Politics of the European Union

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL), is conducting on Wednesday and Thursday a visit to Zagreb, to participate in the EPP Congress, context in which he has scheduled meetings with several heads of government and high officials of the European Union.

Mariya Gabriel is one of twelve candidates for the post of Vice-President of the European People's Party, 24 Hours reported.

She is highly trusted by European leaders and is expected to become one of the ten Vice-Presidents. In addition, her Austrian counterpart, Johannes Hahn is also running for the post.

"We do not accept the proposals of the Finnish presidency regarding the EU budget," media quoted Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki as saying in Brussels in mid-October.

"There are no grounds for compromise."

Greece's gross domestic product would have been cut in half if the financial crisis had been followed by a Greek exit from the eurozone in 2015, according to the head of the European Stability Mechanism, Klaus Regling.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban stated on Tuesday that one of new government's main objectives is to close the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) "in the shortest time possible while," which can only be achieved if the recommendations made by the European Commission are met.

The outgoing EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Mogherini, invited Vucic and other Western Balkans leaders to a farewell working dinner at the EU headquarters in Brussels, and on that occasion, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic thanked Mogherini for her efforts and support of Belgrade's European integrations, presenting her with a bouquet of white orchids.

Greek private sector bank deposits decreased slightly in September after rising for six successive months, central bank data showed on Tuesday.

Businesses and household deposits dropped to 139.16 billion euros ($154.16 billion) from 139.71 billion in August, Bank of Greece data showed.

That should happen at the next EU Western Balkans summit in May 2020, highlights the paper and adds that there are more models at stake, each heading towards offering a privileged partnership to candidate countries instead of enlargement, more precisely, economic integration without formal membership.

The European Commission has released a monitoring report on Bulgaria under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. This is the latest report on this committee's mandate on monitoring our justice system and combating corruption.

The European Commission will release today the monitoring report on Bulgaria under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism.