European Council

Tusk: Inside, outside forces trying to destabilise W. Balkans

BRUSSELS - It is clear to all that there are "inside and outside forces" trying to destabilise the Western Balkan region, European Council President Donald Tusk said at the conclusion of a two-day Brussels summit of EU leaders.

"We are not naive - that is why leaders reaffirmed the unequivocal support for the countries in the Western Balkans and their European perspective," he said.

Donald Tusk re-elected Presidebt of European Council

EU leaders have re-elected Donald Tusk as president of the European Council despite a bid to oust him by his home country, Poland.
Sources say the leaders voted 27 to one to give him another two-and-a-half-year term.
The Polish government insisted Mr Tusk, a former PM from a rival party, had violated his mandate by interfering in domestic politics.

Constitutional Court may lose function of individual appeal

Remarks made by European Council Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland, who says the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) may process applications on the jailed journalists and politicians in Turkey before awaiting a verdict from the Constitutional Court, should be treated as a very serious warning.

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