Tag: Brussels
In Brussels, French expatriates look down on their country of origin
By Jean-Pierre Stroobants and Johanna de Tessières Posted today at 3:00 a.m. Reserved for our subscribers Fragments of FranceFour French forties living in Belgium explain why they left their country…
French airports appeal to Brussels against the ban on certain air links
French airports announced Tuesday, October 19, that they had filed an appeal with the European Commission to obtain the cancellation of the ban on internal air links when the trip…
Polish Prime Minister denounces “blackmail” of Brussels, Commission defends its values
Ursula von der Leyen in front of the Parliament of Strasbourg, October 19, 2021. RONALD WITTEK / AP It was a real showdown that took place in the hemicycle of…
Berlin and Brussels suspended at the choice of the German finance minister
From left to right, leaders of the German Greens, Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock, and those of the Liberals (FDP), Secretary General Volker Wissing and party leader Christian Lindner in…
dialogue of the deaf between London and Brussels
Posters against the maritime border between Northern Ireland and Great Britain in Belfast, September 29, 2021. PAULO NUNES DOS SANTOS FOR “THE WORLD” What is the British government playing in…
ECB concerned about branch system: Brussels cracks down on non-EU banks
Monday 11 October 2021 ECB concerned about branch system Brussels is cracking down on non-EU banks The EU Commission wants to gain more control over weakly regulated banks and force…
Accused of conflicts of interest, Czech prime minister steps up attacks on Brussels
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis at a press conference in Prague in June 2019. MICHAL CIZEK / AFP At the entrance to the “Stork’s Nest”, a gigantic complex housing a…
Signal to Brussels: Parliament releases cohesion billion to EU
1/6 The Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis is pleased with this decision. 2/6 Both the Council of States and the National Council approved the release of the cohesion amount of…
Between the inhabitants of Brussels and the European institutions, a still difficult cohabitation
BRUSSELS LETTER The old Brussels train station, near the European district, in Brussels, in 2012. EMDEE / WIKIPEDIA GFDL If you have the chance, ask a Brussels resident what he…
A region of Poland gives up being an “zone without LGBT ideology”, under pressure from Brussels
Brussels wins a round in the standoff between it and Poland over the situation of LGBT + people. The Polish region of Sainte-Croix (south) gave up on Wednesday September 22…
Michel Barnier’s anti-European remarks sow consternation in Brussels
The former European Commissioner Michel Barnier, at the parliamentary days of the Republicans, on the roof of the Musée de la Romanité, in Nîmes (Gard), on September 9. OLIVIER MONGE…
Latvia wants more border guards: Frontex accuses Brussels of unclear asylum rules
Thursday, September 09, 2021 Latvia wants more border guards Frontex accuses Brussels of unclear asylum rules The European agency Frontex is supposed to help the member states protect their external…