[Focus] EU wonders how to win back people's trust
EU institutions and member states should stop bashing each other in public and EU capitals should take back some powers, Slovakia has said after initial talks on how to react to Brexit.
EU institutions and member states should stop bashing each other in public and EU capitals should take back some powers, Slovakia has said after initial talks on how to react to Brexit.
British PM Theresa May promised Northern Ireland that there would be no return to the "borders of the past" in an effort to dispel concerns ahead of Brexit talks.
Scotland should have the option to have a second referendum on independence, if its interests are not protected in the Brexit talks, argued the coutry's first minister.
German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere has urged people not to have a "general suspicion" that refugees are a terrorist threat, despite "isolated cases" of violence. He spoke on Monday on German radio after separate attacks carried out by one Afghan and one Syrian asylum seeker over the weekend. But Joachim Herrmann, the interior minister of the Bavarian region, said the influx of refugees posed a "real threat".
The Polish law on reform of the constitutional tribunal "does not address a number of important concerns" and "raises some new ones", a European Commission spokesman told press in Brussels on Monday. He said the commission would "shortly" take up the matter again under a new rule of law monitoring process. The Polish government stands accused of trying to extend political control of the highest court.
Turkey's authorities have issued arrest warrants for 42 journalists, local media reports, as part of the crackdown following the failed coup on 15 July. The list is said to included prominent commentator 72-year-old Nazli Ilicak, who was fired from the pro-government Sabah daily three years ago for criticising ministers over corruption. Several media outlets were ordered to close after the attempted coup.
Britain will need months of preparation before Brexit talks can start, EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has said. He added that Britain faced losing its unrestricted access to the single market if it did not accept free movement of workers. British media reports suggestedBrexit talks are already under way behind the scenes to find a compromise.
China has announced import tariffs on steel used in the manufacture of large generators and electricity transformers from the European Union, Japan and South Korea, reports the Associated Press. China described the move as an anti-dumping duty to help secure local and national steel industries. The duties, ranging from 37.3 percent to 46.3 percent, are set to last for five years.
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban is the first EU leader to show support for Donald Trump, hailing his plans to limit immigration.
Spain's minister of economy Luis De Guindos says it is unlikely the EU will slap the country a fine for not reducing budget deficit levels, reports The Associated Press. De Guindos made the comments at the G20 summit in China. He also said Portugal would not get sanctioned.
The EU Commission approved imports of Monsanto's Roundup Ready 2 Xtend genetically modified soybean variety on Friday, reports Reuters. The commission had also approved another soybean variety from Bayer CropScience. The soybeans will be used in food or animal feed but not planted in the EU.
Support for Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel remains high, but the weekend's multiple attacks against civilians have left German society in shock.
A seven-year brake on EU migrants, single market access, and UK contributions to the EU budget - a British daily reports that informal talks on Britain's EU exit have started despite EU objections.