Новости за 21.11.2016

An EU proposal to combat terrorism intends to make it a crime to finance or travel or train for terrorism, but the wide scope of the bill could lead to unintended consequences.

Mayors of EU cities don't want Brexit to ruin their relations and say they could play a role in bringing the EU closer to citizens, if only the institutions let them.

A survivor of one of Syria's death camps says Europe can do more to end the "industrial scale" suffering being inflicted by Assad's regime.

Ivan Korcok says Slovakia's EU presidency has achieved "tangible results" despite difficulties caused by Brexit and the US election. But no agreement on asylum reform is in sight.

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci hope to reach an agreement on Monday on criteria to draw the map for a federal reunited island, in order to clear the way for a peace settlement later this year. They started a two-day round of UN-backed talks in Switzerland on Sunday.

Estonia’s Centre Party and two other centre-left parties, the social democrats and the conservative IRL, have agreed to form a three-party coalition after the previous government collapsed over the Baltic country’s economy policies. Centre Party leader Juri Ratas is expected to become new prime minister. He was formerly the mayor of the capital Tallinn, and his party is strongly supported by Estonia's ethnic Russians.

Denmark's liberal prime minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen announced over the weekend that he would expand his government with two smaller parties, the Liberal Alliance and the Conservatives, to strengthen support for the government. Talks between party leaders about policies and portfolios will start on Monday. The government still needs the backing of the migration-hostile, EU sceptical Danish People's Party, which remains outside government.

EU leaders have pledged to uphold sanctions on Russia in the run-up to a summit this week, but the declaration comes amid multiplying uncertainties on future ties.

Future EU relations with Ankara and Kiev will be shaped this week as MEPs vote on Turkey's EU membership talks, and top officials discuss visa waivers and peace in Ukraine with Petro Poroshenko.

Ring-wing populists are on the march on both sides of the Atlantic, what has brought about the great challenge for liberal democracy?

The chancellor announced on Sunday she would run for election again, but finds it "grotesque" to be called the "new leader of the free world".

Support for the EU is on the rise in five of the six largest EU countries, according to a survey, published in Spiegel. Highest support is found in Poland, where 77 percent would vote remain if a referendum on EU membership was held. In Germany 69 percent were in favour, France 53 percent and Italy 51 percent. Support has dropped slightly in Spain to 68 percent.

Brussels has announced it will name a public space after Jo Cox, a Labour MP, who was stabbed and shot to death in June shortly before the Brexit referendum. She worked in Brussels for six years before becoming an MP. The municipal government is naming streets, squares and buildings after 26 women with links to Brussels, including artists, athletes and scientists.

The former French president came third in the first round of the centre-right primary election on Sunday. Francois Fillon, a pro-Russia conservative, is the new favourite for next year's presidential vote.