The European Union and China held their 23rd bilateral Summit via videoconference on 1 April 2022. President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, held the Summit meeting with China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang, followed by exchanges with China’s President Xi Jinping. President of the European Council, Charles Michel, […]
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Josep Borrell’s statement on the alignment of some countries regarding measures threatening Ukraine’s independence.
On 10 March 2022, the Council adopted Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/411[1]. The Council decision extends the Decision until 15 September 2022 and amends the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures as set out in the Annex to Decision 2014/145/CFSP The Candidate Countries North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania[2], the country of the Stabilisation […]
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EU-Mexico cooperation in the fight against inequality
The Governor of the State of Guanajuato, the Ambassador of the European Union in Mexico, Finance Secretaries of ten Mexican states and the Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies of Spain participate in the Meeting with the European Union: State Tax Model. Within the framework of the Team Europe Initiative for Social Cohesion, the […]
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Future of Europe: MEPs to assess the outcome of the Conference’s Working Groups
On Wednesday 30 March MEPs assessed the work of the plenary working groups. This took place from 16:15 to 18:45. The Parliament’s delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe, composed of 108 MEPs, met to evaluate the work done by the Conference’s Working Groups. The dialogue covered the follow-up to the discussions of […]
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Spain sends a new shipment of 8 tons of health material and medicines for the Ukrainian population
The Government of Spain has sent this morning a new shipment of 8 tons of medical supplies to meet the needs of the Ukrainian population that has been forced to leave their country and is currently a refugee in Poland. The Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has gone this morning to the storage center of […]
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EU statements on trials and sentences in Cuba
The European Union is following with deep concern the prison sentences that are being handed down in Cuba to those involved in the events of 11 and 12 July 2021. The spontaneous protests that took place across the island reflected legitimate grievances on the part of the population but were met with repression, with over […]
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The EU counters steel subsidies from China
Last March 16, the EU imposed anti-subsidy duties on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in Indonesia and also India. With Indonesia at the forefront, the EU is countering the highly trade-distorting export restrictions on key raw materials — linked also to Chinese financing. Additionally, the EU is taking action against preferential financing […]
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The Government adopts with the Autonomous Communities the Agreements of the island of La Palma to give a united response to the impact of the war in Ukraine.
The XXVI Conference of Presidents, chaired this Sunday by Pedro Sánchez on the island of La Palma, has adopted, with the agreement of all the autonomous communities and cities, the Agreements of the island of La Palma to give a unity response to the impact of the war in Ukraine after the military aggression of […]
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Human rights breaches in Myanmar, Mexico and Nagorno-Karabakh
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respective human rights situations in Myanmar, Mexico and Nagorno-Karabakh. Myanmar, one year after the coup More than a year after the coup d’état in Myanmar on 1 February 2021, Parliament reiterates that it strongly condemns the military junta’s violent seizure of power and the ensuing […]
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