The Spring European Council - a Beginning for the Energy Union?
This year's March EU summit will focus mainly on the European Commission proposal for the establishment of an energy union. An issue on which there are already heated discussions in the Council. A very large part of the two-day summit will be dedicated on the conflict in Ukraine and the relations with Russia, as well as the future of the Eastern Partnership in view of the upcoming in May summit in Riga with the countries from the partnership. The differences among the member states are very big on these topics but European Council President Donald Tusk is determined to reach a compromise.
David Cameron, Angela Merkel | © Council of the EUDavid Cameron's Mission Impossible
The spring European Council was the last for David Cameron before the 7 May general election in Britain. Probably, many in Brussels will breathe a sigh of relief if he lost the election, as he himself suggested in front of journalists in the end of the second day of the summit but, in fact, alth ...
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The largest and boldest reform of the EU after the Lisbon treaty - the Union's economic governance - is headed toward a complete failure. Of this speak the in-depth economic reviews of the European Commission presented earlier this year - on 25 February. These reports show something that has bee ...
Jean-Claude Juncker, Donald Tusk | © Council of the EUPutin's Pendulum
At the spring European Council, just like with other EU summits, the leaders lacked courage to send a strong and clear signal to Russia that its behaviour is not tolerated. For that summit European Council President Donald Tusk had the ambition to propose binding the duration of the already intr ...
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During the crisis, which broke in 2009 and whose beginning was marked by Greece, a major issue was to keep the integrity of the EU and the equality between the euro area member states and those outside the currency block. A huge merit for this had the then prime minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, ...
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Since the presentation of the project for creation of an energy union so far it has been referred to with grandeur. The two most frequently used phrases are that this is the most ambitious project of the EU since the establishment of the coal and steel community and that the free flow of energy ...
Daniel Mitov | © euinsideSanctions against Russia To Remain Until Full Implementation of Minsk Agreements
European Council chief Donald Tusk is preparing a new proposal for today's EU summit which envisages the sanctions against Russia to remain in force until the full implementation of the Minsk peace agreements, said a senior EU source. The former prime minister of Poland has been holding consulta ...
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