The police in Spain met with Catalan demonstrators in Barcelona Monday evening. The demonstrators, who want independent Catalonia, tried to take the regional parliament in Barcelona but were eventually swept away by the Marechaussee.
Chile does not have to negotiate with neighboring Bolivia on a corridor to the Pacific Ocean. The International Court of Appeal in The Hague ruled this on Monday. The verdict is a setback for the government of President Evo Morales of Bolivia.
Barack Obama was in Amsterdam on Friday to talk about leadership, not about Donald Trump or current political issues. Yet the former American president could not resist to refer to his successor in the White House in a devious way.
The European Court reaps criticism with its decision that the European Parliament does not have to publish the expense allowance for its parliamentarians. According to the SP and D66, the European completely misses the mark.
The European Parliament was entitled to refuse access to documents on the expenses of MEPs. The European Court of Justice ruled that in a case that a group of journalists from all 28 EU countries had filed.
The Swedish parliament has voted out the social democratic Prime Minister Stefan Löfven. The 61-year old Löfven has been prime minister for almost four years.
The British opposition party Labor has emphasized that it will vote against any arrangement on the brexit that does not meet all the requirements of the party. A Labor spokesman said this Monday at the Labor Congress in Liverpool, while British Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to save her Brexit plan.
Norway has arrested a Russian on suspicion of espionage, reported the Norwegian press agency NTB on the basis of the security service PST.
The French filmmaker and writer Marceline Loridan-Ivens died on Tuesday at the age of ninety. Her second husband was the Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens (1898-1989). The death of Loridan is according to French media published by Jean Veil, the son of her best friend, the now deceased former minister Simone Veil.
Justice in Switzerland wants to prosecute two Russians to carry out 'a cyber attack' on the world anti-doping agency WADA in Lausanne. In 2016, WADA itself reported that a large batch of medical data from athletes had been captured in a cyber-burglary.
Bas Eickhout, GroenLinks' delegation leader in the European Parliament, is throwing the presidency of the European Commission. He is a candidate to succeed the current boss Jean-Claude Juncker on behalf of the European Green Parties (EGP).
The European Union must do everything in its power to prevent the United Kingdom from leaving the union without agreement on the new relationship. This is what stressed Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on his visit to Paris with President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. Austria is currently EU President.
Switzerland demands that Russia stop espionage on its territory. In the past few days two new possible espionage cases have come to light. In The Hague, two people would have been arrested who possibly wanted to hack a Swiss research laboratory. The same men would also have stolen data from the world anti-doping office. That office is located in Switzerland.
Hungary receives support from neighboring Austria. The European Parliament wants the European Union to use the toughest criminal proceedings against Hungary. This can ultimately ensure that Hungary loses its voting rights in Europe. However, the Austrian populist government party FPÖ doubts whether the process has gone according to the rules.
This spring two Russian spies were arrested in The Hague. They were on their way to the Spiez laboratory in Switzerland, which investigated the poison gas attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter, as did the poison gas attacks in Syria.
The Russian news channel RT says two men interviewed who have the same names as the main suspects of the attack on Sergey Skripal in southern England. Alexander Petrov and Roeslan Bosjirov have reported to editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan. The interview would be broadcast in the short term.
Poland wants to prevent European sanctions from being imposed against Hungary. According to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, measures against Member States of the European Union only have the effect of increasing divisions in the EU. 'As a result, the confidence of citizens in European institutions continues to decline.'
A majority of the European Parliament (448 for, 197 against and 48 abstentions) is in favor of activating the toughest criminal proceedings against Hungary. Developments in the former Eastern Bloc constitute a \u0026 quot; systemic threat \u0026 quot; for the European values, parliament.
The government must report to Brussels no later than March next year whether the Netherlands will switch to permanent summer or winter time in 2019. The European Commission is putting an end to the half-yearly clocking in the EU, said President Jean-Claude Juncker in his annual policy speech.
European legislation needs to be put in place to tackle the spread of terrorist messages via the internet. This video or audio fragment must be offline within an hour.
The European Commission comes with new laws that oblige Google, Facebook, Twitter and others Internet companies to remove extremist content within an hour. Otherwise companies can face a fine.
From our correspondent
The European Parliament votes in Strasbourg on whether to initiate the toughest criminal proceedings against Hungary. By invoking the so-called Article 7 of the EU Treaty, a Member State can ultimately be deprived of the right to vote in the Council of Ministers.
The conservative EPP group, the largest political family in the European Parliament, is all done with Hungary. This opens the way for sufficient support for a critical Hungary report. The country of Prime Minister Orbán would thus end up on the European criminal court.
On the 'national' holiday of Catalonia, hundreds of thousands of separatists met in Barcelona in a 6-kilometer parade.
The French government expressly expressed support to the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is a reaction to the threatening language of the American national security adviser John Bolton. He has already declared the court dead.
Hungary systematically violates European values and this should no longer remain unpunished. The EU must therefore activate the most serious legal procedure, the so-called Article 7. This could lead to the suspension of voting rights in the EU of Hungary.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague does not seem to intend to change course after threats from the American national security adviser John Bolton. The top advisor of President Donald Trump warned that his country 'will fight back \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; if the court starts an investigation into the actions of Americans in Afghanistan.
The US will impose sanctions on judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague if they try to bring American citizens to trial. In a harsh speech, National Security Adviser John Bolton called the criminal court 'an attack on our constitution'.
The final result of the Swedish parliamentary elections may only be announced on Wednesday. It is clear that the right-wing populists of Jimmie Akesson, the Sweden Democrats (SD), have achieved a great victory with more than 17.5 percent of the votes. They are the third party of the country.
