercosur and Unasur drastic decisions on Paraguay

  

  The European lawmakers’ delegation said it was surprised with the drastic and quick determinations, with no right to defence or appeal, decided against Paraguay by Mercosur and Unasur, said Paraguayan Foreign Minister Jose Felix Fernandez Estigarribia, following a meeting in Asuncion with the visiting MEPs.

• Monday, July 16th 2012 - 07:05 UTC

  European Parliament begins fact-finding mission in Paraguay

  

  A delegation from the European parliament begins this Monday an in-situ data collecting mission in Paraguay following the situation triggered a month ago when then President Fernando Lugo was impeached and removed from office, but which has caused the new regime a certain freezing of international links.