Новости за 30.08.2016

The German ex-politician was industry commissioner from 2004 to 2010. He said parts of the legislation he oversaw , "should have been worded with greater clarity".

Greece believes it is on track to agree the next disbursement of its bailout by the end of September, pending agreement on labour market reforms.

Frenbch economy minister Emmanuel Macron, who many see as a potential strong contender for the presidential election next year, resigned on Tuesday, to "entirely devote himself to his political movement," which he launched a few months ago, the French presidency said. Finance minister Michel Sapin took over his portfolio.

Former EU commissioner for industry Guenter Verheugen said he was not informed about EU member states missing their 2009 deadline to inform the commission about how to punish the use of illegal emissions cheating software. "No I was not aware of that," he told MEPs in the Dieselgate inquiry committee Tuesday. Not one member state informed the commission on time about the required "effective, proportionate and dissuasive" penalties.

Former EU commissioner Verheugen told MEPs Tuesday exceptions enshrined in emissions cheating law "should have been worded with greater clarity". Carmakers used exceptions to defend why cars emit above EU limits. "If one could do this all over again, then of course I would propose that on this particular point we look at it much more closely." The U-turn came weeks after he said his law was "not vague".

The EU executive's order that Apple pays unpaid taxes has been slammed as unfair and dangerous for business.

French president Francois Hollande said in a speech in Paris Tuesday that "this summer, the situation [in Ukraine] has become much worse. The risks of escalation are high". He repeated that EU sanctions on Russia could be removed if it complied with the ceasefire deal agreed last year in Minsk. Hollande is to meet Russian leader Putin at a G20 meeting in China this week and in October in France.

A spokesman for British PM Theresa May said Tuesday there would be no second referendum and no snap election prior to the UK leaving the EU. He also said "there is no legal obligation" for the British parliament to have a say on the issue. “The prime minister is very clear there will be no second referendum ... There is no need for a general election either", he said.

EU ambassadors on Tuesday instructed the bloc "to plan for a possible future EU mission providing advice and capacity-building in the area of criminal justice, migration, border security and counter-terrorism". The EU embassy in Libya, from 1 September, will be headed by Vincenzo Tagliaferri, a former Italian policeman. The rule of law mission is to come amid EU efforts to also train the coastguard and navy in the war-torn country.

The French president has joined a growing list of people to brand the TTIP talks a failure, but the EU Commission says talks will go on.

The UK’s two main demands: migration control and single market access are irreconcilable. Something will have to give.

Turkey is unlikely join the EU while Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains in power, Germany's EU commissioner, Gunther Oettinger has told German newspaper Bild. Turkish accession would "probably be an issue for the period after Erdogan", he said, adding that accession was "not realistic until well into the next decade". A commission spokesman declined to comment on the remark.

The UK might not leave the EU if its economy tanks in the run-up to exit talks, Germany's EU commissioner Gunther Oettinger has told newspaper Bild. "It's possible that public opinion will tip if the economic situation in the wake of the Brexit vote worsens," he said. "In any case, I wouldn't place any major bets on Brexit." The UK is expected to start the talks early next year.

The EU Commission said the US tech firm paid far too little in taxes on its profits thanks to Irish tax rulings that amounted to illegal state aid.

Mateusz Morawiecki has dismissed EU complaints over the rule of law as he prepares to go to the UK to poach City of London business.

The European Commission on Tuesday ordered Apple to repay up to €13 billion to Ireland. The EU executive ruled that tax arrangements between Irish authorities and the US tech firm that allowed it to pay less taxes amounted to illegal state aid. The Irish government earlier said it might appeal against any EU decision forcing Apple to pay.

Turkey’s foreign minister has said that its rapprochement with Russia does not mean Ankara will turn away from Nato or the EU.

UK home secretary Amber Rudd is to reject calls for changes to UK-French border control agreements in Calais when she meets her French counterpart on Tuesday. French officials suggested establishing "hotspots" in Calais to allow migrants to apply for UK asylum without crossing the channel. But the UK has rejected the idea, arguing that people should seek asylum in the first safe country they enter.

Five people have been arrested over a suspected arson attack at Brussels’ criminology institute. Attackers blew up the crime lab in an attempt "to destroy evidence", the Belgian capital's prosecutors said. They also added the attack is probably not linked to terrorism, and is a criminal act. The institute carries out forensic examinations in criminal cases and is connected with the Belgian federal justice ministry.

Former Portugal prime minister and UN high commissioner for refugees Antonio Guterres strengthened his lead in the race to become UN's next secretary general after a third secret vote on Monday to choose Ban Ki-moon’s successor. A fourth poll is expected in September, but according to reports, only Russia, which argued that the job should go to an eastern European, could stop Guterres from getting the top UN job.

French trade minister called for "the pure, simple and definitive halt of these negotiations" because France was not backing them anymore.

The EU executive will announce how much the tech giant must pay back to Ireland, two years after it ruled that tax decisions in Dublin amounted to illegal state aid.

The Italian Coast Guard on Monday helped coordinate one of the largest rescue operations in the Mediterranean in recent years. Around 6,500 people were saved.

Almost 9,000 unaccompanied migrant children are missing in Germany, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said in a report on Monday. Authorities lost trace of 8,991 children who entered the country as unaccompanied asylum seekers. Save the Children, which recently reported that child migrants were being forced to work as prostitutes and child labourers in Italy, said it was “extremely worried” about the German revelation.