European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke with European Council President Charles Michel for the first time since a joint meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that she would “not allow such a situation to happen again”. With reference to a source from the European Commission, the AFP agency informed about … Read more
European Council President Charles Michel has been criticized by some European politicians for failing to respond to an indecent reception by Ursula von der Leyen, head of European Commission President, at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday. 0:41 The head of the European Commission, von der Leyen, had nowhere to sit … Read more
BRUSSELS – “It is not a question of if, but of when the next pandemic will occur. We must prepare to face it. We need to ensure fair access to medicines and vaccines. This pandemic has highlighted weaknesses and divisions, it is time to unite and put in place a defense against pandemics “. Thus … Read more
(ANSA) – BRUSSELS, MARCH 25 – “With the European Commission we are mobilized to substantially increase the production and distribution of anti-Covid vaccines in the coming weeks”. Thus the president of the European Commission, Charles Michel, at the end of the videoconference of the EU leaders. (HANDLE). REPRODUCTION RESERVED © Copyright ANSA <![CDATA[]]> Get the … Read more
EU foreign ministers on Monday approved sanctions against certain individuals for human rights violations in China. It is aimed at the Chinese, who are responsible for treating minority Uyghurs, including closing them in concentration camps. In addition to the EU, sanctions have also been imposed by the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. Beijing responded … Read more
Michel, who chairs the EU leaders’ meetings, spoke with Putin ahead of the EU summit on Thursday and Friday via video conference. “He expressed the view that EU-Russia relations are at a historic juncture and reaffirmed the EU’s approach based on five key principles related to the EU’s fundamental values,” the Council said in a … Read more
The leaders of Austria, Bulgaria, Latvia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic are calling for negotiations between the leaders of European Union on the distribution of vaccines within the 27-member bloc, the AP reported. A little later, the same information came from the government press center. Austrian media reported on Saturday that the five leaders wrote … Read more
According to Babiš, supplies for vaccination of 70 percent of the adult population should be distributed strictly according to the population of individual countries. Babiš points out the still insufficient and often quite unpredictable supply of vaccines. “I believe that until supplies are sufficient to vaccinate 70 percent of the adult population, which the European … Read more
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President of the Council of Europe (part of European Union), Charles Michel, denied allegations of the nationalism of the COVID-19 vaccine. This follows criticism of the slow pace of vaccinations there, the lack of delivery of vaccines to poor countries, and the blocking of exports of the COVID-19 vaccine to other countries. … Read more
He has six months of hard work ahead of him. Portugal will try to fulfill the arduous task that awaits it in its recently inaugurated presidency of the European Union. Both Lisbon and Brussels will have to put into practice the achievements made during the German administration. The pandemic is, still today, a great threat … Read more