BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The man running negotiations with Britain to keep it in the European Union said leaders could seal a deal in February but warned David Cameron that a central demand to curb immigration may be asking too much.
Contents: Putin calls Turkey’s downing of Russian plane a ‘stab in the back’; Turkmen in Syria versus Russians in occupied Crimea; Russia – Turkey crisis evokes memories of centuries of Crimean wars
Germany needs to be tougher in the refugee crisis and do more to help secure Europe’s external borders, European Council President Donald Tusk said ahead of a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday. While Tusk praised Germany’s leadership role as
“Exceptionally easy access to Europe” has been identified as “one of the main pull factors” for the influx of migrants, according to the President of the European Council. Donald Tusk, a former prime minister of Poland, made the comments about easy
The European Union (EU) has been warned to expect millions more migrants from Syria. EU Council President Donald Tusk says that “according to Turkish estimates, another three million potential refugees” could come just from Aleppo – Syria’s largest city – and surrounding
Europe must close her doors and windows, the head of the European Council has said. In remarks following a meeting of the heads of state on Wednesday night, he warned that the migrant flood witnessed so far was only the beginning;
Contents: Tempers flare as EU leaders debate the migrant crisis; Europe looks for ways to reduce the volume of migrants; China’s Xi Jinping congratulates himself on stopping stock market crash
Extraordinary scenes played out at an emergency European Union (EU) summit in Belgium last night after the president of the European Council criticised Germany’s “invitation” to migrants and warned the crisis had only just began. The Hungarian prime minister Viktor
Contents: After weeks of chaos, Hungary appears to be giving in to the flood of migrants;Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán: Muslim migrants threaten Europe’s Christian identity; Austria agrees to allow migrants to pass through Austria
All sorts of deadlines have come and gone during the Greek debt crisis—as the basket-case nation’s European creditors repeatedly blinked and decided to grant one extension after another—unwilling to precipitate the pan-European (and possibly global) financial earthquake of a “Grexit” from the Euro.
Contents: Greece’s Alexis Tsipras compares himself to the tragic Antigone; Furious European MEPs plan for humanitarian aid for Greece; Tunisia to build a wall and a moat along the border with Libya
“When I hear that we have to believe in the good will of President Putin,” said Donald Tusk in a recent interview, “I know that I am dealing with someone who is either naïve or hypocritical.”
Renegotiation of the EU treaties is “mission impossible”, according to the man tasked with brokering the negotiations. But he has promised to help Prime Minister David Cameron during the talks as Cameron is “obviously pro-European”. Donald Tusk, the President of
