Новости за 21.04.2017

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker will meet with Hungarian-born American billionaire George Soros, founder and chairman of Open Society Foundations, on 27 April in Brussels to discuss "all the political developments" in Hungary, the EU executive announced Friday. Soros, who founded the Budapest-based Central European University and whose foundation supports NGOs, both targeted by the Hungarian government, will also meet with commissioners Frans Timmermans, Vera Jourova and Jyrki Katainen.

Invitation to Moscow is a unique opportunity to show solidarity with people who are risking their lives for a more open, democratic Russia.

Frankreichs rechtsaussen Parteichefin, Marine Le Pen, traf sich im Januar mit reichen Persönlichkeiten auf einer Cocktailparty, die im Hochhaus des neuen US-Präsidenten stattfand. Die Veranstaltung wirft Licht auf die langjährigen Verbindungen des Front National innerhalb der USA.

La France et l'Allemagne ont été la cible pendant des années de fausses nouvelles et de mensonges conçus pour inciter à la répulsion sexuelle envers les migrants et les politiciens qui leur ont donné refuge.

The EU and the UK government could clash over several years of post-Brexit payments, EU citizens' rights, and the oversight of the European Court of Justice, all priorities according to the EU's draft negotiating mandate.

European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans praised Romania during a visit to Bucharest Thursday (20 April), saying it was approaching the end of a decade-long anti-corruption programme called the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. “We’ve achieved so much that we are now in the final, final stretch of a very long marathon and my impulse ... is to finish this marathon,” Timmermans said. Romania was rocked by massive anti-corruption protests in February.

Fake news is playing a massive role on Twitter in the run-up to French elections, a British study has said amid concerns on Russian meddling.

Global march should inspire scientists to engage in public life. That goes for Europe's researchers too, Green MEP Bas Eickhout said.

It cost €11 million to help Le Pen campaign in elections, but it cost the Russian mafia less than €100,000 to hire a former UK attorney general to lobby against EU sanctions.

US president Donald Trump appeared to soften his stance on the EU in a meeting with Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday (20 April), saying that a strong Europe was "very important" to him and the United States. His assurances break with earlier statements during Trump's campaign, when he praised Brexit and called the EU a "vehicle for Germany". Trump also called for "balanced, reciprocal" trade relations with Italy.

Several presidential candidates cancelled their last meetings after a policeman was killed in an attack on Paris’s Champs Elysees. Pollsters say the race will be very tight on Sunday.