Foreign Ministry: Everyone acknowledges that the dimensions of the current refugee/migration issue greatly exceed the management capabilities of any one state – of any size – surpass the European level, and constitute a global crisis.
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During the third quarter of 2015 (from July to September 2015), 413,800 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU), a number almost double that of the second quarter of 2015.
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Several European ministers and senior EU officials have been quoted as accusing Greece of not doing its job of policing the European Union’s external borders and stemming the flow of asylum seekers and migrants, also of refusing to accept EU help to do so.
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Following their meeting, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, President of Egypt Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiades agreed on a joint declaration…
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In 2014, enterprises located in the European Union (EU) made 17% of their total turnover from electronic sales to other businesses or consumers, compared with 12% in 2008. As in previous years, EU enterprises engaged more in e-purchases than in e-sales in 2014, with 40% having purchased online, while 19% made electronic sales during the same period.
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On 8 December 2015, the European Union and San Marino signed an agreement aimed at improving tax compliance by private savers. The agreement will contribute to efforts to clamp down on tax evasion, by requiring the EU member states and San Marino to exchange information automatically.
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Nikos Xydakis and Michael Roth discussed the refugee/migration issue, the Greek reform programme and the recovery of the Greek economy, and a review was carried out of the course of Greek-German bilateral relations.
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“Faced with the atrocities committed in certain parts of the world, we must play our part in worldwide solidarity,” said Co-President Louis Michel (ALDE, BE) at the opening of the 30th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Brussels.
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EU Finance Ministers of the eurozone meet in Brussels on 7 December 2015 to discuss further steps on the banking union’s single supervisory mechanism, the state of play on Greece and the Ireland post-programme surveillance.
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Mogherini: “Freedom of expression is one of the most powerful weapons against radicalisation and terrorism. To better protect our citizens we need above all to build strong democratic institutions and a healthy democratic dialogue.”
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