EU announces it has agreed unanimously amongst all member countries to take in Ukrainian refugees fir up to 3 years without asking them to first apply for asylum. Just been announced following a meeting of EU Interior ministers
Katya Adler
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Katya Adler
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BBC Europe Editor
- Am still open-mouthed at this tweet. Shows complete and utter lack of understanding of Angela #Merkel herself, of Germany’s attitude to its Nazi past and of the dynamics of post-war Europe for that matterMust have been an "awkward" moment for Angela Merkel to sit in ceremony as the Allies commemorated D-Day that broke the back of Nazi Germany.
- Still can’t get my head around the whole “colluding with foreign powers” accusation from No10 at MPs accused of being anti-Brexit..When Boris Johnson asks EU leaders to hold back on granting/talking up idea of new extension, is that colluding with foreign powers too?
- When supporters of Boris Johnson say: he achieved what so many claimed was impossible: he got EU to renegotiate #Brexit deal therefore he can also get an EU trade deal done by December next year although many say unlikely .. It’s important to remember the red line PM crossed.. /1
- NEW Germany has dropped its block on the delivery of German-made lethal weapons to Ukraine via third countries. It’s a major shift in policy for Germany and could allow an increase of European military assistance to Ukraine /1
- Spain is to become first country in Europe to introduce a permanent universal basic income programme to help people cope with the financial effects of #COVID19 Each household will receive 462 euros a month. The aim: reaching up to a million “most vulnerable” Spanish households /1
- One of Angela Merkel’s MPs has resigned from the German Parliament after it emerged that he and another politician received substantial commissions for the procurement of protective Coronavirus masks /1
- Boris Johnson keeps talking about the transition/implementation period but EU WILL NOT GRANT IT IN THE CASE OF A NO DEAL BREXIT #BBCOurNextPM #Brexit
- Am not first to comment on this today but below observation by Michael Gove that #coronavirus will focus EU minds on post #Brexit trade deal is delusional. It distracts EU leaders all the more from something that was not top of in-tray even before COVID-19
- Oh the ironies (if estimate correct)Latest CER estimate: the UK economy is 2.5 per cent smaller than it would be if Britain had voted remain. The knock-on hit to the public finances is £19 billion per annum – or £360 million a week. cer.eu/insights/cost-…
- World Health Organisation says governments shouldn't lift #coronavirus restrictions unless they'te sure their national health system can cope AND they have a testing and tracing system in place to be confident where the virus is in communities to keep those not yet infected safe
- Replying to @BBCkatyaadlerHe didn’t get the new Brexit deal by bullying/impressing/charming the EU. He got it by agreeing to protect their single market on island of Ireland after Brexit by putting a customs border down the Irish Sea. Allowing a ‘division’ between NIreland + GB he’d pledged never to do /2
