The venom was in the tail of the protest march against the Marrakesh Treaty in Brussels yesterday. The demonstration itself went smoothly, but afterwards, when all the speakers put their word...
Around 5500 people gathered in the center of Brussels on Sunday to participate in the 'March against Marrakesh'. A thousand demonstrators showed up for the counter-demonstration. In the afternoon...
British Prime Minister Theresa May had come to Brussels to demand guarantees that an emergency solution for the Irish border would only be temporary.
Right-wing organizations and youth associations in Belgium are allowed to hold their 'March against Marrakesh' on Sunday.
The 28 EU leaders at their summit in Brussels held a minute's silence for the victims of the shooting at the Christmas market in Strasbourg on Tuesday. 'Europe thinks of the victims of...
'We have to pull this deal over.' British Prime Minister Theresa May said that before the EU summit, she hopes to get political and legal guarantees that are sufficient for...
The right-wing organizations and youth associations in Belgium that wanted to keep a 'March against Marrakesh' on Sunday do not get permission. The authorities have decided that 'there is no question...
At their summit in Brussels, the Heads of Government of the EU countries will give a helping hand to Theresa May on Thursday, if at least they are Prime Minister. After a discussion of the 'serious situation'...
The Brussels police deploy extra agents at the Christmas market in the city center. The mayor and police decided on this after the shooting in Strasbourg in France...
The 27 EU countries want to help Prime Minister Theresa May get the Brexit deal through the British Parliament. 'The question is how,' EU president Donald Tusk tweeted after his 'long and fair...
It will be very difficult for British Prime Minister Theresa May to add something to the agreements the UK and the EU have made about the Brexit. Minister Stef Blok...
A 33-year-old Belgian from Zeebrugge has beaten his pregnant girlfriend to death and risks 10 years in prison. Although she had bruises and the apartment was full of blood spatter, he crept back into bed after the act, without alarm.
The United Kingdom should not count on the fact that there is still something to be gained from the Brexit negotiations. That message went straight out in Brussels and in the EU capitals, after Prime Minister May's decision to postpone a crucial vote in parliament.
With a financial contribution from the EU, a plastic fake castle was set up in Bulgaria. This is evident from a new film by documentary filmmaker Marijn Poels, who together with PVV MEP Olaf Stuger conducted research in the Eastern European country.
The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, announced on Monday that the upcoming EU summit is one that is about the Brexit. That the European leaders would also talk about the brexit at their already planned summit, seemed indisputable, but Tusk tweeted Monday night that he will hold 'a European top over the brexit' on Thursday.
British Prime Minister Theresa May wants to postpone the vote in the House of Commons on the Brexit deal. According to the Sunday Times, May will soon travel to Brussels to bring better conditions for the United Kingdom out of the fire.
The Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel is present in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on Monday to vote on the so-called Migration Pact, despite rapidly increasing tensions in his own government. The Prime Minister reiterated his proposal to support the pact.
The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan thinks that the police in Paris and Brussels, for example, have been guilty of 'excessive violence' against the demonstrators in yellow vests. He said that the chaos rules in Europe, especially in Paris.
In the center of Brussels protesters have been hit with the riot police.
Nuclear reactor 4 of the Belgian Doel may be restarted in the coming days. The regulator for nuclear power plants FANC has given permission for this.
The N-VA was always praised for its sophisticated strategy. Party chairman and mayor of Antwerp Bart De Wever is known for his exceptionally well-developed political instinct and strategic smartness. But the Flemish nationalists suddenly have a hard time. Is it still an ordinary power party that considers the plush more important than principles?
The Belgian prime minister Charles Michel has postponed a meeting with his vice premiers to have private conversations. The Belgian government is in crisis about the UN Migration Pact. Coalition partner N-VA is opposed to the pact.
In order to better address asylum and migration challenges, the EU Member States and the European Parliament must rapidly adopt a series of legislative proposals. The European Commission makes this call. According to Vice-President Frans Timmermans, this is 'essential for a sustainable and future-proof asylum and migration system.'
The euro area finance ministers (Eurogroup) support the European Commission in its approach to Italy. This is stated in a statement that the Eurogroup will release on Monday, insiders say. Ministers call on the Italian government to take the necessary steps to bring its draft budget for 2019 in line with the European rules, otherwise a criminal procedure is justified.
A protest march for a better climate policy has mobilized about 65,000 people in Brussels. The attendance figure is an estimate of the Belgian police. The procession moved from the North Station in the capital to the Cinquantenaire, where speeches and performances were held.
The son of a Dutch-Moroccan 'hate preacher' who lived in Belgium and two years ago in a film called to murder Christians was expelled to the Netherlands. That is what the Belgian Secretary of State Theo Francken (Asylum and Migration) announces in a 'service announcement' on Twitter. 'He is back to the Netherlands. I already sent his father back, so that's a good thing ', says Francken in his video tweets.
The European Commission is making 500 million euros available to Ukraine to promote economic stability and structural reforms in the country. According to Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, the country needs 'a show of solidarity from its international partners' at a 'crucial time when Ukraine is faced with new Russian aggression.'
In Brussels, about a hundred activists protest against the excise and taxes of the government. Because of the spontaneous demonstration, three tunnels are closed towards the center of the city.
Checks along the borders between EU countries should initially be allowed for two months instead of the current six. The maximum duration must be reduced from two to one year. The European Parliament voted on Thursday for such an amendment to the rules for the Schengen area (319 against 241).
The European population will not have the chance to speak out in a referendum about the Brexit. The European Commission has rejected a citizens' initiative that calls for an EU-wide plebiscite because it falls outside its competence.
