At the end of this week, European leaders started the first discussions on the new multi-annual budget of the EU. At the same time, there is already informal consultation about the future of Europe, with Germany and France taking the lead. These countries want more European cooperation, at the expense of the current powers that EU countries still have. This mainly concerns more Brussels in the financial-economic field and more money for the EU.
Bank director Emsley Tromp was acquitted of tax evasion by the judge on Curaçao today. The former director of the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten was on trial for suspected fraud with his declarations.
The EU mission against pirates off the Somali coast will continue until the end of at least 2018. The 28 Member States decided to extend Operation Atalanta in Brussels on Monday to two years.
British singer Elton John will not care act to grace the inauguration of the elected US president Donald Tromp. That has its spokeswoman Fran Curtis said Wednesday in response to the 'news' that Anthony Scaramucci brought out through the BBC.
Justice Curacao is currently engaged in a major search in the house of Emsley Tromp, director of the Central Bank of Curacao and Sint Maarten.
