Day: March 29, 2018

CONT committee meeting on ' Integrity policy of the Commission, in particular the appointment of the Secretary-General of the European Commission '. exchange of views with Günther OETTINGER, Member of the EC in charge of Budget and Human Resources

[Verbatim] Will the practice of parachuting soon be banned in the European institutions?

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(B2) Following Commissioner Oettinger's rather disastrous hearing on Tuesday (March 27) in the Budgetary Control Committee, most MEPs are now convinced. The appointment of Martin Selmayr has not...

Despite appearances, the atmosphere was tense between Europeans and the Turkish leader. Only the Bulgarian Boïko Borissov, who holds the rotating presidency of the Union, is a little friendlier (Credit: Council of the EU)

Varna summit: neither progress nor compromise…

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(B2) Poor relations with Cyprus and Greece, intervention in Syria, repression in Turkey, freezing of accession negotiations… The list of points of tension between Ankara and Brussels is long. The…