On Thursday at 9:30, Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola will give the keys to the Station Europe building to the Ukrainian civil society organisation Promote Ukraine. To support Ukrainian civil society, the European Parliament will make a whole floor available to the NGO Promote Ukraine in the Station Europe building in Brussels, the old station situated […]
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Conference Plenary: EU citizens team up with Ukranians in the debate on the Future of Europe
A number of Ukrainians joined EU citizens for the fourth Conference on the Future of Europe plenary in Strasbourg on 11-12 March to discuss the EU’s role in the world. The plenary brought representatives of the citizens’ panels together with those from European, national, regional and local authorities, as well as civil society and […]
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North Macedonia: High Representative/Vice-President Borrell visited Skopje to discuss EU accession and consequences of aggression against Ukraine
High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell started his visit to the Western Balkans in Skopje, North Macedonia on 13-14 March. The visit came against the backdrop of the barbaric aggression by Russia to Ukraine. In his meetings, High Representative Borrell expressed great appreciation to North Macedonia’s clear condemnation of the Russian aggression and firm support for Ukraine […]
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Statement of the G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group on a Nuclear Safety and Security Framework for Ukraine
G7 leaders and ministers have condemned Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. Profoundly concerned, in this context, by Russian attacks at and in the direct vicinity of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, and condemning any acts compromising the safety of nuclear installations devoted to peaceful purposes, Mindful that the risk to civilians from damage to a nuclear […]
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Fourth package of sanctions in view of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine: 15 additional individuals and 9 entities subject to EU restrictive measures
The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures on an additional 15 individuals and 9 entities in respect of the ongoing unjustified and unprovoked Russian military aggression against Ukraine, and of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. We are adding to our sanctions list even more oligarchs and regime-affiliated elites, their […]
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Ukraine: ‘We need peace now’ declares Guterres, warning of global hunger meltdown
Ukraine is being “decimated before the eyes of the world” with Russia’s military offensive against civilians “reaching terrifying proportions”, said the UN chief on Monday, warning that a resulting meltdown of the global economy is provoking a hunger crisis that is hitting the poorest, hardest. Secretary-General António Guterres addressed correspondents outside the Security Council chamber in New York, and […]
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Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine: fourth EU package of sectoral and individual measures
Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine: fourth EU package of sectoral and individual measures Following up on the informal meeting of the EU heads of state and government on 10-11 March, the Council today decided to impose a fourth package of economic and individual sanctions in respect of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. As President Putin’s […]
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Remarks by Paschal Donohoe following the Eurogroup meeting of 14 March 2022
My thoughts go first and foremost to the victims of Russia’s terrible aggression in Ukraine. The harrowing pictures of human suffering have touched us all. The European Union and our international partners have mobilised fully to support the people of Ukraine, to isolate Russia and to maximise the price that will be paid by Putin’s […]
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Press remarks by Commissioner Gentiloni at the Eurogroup press conference
Good evening. Exactly two years ago, in mid-March 2020, in the middle of the pandemic crisis we were taking important decisions. You may remember the first important decisions were taken exactly in mid-March by the ECB and the Commission on fiscal rules and on State-aid rules. Two years after we are facing a war on […]
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