L’Aquila – Monday, 4 December 2017, 10.00 a.m.Auditorium - Scuola Ispettori e Sovrintendenti della Guardia di Finanza In the presence of the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani

MEPs condemn that, despite having agreed to move 160,000 refugees from Greece and Italy by September 2017, EU member states have relocated just 11% of their total obligations (18,770 persons as of 16 May).

US Vice President Mike Pence pledged support for the EU and NATO on Monday, distancing himself from comments made by President Donald Trump. President Trump referred to the NATO alliance as “obsolete” on the campaign trail and backed Brexit, marking a reversal of decades of US policy. But Pence sought to ease European concerns after a weekend spent at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

Italy’s Antonio Tajani finished first in the second round of voting to choose a new European Parliament president on Tuesday.

Britain will leave the EU’s single market when it exits the EU, putting an end to speculation that London might try to seek a “soft Brexit”.

Tens of thousands of people rallied in the Basque city of Bilbao to demand that jailed members of ETA serve out their sentences closer to home.

Brussels, (EU) - The leader of the Alliance of Democrats and Liberals for Europe (ALDE), Guy Verhofstadt, said Monday ALDE was pulling out of a deal with Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S).

EU leaders have agreed to extend sanctions against Russia over Ukraine for a further six months.