Under secrecy and behind closed doors, the Cypriot presidency of the Council of the Union does not give up on its efforts to achieve consensus among the Twenty-Seven to give the green light to the tobacco tax directive before the summer. After sending a new document for negotiations “that took...
The Twenty-Seven have overcome the first hours of their summit on the European border with Lebanon, aware that the situation in the Middle East may end up overshadowing the debates on community competitiveness that await them on the table today. With navigation still interrupted in the Strait of Hormuz, the...
“Now, is the Strait open or closed?” and “A debate we had foreseen, but had to postpone” have become the leitmotif of most coffee break conversations in the community institutions since the war in the Middle East began just two months ago. Two questions that summarize the mood in Brussels:...
Discreetly, negotiations on new tobacco taxes, as well as on its “little brothers”, such as vapes or heated tobacco, seem to begin to bring positions closer. One of Cyprus's priorities is to reach an agreement before its mandate at the head of the Council of the Union ends, something that...
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has backed the decision to send the frigate “Cristóbal Colón” to Cyprus, stressing that, with the same firmness with which Spain defends the “no to war” it also maintains its commitment of solidarity with a community partner to reinforce the “collective defense and security”...
The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, has defended this Friday from Brussels that the sending of the frigate 'Cristóbal Colón' to Cyprus responds to the support for a European Union partner and to an operation with other countries of the bloc, which is...