BRUSSELS/LONDON—EU officials confessed on Saturday to a “blunder” in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of COVID-19 shots would not be interrupted. The European Union has fallen far behind Britain and the United States in the race to vaccinate its public….
UK Says It Expects No Vaccine Interruption From EU; Brussels Admits Irish ‘Blunder’
EU Move to Block Vaccine Worries Australia
Australia is on track to receive COVID-19 vaccine supplies in order to begin immunisation in late February despite the European Union (EU) threatening to block shipments to some countries. The EU has made new export restrictions on vaccinations produced by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and AstraZeneca to a list of countries including Australia after supply shortages…
China Insider: Experts Call for Suspension of EU-China Investment Deal
January 29, 2021
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After seven years of negotiations, the Chinese communist regime and the European Union reached the EU-China Comprehensive Investment Agreement in December 2020. Although the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made promises to the EU such as market access and no more forced technology transfer, many have questioned and criticized this agreement.
EU Wants Full Recognition for UK Envoy in Post-Brexit Spat
BRUSSELS—The European Union called Monday on the United Kingdom to grant the EU’s first-ever ambassador to the country full diplomatic status after the government in London declined to accord him those rights, but gave no clear signal that it would take retaliatory action. In a post-Brexit spat, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is refusing to…
EU Proposes More Travel Restrictions to Stop Virus Variants
BRUSSELS—The European Union’s executive body proposed Monday that the bloc’s 27 nations impose more travel restrictions to counter the worrying spread of new coronavirus variants but make sure to keep goods and workers moving across EU borders. Amid concerns related to the production and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, the European Commission urged EU nations to…
EU States No Longer Recognize Guaido as Venezuela’s Interim President
January 25, 2021
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BRUSSELS—Venezuela’s Juan Guaido is a “privileged interlocutor” but no longer considered interim president, European Union states said in a statement on Monday, sticking by their decision to downgrade his status. The EU’s 27 states had said on Jan. 6 they could no longer legally recognize Guaido as interim president after he lost his position as…
Britain Resists Giving EU Diplomats Full Status, Sparking Row
LONDON—Britain is resisting an EU demand that it grant full diplomatic status to the bloc’s ambassador in London, causing a row between the recently divorced parties that spilled out into the open on Thursday. Britain, an EU member for 46 years, voted to quit in 2016 and completed its tortuous journey out of the bloc…
Johnson Reveals £23 Million Compensation Package as Post Brexit Red Tape Stifles UK Exports
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed that a £23 million ($31.24 million) fund has been created to compensate businesses whose exports have been delayed by excessive red tape following Britain’s exit from the European Union. The government said this extra cash was on top of a £100 million ($136 million) investment in the industry…
EU Calls for ‘Immediate Release’ of Hong Kong Activists
BRUSSELS—The European Union called for the immediate release Wednesday of the 53 former lawmakers and pro-democracy activists who have been arrested in Hong Kong after being accused of violating a new security law. The mass arrests, including of former lawmakers, were the largest crackdown on Hong Kong’s democracy movement since the law was imposed by…
Senior US Security Advisor Slams EU-China Investment Deal: Report
The White House Deputy National Security Advisor has reportedly slammed a major business investment deal that was made “in principle” between the EU and China on Wednesday. On Thursday, Matthew Pottinger said that the deal, made despite China’s “grotesque human rights abuses,” has shocked American politicians on both sides of the aisle at a time…
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