Wednesday
15th Feb 2017
By EUOBSERVER
British prime minister Theresa May will not attend the EU summit in Rome on 25 March to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Rome treaty, according to the Guardian. "The door was open, but the response was, 'We don’t think it is appropriate for us'," an EU diplomat quoted by the British newspaper said.
The Dutch government had banned the software programme used previously to register votes, to prevent hacking, but wants to accommodate local officials who want to use technological aides.
The EU's border and coast guard agency says NGOs and others conducting search and rescue operations near Libya are helping criminals "achieve their objectives at minimum cost."
Amid protests in front of the European Parliament's Strasbourg building and after heated debate among MEPs, the landmark trade deal with Canada was approved with a comfortable majority.
The autonomous archipelago will vote on a new constitution next year to change its status within Denmark, while trying to get more access to EU markets.
Young people will gather in Brussels on Monday to protest against hundreds of unpaid traineeships offered by the EU institutions each year.
The centre-left candidate for German chancellor took a half dozen private flights while EU parliament president over a three year period.
