More than two hundred people from all over the country gathered in yellow vests for the Mauritshuis in The Hague this afternoon. 'The poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer,' they say. 'For a small group it is no longer easy to handle.'
French parents are not allowed to give their children a suit on the pants anymore.
The Slovakian Foreign Minister has resigned angrily Thursday evening. The non-party Miroslav Lajcak decided to file his resignation in protest of the rejection of the controversial migration pact of the UN that will take place in Marrakech next month. The parliament in Bratislava voted against it with a large majority.
Checks along the borders between EU countries should initially be allowed for two months instead of the current six. The maximum duration must be reduced from two to one year. The European Parliament voted on Thursday for such an amendment to the rules for the Schengen area (319 against 241).
The UK economy is going to have to deal with a serious blow if the British leave the European Union without an agreement. In the blackest scenario, the gross domestic product will be almost 11 percent lower in 2034 than if the British had decided to remain a member of the union. This is shown by estimates from the British government.
The British Parliament will vote on the brexit deal of Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday 11 December. This is evident from the timetable for the crucial debate on the agreement with Brussels that was put on Twitter by a Business Insider reporter on Monday.
The Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has asked the parliament to declare the state of siege for a period of sixty days.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed to declare martial law. Today, Parliament is voting on that plan, following a violent blockade of three Ukrainian navy ships by Russia. Three people were injured.
A round by the British Parliament makes it clear that at the moment there is no majority for the Brexit agreement concluded yesterday in Brussels. But in the wildly popular betting offices the chance of this is still estimated at 50/50.
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The European Commission calls on the Member States to speed up the completion of the Digital Single Market, the Capital Market Union and the Banking Union.
The Indonesian authorities no longer receive a signal from the cockpit voice recorder of the crashed airliner of Lion Air. Nevertheless, the search for the so-called black box continues, the head of the committee responsible for transport safety (KNKT) said before the parliament.
According to British media, the British Prime Minister Theresa May should get more done at the EU than last week about the Brexit. The dissatisfaction with her Brexit policy has long been great within her own Conservative party, but her hope that there will be supporters in other parties seems to be fading.
A vote of no confidence against British Prime Minister Theresa May has not yet attracted enough members of the Conservative party to be put to the vote. That was what the defunct prime minister himself said on Sunday.
The British police have arrested seventy people on Saturday at a protest in London. Demonstrators took to the streets out of dissatisfaction with the climate policy pursued by the British government. The activists also want a reduction in greenhouse gases.
Conservative pro-brexit parliamentarian Jacob Rees-Mogg is going to file a no-confidence motion against Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party. He said that after the Brexit debate in parliament.
A first member of the British cabinet of Theresa May has resigned in connection with the agreement on the brexit. Shailesh Vara, deputy minister of Northern Irish affairs, announced his departure Thursday according to British media.
There is still no definitive solution to the political crisis that has kept Sri Lanka in its grip for weeks. The parliament voted yesterday the newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa with a vote of no confidence, but the conflict seems not resolved yet. For the time being, the outgoing minister-president does not want to know about neighborhoods.
It seems that the agreement on the Brexit, which the British Cabinet is discussing on Wednesday, is that Northern Ireland remains in the EU and thus becomes a sort of separate from the United Kingdom. That said the leader of the Irish party DUP, Arlene Foster based on draft texts. Comments from other Northern Irish politicians also point to this, although the content of the agreement is not yet known.
Hungary must stop smear campaigns against those who express their views on the rule of law in the country. Minister Stef Blok (Foreign Affairs) asked the Hungarian Secretary of State Szabolcs Takacs (European Affairs) during a meeting on the situation in the country.
Both within her own party and from the opposition, the pressure is on the British Prime Minister Theresa May not to vote on the Brexit plans of her government. The parties want them to adapt the brexit proposal to their wishes.
The party of the French President Emmanuel Macron, La République and Marche, wants to cooperate with the liberal ALDE group in the European Parliament, which includes the VVD and D66. Astrid Panosyan, a confidant of Macron, said Friday that he would like to work together at the party conference of the ALDE in Madrid 'for a better Europe.'
The 72-year-old owner of the world-famous brothel Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Nevada, USA, has a seat in the state's parliament. There is a small problem: Dennis Hof died last month.
Turkey does not intend to comply with the renewed sanctions that the United States has taken against Iran. That is what President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday in parliament. He finds Washington's measures dangerous for stability in the world.
The Christian Democratic CSU and conservative Freie-Wähler (Free Electors) have signed the first black and orange coalition in Germany in the South German state of Bavaria. He will be led by Markus Söder from the CSU who will be sworn in as prime minister of the state government on Tuesday.
No criminal offenses were found during the suicide of Slobodan Praljak. The Croatian former general (72) died last November after having taken a drink in the courtroom of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He did this after the judges sentenced him to twenty years in prison. He then became unwell and died more than two hours later in a hospital in The Hague.
An earthquake with a strength of 6.7 on Tuesday morning hit the North Island of New Zealand. According to reports in the media, the earthquake lasted about 30 seconds.
In the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, after a week's delay due to a serious attack by the Taliban, the ballot boxes were opened. Voters can cast their votes for a new parliament under strict security measures.
In a resolution, the European Parliament calls for a European arms embargo against Saudi Arabia in connection with the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The parliament 'condemns the torture and murder in the strongest possible terms' and urges the Saudi authorities to disclose where the remains of the critical journalist are.
The European Parliament wants to close the money supply for Turkey next year. The so-called pre-accession support of the EU should be reduced by EUR 147 million in 2019 due to political developments in the country, in addition to a 40% reduction proposed by the European Commission for the next two years.
