Britain is better off remaining inside the European Union, EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker wrote in a British newspaper on Tuesday, as he prepares to hear London’s demands for reform of the bloc. “I believe that the EU is better
The President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, has begun his public relations outreach to try and convince Britons to stay in the European Union (EU) with an article published in the increasingly pro-EU Times newspaper today. Mr Juncker’s
Contents: More EU countries threaten border closings, as refugee crisis worsens; Risk of new housing bubble collapse continues to grow; Illinois starts paying IOUs instead of lottery winnings
The European Commission is allegedly suppressing a critical report into the worsening civil rights situation in Turkey, ahead of national elections next Sunday, November 1st. German newspaper Die Welt Am Sonntag reports the Commission, headed by Jean-Claude Juncker, is sitting
European leaders traded threats and reprimands on Saturday as thousands more migrants and refugees streamed into the Balkans on the eve of European Union talks aimed at agreeing on urgent action to tackle the crisis. Concern is growing about hundreds
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – European Union and Balkan leaders hold emergency talks on Europe’s migrant crisis today amid threats from three frontline states to close their borders if northern EU countries stop accepting migrants. The mini-summit called by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, groups
Europe has become a “valley of fears” as its “glorious years” have come to an end, top Eurocrat Jean-Claude Juncker has admitted. In a downbeat assessment of the trading bloc’s immediate future, the president of the European Commission told an audience in
Jean-Claude Juncker clearly believes it’s good to talk. To that end the unelected European Commission president has called an extraordinary five-hour leadership meeting for Sunday to tackle the building migrant emergency in the western Balkans. Attendees will follow their tete a tete with dinner and
Jubilant photos (above) from last week, of the European Union’s (EU) grand plans for forced migration quotas spinning into action were indeed arranged by, and funded by the European Commission, in a propaganda effort that clearly went awry. The relocation of migrants
The leaders of the European Parliament’s largest party are pushing ahead with plans to introduce a European Union (EU) army, justifying the measure by citing concerns over “Russian aggression” and containment of the migrant crisis: “We are going to move
The European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker has declared: “I don’t think Britain needs European Union” in sensational remarks this afternoon that are sure to be seized upon by pro-Brexit campaigners. The Telegraph has reported that ahead of a meeting
Contents: Tempers flare as EU leaders debate the migrant crisis; Europe looks for ways to reduce the volume of migrants; China’s Xi Jinping congratulates himself on stopping stock market crash
Mrs. Merkel’s disastrous decision to say “oh come all ye faithful” has plunged the European Union (EU) into perhaps its worst time yet – the ongoing migrant crisis. After Mr Juncker’s slightly rambling state of the union speech last week, he met
So just where is Jean-Claude Juncker, the unelected and unaccountable head of the European Commission? I know, I know, as if anyone really cares. Still, as Europe plunges into its greatest crisis since the end of World War II and
Denmark has announced its refusal to participate in the EU asylum seeker resettlement plan. Rejecting the proposed distribution of 160,000 refugees, the government declared that with the Danish opt-out on EU asylum policy, there is “simply no reason” for it to participate. Denmark’s Minister
This week in Strasbourg there was Commission President Jean Claude-Juncker’s first State of the Union speech. He did as he said and made an intensely political speech. Most of the focus was on the current migration crisis or as Mr
European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker used part of his “State of the Union” speech yesterday to make a bold claim about migration into the European Union that seems to have been missed by most news outlets. He said, in
European Union President Jean-Claude Juncker wants to splash nearly €26 million next year on a vanity project to sell the benefits of EU membership. The push would be the biggest-ever EU corporate communications effort and is built around the theme of “A New Boost for Jobs, Growth
EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker has today delivered his “State of the Union” speech – an annual address to the European Parliament which attempts to portray the unelected bureaucrat as a figure in the style of the U.S. President.
Berlin (AFP) – Germany pledged an extra six billion euros Monday to help the record numbers of desperate refugees crossing its borders, with France vowing to take in 24,000 over the next two years. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the scenes
European leaders are planning to form a powerful, centralised EU-wide border force. Under the new plans, the legal responsibility for deporting (or not deporting) people judged to be economic migrants would be taken from member states and given to the
David Cameron is preparing to accept around 15,000 Syrian refugees and would like to commence military action against Islamic State (IS) militants within a month, senior sources have said. Details of Britain’s refugee resettlement programme are currently being finalised after
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has condemned protests that erupted on Friday near an asylum center in East Germany as “abhorrent” and “shameful.” Several police were injured in violent clashes later that evening, which are being blamed on the far
Contents: France-Germany split over 3-day ultimatum to Greece leads to flared tempers; Eurogroup imposes harsh demands on Greece to remain in eurozone; China police crack down ahead of another volatile week in stocks
The 28 EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Sunday in a last chance saloon attempt to strike a deal with Greece. Yes, I know we’ve heard this all before. Every week it appears to be the last chance. But
Contents: Greece’s Alexis Tsipras compares himself to the tragic Antigone; Furious European MEPs plan for humanitarian aid for Greece; Tunisia to build a wall and a moat along the border with Libya
With the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker dampening expectations of a speedy resolution to the Greek economic crisis, analysts are again giving apocalyptic visions of the country’s future. PA reports Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital, setting out exactly how bad
Contents: China says it’s finished building artificial islands in South China Sea; China tests hypersonic missile designed to defeat American missile defenses; Greece’s bitter PM Tsipras hurls ultimatums and insults at IMF
Iran forces Afghans to fight in Syrian regime’s collapsing army; Debate over the number of European jihadists in Syria; Greece makes debt payment as even leftists lose sympathy
Greece makes one debt payment, wonders if it can make the next; Europeans reject more bailout money for Greece, for now; Jean-Claude Jüncker warns of Anglo-Saxon threat to eurozone
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has dealt a wounding blow to David Cameron’s hopes of successfully renegotiating Britain’s EU membership. The former Luxembourg Prime Minister compared Britain’s membership of the political bloc to a doomed romance and suggested that now
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and German Chancellor Angela Merkel may back down and agree to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s demands that EU migrants living in Britain should not be able to send child benefit payments abroad, sources within
The past six months have been a very mixed bag for dedicated Eurosceptics. Tempering the remarkable victory in May’s European elections was the blocking of the European Union (Referendum) Bill in the House of Lords in January. Following that the Government failed to introduce legislation for a referendum bill in the Queen’s Speech, to ensure we have an In/Out referendum after the General Election
