Terrorist propaganda on social media must be removed more quickly, at least within one hour of publication. In addition, the internet companies involved must also take more proactive measures, such as automatic detection of illegal messages, says EU commissioner Andrus Ansip (digital market).
EU President Donald Tusk hopes to hear from British Prime Minister Theresa May Thursday what solution she has for the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland after the Brexit. The Pool speaks May later in the day in London.
The older brother of terror suspect Salah Abdeslam remains provisionally in the cell. The 31-year-old Mohamed was arrested last week for involvement in a raid on civil servants in the Brussels borough of Molenbeek.
EU negotiator Michel Barnier calls on the British government to come up with legally substantiated texts in order to arrange the departure from the EU in time. 'If we want to make the negotiations a success, we need to increase the pace', said the Frenchman in Brussels at the presentation of the draft treaty on the divorce.
There is widespread support among EU member states for the way in which the European Commission is trying to bring Poland in line. The laws with which the Polish government puts the judiciary under political control are causing many countries, including France, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark.
In Belgium, strike actions lead to the cancellation of trains, buses and trams, including in the capital Brussels. The actions are directed against plans by the government of Prime Minister Charles Michel to reform pensions for people with heavy occupations.
The succession of the highest Dutch official in Brussels, Alexander Italianer, causes great turmoil. The 61-year-old secretary-general of the European Commission announced last week unexpectedly to retire, where committee chairman Jean-Claude Juncker immediately appointed his cabinet chief Martin Selmayr as secretary-general.
The older brother of terror suspect Salah Abdeslam, Mohamed, has been arrested because of an armed robbery against civil servants in Belgium. That was reported by various Walloon media on Saturday.
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.
The European Union doubles its support for the troops of five countries in the African Sahel region to 100 million euros. That was announced on Friday at a donor meeting in Brussels.
Heads of government from 27 EU countries meet Friday in Brussels. Discussions at the informal summit revolve around the EU budget after 2020, the size of the European Parliament after the European elections next year and the way in which the President of the European Commission is elected.
The European Union is taking steps to impose sanctions against Myanmar because of the continuing murders and rapes by security forces in the state of Rohingya. EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs will commission Monday in Brussels to prepare punitive measures against high-ranking military personnel who are guilty of human rights violations.
How will the European Parliament and the EU budget for the period 2021-2027 appear after the European elections of May next year? And how is it determined who will become the next President of the European Commission? The Heads of Government of the Member States are here Friday at an informal summit in Brussels, without the British Prime Minister.
The police in Brussels are looking for one or more armed men with special intervention units in the municipality of Vorst. A safety zone has been set up and local residents are advised not to leave their homes.
There seems to be 'broad support' among European leaders for the plan to reduce the number of seats in the European Parliament from 751 to 705 in 2019. EU President Donald Tusk writes in his letter of invitation to the leaders for an informal EU summit on Friday In Brussels. The Pool traveled past the capitals in recent weeks to gauge the opinions of the leaders.
The former President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso has been discredited over lobbying activities in Brussels. The Portuguese, who started working at the investment bank Goldman Sachs in 2016, talked privately with EU commissioner Jyrki Katainen in October 2017 in a Brussels hotel.
From now on, Belgians can also vote for a party that considers animal rights to be of paramount importance. DierAnimal wants to participate next year in the elections for the federal parliament. The six founders presented their bilingual party on Monday in Brussels. The motto is 'For animal, people and planet'.
The Brussels blogger Cédric Z., who threatened the lawyer of the Belgian child rapist and murderer Marc Dutroux, was released conditionally on Saturday. Z. distributed a video via the social media in which he burns the book 'Why Dutroux has to be released?' By lawyer Bruno Dayez. The police picked him up on Friday night.
During a shooting in Birmingham Palace party hall in the Anderlecht district in Brussels, several wounded people were killed during the night from Friday to Saturday. A spokesman for the public prosecutor of Brussels reported this on Saturday.
Facebook violates the Belgian privacy law by registering the surfing behavior of internet users and has to stop. The court in Brussels condemned the social networking company on Friday and thus fully agreed with the Belgian Privacy Commission.
Facebook and Twitter do not offer their users the protection that the consumer authorities in the European Union require from social media platforms. Issues such as liability and informing users when removing inappropriate messages are still not in order in the amended terms of use, warns the European Commission.
Soldiers and defense equipment must be able to move more smoothly through Europe in the future. A Dutch proposal to speed up the now often syrupy procedures by obtaining diplomatic consent within five days can count on broad support from NATO countries.
The question of who can decide on the new President of the European Commission divides Brussels. Many Member States prefer to arrange it among themselves, but Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker supports the European Parliament.
Savings in agriculture and fewer subsidies to richer countries are inevitable if the EU wants to be able to finance new priorities. That warning was given by the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker at a press conference in Brussels.
At least fifteen of the 29 NATO countries spend more than 2 percent of their national income on defense in six years. According to NATO CEO Jens Stoltenberg, this is evident from the plans submitted by the member states.
The Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister wants the President of the Greens in the European Parliament, Ska Keller, to be expelled from his country. In a statement, Valeri Simeonov calls the German politician, 'a green jihadist,' \u0026 # x27; Bulgaria is temporarily EU president for the first time for six months and leads all ministerial meetings in Brussels.
The transition period requested by London after the Brexit in 2019 is not an achievement. The chief negotiator for the EU, Michel Barnier, warns the British government that it is imposing a number of 'non-negotiable' conditions for the transition period of almost two years.
Salah Abdeslam was not present in the Brussels court yesterday, but was defended by his lawyer Sven Mary. According to his counsel, 'public enemies number 1' is not complicit in the shooting in Vorst which he faced this week.
The lawyer of terror suspect Salah Abdeslam has sought acquittal for the 28-year-old Frenchman's share in a shooting in Brussels where three agents were injured. The criminal investigation is unlawful because the language legislation has been violated, argued counsel Sven Mary on Thursday before the Brussels court.
The foundation of billionaire George Soros has allocated tons to an action group that wants to prevent Great Britain from leaving the EU. According to British media sources, it is about £ 400,000 (around EUR 453,000) that has been transferred through the philanthropist's Open Society Foundations.
