Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn in an interview "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" made a demand on the exclusion of Hungary from the European Union. He said that the European Union is at stake. Asselborn said that Hungarian authorities are treating refugees like "animals" and the democratic values are damaged. He noted that: "Hungary doesn't seem far from issuing an order to shoot refugees". The statement was met with harsh criticism from European politicians.
In Germany’s right-center ruling coalition there are strains that running in the race for the administration of the European Parliament, with the preservationist European People's Party (EPP) attempting to remove Martin Schulz, a German focus left Social Democrat (S&D). Manfred Weber (CSU) leader of the EPP and is likewise German, told Bild on Wednesday (14 September) that the gathering would present its own candidate for the presidential race in January 2017 to supplant Schulz. He said Schulz and his Social Democrats concurred in the first place that the moderates would pivot into the administration at that level.
Read MoreDavid Cameron leaves the post of member of the House of Commons from the Conservative Party, to which he was elected by Whitney District, Oxfordshire and refuses seats in the lower house of the British Parliament. He noted that it was "an honour to work in the parliament," but it's hard to stay on a post of the deputy of the Conservative Party, while not distracting from the work of the new government for it. Cameron marked that his departure is not linked to the Cabinet of Ministers that plans to reform the education system, against which he acted as a deputy.
Read MoreOn Sunday in Croatia's parliamentary elections were held. The winner is Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), conservative party which has got a slight advantage and 61 seats. Second place in Parliament and 54 seats won Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). In third place was the center-right party Most (Bridge). It gained 13 seats. HDZ leader Andrej Plenković emphasizes that his party wants to create a stable self-government.
Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said today on Monday, 12 September that a re-keep running of Austria's presidential race planned for October has been postponed, after some postal voters griped of faulty seals on ballot papers. The deferment is a further humiliation for Austria, a well off and propelled Western vote based system and EU part, and for the legislature of Chancellor Christian Kern. The decision, which had been because of occurring on 2nd October, was called after issues with tallying postal votes additionally influenced the first vote in May.
Read MoreA delegation of three members of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission have met with the head of Polish Supreme Court on Monday 12 to check on the health of the country's rule of law. Meetings with members of Polish government and institutions are on the agenda on Tuesday 13. For the second time this year, experts have been sent to Warsaw after the governing Law and Justice party rejected the March body's previous advice to lay off the work of the Constitutional Tribunal. The monition was simply not taken into consideration due to its non-binding nature. As stated by the Commission, the main concern of the mission was the Act on the Constitutional Tribunal adopted by the Polish Parliament earlier on July 22, although it also represented the opportunity of start building constructive talks with representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, and of the Parliament as well.
Read MoreOn the 12 of September, the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman held the meeting with the Austrian presidential candidate, Norbert Hofer. After the meeting, Mr Hofer stated to the journalists that he wished for Austria to be included into the Visegrad group. According to Mr Hofer, this union will provide the Central European countries with more influence in the European Union. "We want to create a union in the Union”, Mr Hofer said. This initiative was supported by Mr Zeman who repeatedly stood up for a broader Visegrad group which would include Austria and Slovenia.
Read MoreOn Sunday, September 11, the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė, the Prime Minister of Latvia Māris Kučinskis, the Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, the Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa, and the President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadi met with Angela Merkel. The purpose of this kind of format is to better understand and listen to European citizens' expectations, from different regions. Various topics including the next Bratislava summit will be addressed.
Read MorePoland has announced it will seek US government green light to buy Patriot missile defence systems from American company Raytheon. Warsaw has already ordered the Patriot system, defence minister Antoni Macierewicz said on Tuesday without providing the total value of the deal. The announcement looked like a confirmation of Poland's will to move ahead despite no formal letter of request has been delivered to the US government so far. Poland has agreed to buy eight Patriot air missile defence systems from Raytheon, which beat off competition from Lockheed and Thales to seal the contract.
Read MoreSergey Donskoy, the Russian minister of natural resources, has suggested that the countries reach a delimitation agreement. He explained that Russia had to open up the conversation with Danish officials to discuss how the Arctic shelf should be divided between two countries. Both countries have conflicting claims in the Arctic. Last month in New York, in the headquarters of UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) Russia and Denmark presented their overlapping claims.