Новости за 28.07.2017

The lack of a UK position on a financial settlement is becoming a crucial obstacle in Brexit talks, amid "philosophical" differences on what the money should pay for.

There is a war brewing in Europe's backyard, yet the EU is staying out of the picture.

Mariano Rajoy takes on a reform of the Catalan parliament that would facilitate a vote to declare the region's independence.

US senators have backed extra Russia sanctions, which could see US fines imposed on EU investors in Russian energy projects and put at risk a new gas pipeline.

UK home affairs minister Amber Rudd said EU nationals will be able to continue entering the UK during a transition period after Brexit, but will need to go through a registration process. Rudd said free movement would end in March 2019 with Brexit, but a similar arrangement could continue during a transition phase until 2022, the Guardian reported. A new EU immigration policy would come into force after this period.

France nationalised a shipbuilding company to prevent an Italian takeover, just days after Rome had criticised a meeting between French and Libyan leaders in Paris.

Italy is considering a plan to send its navy into Libyan waters to stop migrants and return them, after Libyan prime minister Fayez Serraj, who leads the UN-backed unity government, made a request for help. Boats currently only operate in international waters. On Thursday, Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni called the Libyan request "a possible turning point" in the migration crisis. Italy's parliament could vote on the mission next week.

Sweden’s prime minister, Stefan Loefven, is under pressure to resign after it emerged that a government agency mishandled highly sensitive classified data. On Thursday, Loefven replaced the home affairs and infrastructure ministers after they were targeted in no-confidence motions by the opposition. "I don’t want political chaos in Sweden, that’s not what we need right now," the prime minister said.

Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said Thursday that the party is sticking to its "radical" reforms of the judiciary, despite warnings from the European Commission. Kaczynski, seen as Poland's de facto leader, called president Andrzej Duda's earlier decision to veto two of the controversial laws a "very serious mistake". Kaczynski also said the concentration of ownership in private media will be reduced by new legislation.