Tusk: We cannot afford to fail
Remarks by President Donald Tusk after his meeting in Zagreb with Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković: Good afternoon. Let me begin…
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Managing the Refugee Crisis: Stepping up return procedures to Turkey
The Commission is today able to confirm that Greece is in the process of returning 308 irregular migrants to Turkey,…
Commission proposes new Emergency Assistance instrument for faster crisis response within the EU
Today the European Commission has proposed an Emergency Assistance instrument to be used within the European Union to provide a…
Tusk: Return to the application of the Schengen rules is the only way to preserve Schengen
Remarks by President Donald Tusk after his meeting in Vienna with Chancellor Werner Faymann: Good afternoon. Let me start by…
EU renews its support to Palestinian Authority and Palestinian refugees
Today the European Commission has approved a €252.5 million assistance package for Palestine. It is the first part of the…
European Commission publishes EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The European Commission today issued a Communication taking stock of its work to restore trust in transatlantic data flows since the…
Political leaders to calm down the tensions
The Assembly of Kosovo elected Hashim Thaçi as President of Kosovo, in a tense and divisive atmosphere. The scenes we have witnessed yesterday in the Assembly on such an occasion are extremely worrying.
Mogherini: The first chance to put an end to violence in Syria should not be missed
At midnight the first cessation of hostilities in five years of war in Syria began, following the unanimous adoption of resolution 2268 by the UN Security Council.
Tusk visits the main countries of the Western Balkans route
President of European Council Donald Tusk will travel to Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Skopje and Athens from the 1st to the 3rd of March to continue building a European consensus on how to handle the migration crisis and to prepare for the summit with Turkey on 7 March and the European Council on 17-18 March.
EU Action Plan to crack down on Wildlife Trafficking
Today the Commission adopted an EU Action Plan to tackle wildlife trafficking within the EU and to strengthen the EU’s role in the global fight against these illegal activities.