EU news in February 2019

What happened in the EU in February 2019?

So Brexit will definitely be in the headlines next month: the deadline to find a deal is by the end of March. So what happened this month? The British Prime Minister still believes her deal is the best deal, and wants to negotiate further with the EU. But the EU probably won't be giving in a lot... (article)


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One of the possibilities is to extend the deadline, which the EU would be willing to do. But every EU country needs to agree with this... (article and article). The no-deal scenario is also possible, but this will have many consequences (article).

Some good news: the European Parliament will publish its meetings with lobbyists, previously secret. It is something the Commission already does (article). And a climate activist tells the EU it should do way more for the climate (article). It's always good to be politically active.

In the battle between liberals and 'illiberals', read up on developments in Poland (article) and an interesting opinion. An 'illiberal'-minded news agency, Breitbart, pointed out the politicians of the European Commission will be allowed to campaign in the elections for the European Parliament in May (article).

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