German MEP Gunnar Beck said jealous eurocrats would attempt to pin the blame on the UK for the bloc vaccine shambles and slow economic recovery after the pandemic. And he warned if Brussels refuses to cool tensions with Britain other countries could
The European Parliament yesterday ratified the project, with almost £7billion earmarked for “fully interoperable and innovative defence technologies of high quality”. The EU hopes the move will save between £22bn and £88bn annually, with Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission playing a
The European Union’s 19-nation single currency bloc is expected to shrink having been hit by continuous lockdowns over recent months. Performance data for the first quarter is expected to show its economy contracted by around 0.8 percent before any sign of recovery.
Austrian MEP Roman Haider slammed the European Union in a furious rant at the multiple failures of the bloc in its relationship with Britain. He discussed the treatment of the United Kingdom by member states, hit out at the behaviour of the
The issue of the rights of UK expats living in EU27 states after Brexit has become a particularly hot potato after March 31, the deadline for applications to the Government’s EU Settlement Scheme. All such rights were meant to protect in accordance
The UK used the current deadlock between Brussels chiefs and AstraZeneca over supplies to seize the moment. This inaction reportedly engaged French vaccine manufacturer Valneva – which put the UK at the head of the queue for their jabs too. Leaked internal
Speaking to RT yesterday, Russia foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova hit out at the European Union for a lack of leadership shown throughout the pandemic. The Russian branded the bloc as having allowed “politicisation” to “tie the hands” of its people and
Angela Merkel has said India has become “too big” of a pharmaceutical producer as major concerns rise in the bloc that they will not receive enough medicines as jabs are redirected in India to cope with rising infections. Speaking at a meeting
Slovakia, like Mr Kurz, has lamented the pro-rata jab delivery strategy. The European Commission dismissed Mr Kurz, who was left to deal with his government’s shortfalls on vaccine orders. Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger has demanded the EU executive shows more solidarity
Mr Bassett, Ireland’s former ambassador to Canada, Jamaica and the Bahamas, was speaking after the European Union confirmed it had revoked a concession that allowed Ireland’s fishermen whereby they could weigh catches away from the place of landing, such as in fish