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Brussels says offer is 'strictly time-limited'
Commission report urges Member States to improve animal welfare and conservation efforts of zoos
16/11/2018
A European Commission evaluation report published last week concluded that the Council Directive 1999/22/EC (known as the “Zoo Directive”) fits for purpose and plays a crucial role with regard to conservation of biodiversity.
Facebook has repeatedly withheld key data on its alleged efforts to clamp down on disinformation ahead of the European elections, the EU’s executive has said.
European Commission’s next seven-year science-funding scheme — its biggest ever — will allow any country to participate for a price.
UK government doesn't understand how EU works, says its former ambassador to Brussels Ivan Rogers
04/03/2019
The government does not understand how the EU works and so embarks on negotiating strategies that are doomed to fail, Britain’s former ambassador to Brussels has said.
Brexit negotiations "have been difficult" and "no solution has been identified" to the Irish backstop, the European Commission has said.
EU slaps down Jacob Rees-Mogg for suggesting UK should deliberately cause chaos if Brexit is delayed
05/04/2019
Brussels has slapped down Jacob-Rees Mogg after the leading Brexiteer suggested the UK should wilfully cause chaos at the EU institutions if Brexit was delayed.
As the race to be the next European Commission president heats up, the two main candidates, Manfred Weber from the European People's Party (EPP) and Frans Timmermans from the Party of European Socialists (PES), faced off in a TV debate hosted by France 24 on Wednesday night.
The European Commission explained
12/09/2016
What is the European Commission? It is the executive body of the European Union and is led by 28 people or Commissioners, one from each member state. ...
Control of the European Commission is in the grasp of the continent’s centre-left for the first time in decades. / The EU’s centre-left is planning to introduce a continent-wide minimum wage to correct the bloc’s “neoliberal failures” if it wins control of the European Commission after this month’s elections.
Here you will find a central meeting point for startups in Europe to access all the information they need to grow and thrive in Europe. / Startup Europe is an initiative of the European Commission, which falls under its priority of the ‘Digital Single Market’.
Information on how the EU budget works: where the money comes from and how it is spent, a breakdown of spending and revenue by programme and by country, and the EU's focus on performance-based budgeting. Links to publications, documents, and news related to the EU budget.
It’s a staggering tissue of lies and half-truths [rebutting thread about supposed lack of democracy in the EU]
16/06/2018
This troll has published a thread attacking @Femi_Sorry for his video on EU democracy. I don’t like feeding trolls, but this one is getting attention for the wrong reason and his thread deserves detailed rebuttal. It’s a staggering tissue of lies and half-truths.
The EU executive has already prepared the ground for a new initiative on gene editing to overhaul the current GMO legislation, EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan has said.
EU tells Tory leadership contenders it will not change Brexit deal for a new prime minister
11/06/2019
A new prime minister in the UK will not be able to change the Brexit deal negotiated by Theresa May, the EU Commission has confirmed.
EU confidence that the UK would come out far worse is bad news for Tory leadership candidates planning brinkmanship. / EU officials are working on the basis that the UK’s economy will be hit up to 10 times as hard by a no-deal Brexit than the UK, the latest analysis by the European Commission shows.
"EU Commission paper which he says resolved the Irish border issues ... This claim is false."
25/06/2019
This Johnson surrogate keeps referring to a recent EU Commission paper which he says resolved the Irish border issues. Surprise! This claim is false.
SCOTS have bid farewell to the European Commission's Edinburgh base after it posted a video showing the removal of its EU flag. / While the European Parliament is set to keep its Scotland office beyond Brexit, the Commission will no longer operate from Edinburgh's Alva Street.
Ursula von der Leyen to head European commission and Christine Lagarde to lead ECB
German minister wins narrow backing of MEPs to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker
European commission looks at tax rules after report reveals tech firms pay less than half the tax of traditional companies.
The EU has accused UK leadership hopeful Boris Johnson of fake news over his complaint that "Brussels bureaucrats" made life hard for smoked herring sellers. It emerged that the rules were made by the UK, and not the EU.
Establishing the tax havens could make it harder to sign a trade deal with the EU.