This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The EU and its Member States signed today a new Partnership Agreement with the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) that will serve as an overarching legal framework for their relations for the next twenty years. This agreement succeeds the Cotonou Agreement […]Samoa Agreement: EU and its Member States sign new Partnership Agreement with the Members of the Organisation of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
November 15, 2023 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The EU and its Member States signed today a new Partnership Agreement with the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) that will serve as an overarching legal framework for their relations for the next twenty years. This agreement succeeds the Cotonou Agreement […]Commission welcomes G7 leaders’ agreement on Guiding Principles and a Code of Conduct on Artificial Intelligence
October 31, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes today’s agreement by G7 leaders on International Guiding Principles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a voluntary Code of Conduct for AI developers under the Hiroshima AI process. These principles and the voluntary Code of Conduct will complement, at international level, the […]EU pledges €1 million for landmark WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
January 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The EU has pledged €1 million for the Fisheries Funding Mechanism which forms part of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies reached last year. Established in November 2022, this new Fisheries Funding Mechanism aims to support sustainability in fisheries and eliminate […]Fair Taxation: Commission welcomes agreement on minimum taxation of multinationals
December 13, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the unanimous agreement announced last night by the Czech Presidency of the EU Council on the Commission’s proposal for a Directive ensuring a minimum effective tax rate for large multinational groups. With this historic agreement, the EU’s pledge to be among […]Europol: Commission welcomes political agreement on stronger mandate
February 2, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes today’s political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on a stronger mandate for Europol, the EU agency for law enforcement cooperation. Under this reinforced mandate, Europol will be able to step up its support to Member States in fighting […]Agreement reached to extend free mobile roaming rules in the EU
December 9, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The “Roam like at Home” scheme will be renewed for another ten years, under plans informally agreed between MEPs and the Slovenian Presidency of the Council, on Thursday. Under the agreement, a follow-up to the 2017 elimination of roaming surcharges, consumers will continue to […]New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Agreement reached on the new European Union Agency for Asylum
June 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The Commission welcomes the agreement that the European Parliament and the Council have just found to transform the European Asylum Support Office into a European Union Agency of Asylum. It is a key initiative under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. The new […]The European Union and the United States conclude negotiations on agricultural quotas agreement
March 8, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Union and the United States have concluded negotiations to adjust the European Union’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) agricultural quotas, following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. This is the culmination of two years of negotiations in the WTO framework to divide these […]Ukraine-EU deal sees the light but there’s no defeat for Russia
September 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
While the ceasefire between Ukraine’s military forces and the separatists appears to be holding since the September 5th truce, something “historic” – as leaders called it – might have happened yesterday. Ukraine ratified a landmark trade-and-political deal with the European Union, officially moving towards the West. The moment was crucial not only for the importance […]EU to gain the most from the agreement with Iran
November 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The fall of oil prices right after the European Union negotiators, working on behalf of the E3+3 group, reached an agreement with Iran, was the first and infallible sign that this was a step towards the right direction, at least for the energy importing countries. In the Geneva negotiations, the West was represented by Catherine […]
