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Frans Timmermans

Historic Deal to Help Countries Worst-Hit by Climate Change

COP27 reached a historic decision to create a fund to help developing countries cope with the consequences of catastrophic climate change.

Candidate for European Commission Presidency Timmermans Visits Greece

Frans Timmermans, the European Socialists' lead candidate (Spitzenkandidat) for the presidency of the European Commission has been in Athens since Sunday, attending the Movement for Change (KINAL) party conference and meeting with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras. Speaking at the KINAL...

European Commission Presents Proposals for Humane Asylum Policy

The European Commission presented proposals to complete the reform of the Common European Asylum System in order to move towards a fully efficient, fair and humane asylum policy – one which can function effectively both in times of normal and...

Commission Unveils Plans to Overhaul Asylum System and Migration Policy

  The European Commission announced a series of measures to change the bloc's asylum process and restructure the European Union's migration policies. In a joint press conference after the meeting, Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said the EU proposes two alternative solutions...

EU Official: Greece to Become Refugee Camp if EU Fails on Deal With Turkey

Failure to agree on a deal with Turkey at Thursday's summit on migration will condemn Greece to becoming the refugee camp of Europe, European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans said on Wednesday. Timmermans argued that the only way to deal with the...

Europe Turns Greece Into A Scapegoat Over Migration Crisis

The European Commission has told Greece that it has three months to remedy “deficiencies” in controlling the influx of migrants or face border controls with the rest of the Schengen passport-free zone. This latest threat, in the form of a...

Greece and Turkey to Start Talks on Tackling Migration Inflow

Greece and Turkey are planning a series of high-level bilateral meetings to discuss tackling the ongoing migrant influx. The trilateral talks between Greece, Turkey and Germany are likely to be called off, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under pressure...

European Commission: 'Turkey's Efforts to Tackle Refugee Crisis Unsatisfactory'

The European Union said that Turkey is not doing everything in its power to decrease the refugee flow crossing the European borders, despite the country’s commitment to do so two months ago. "We are a long way from being satisfied," European...

EU Officials Avramopoulos and Timmermans Heckled on Greek Island of Kos

European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos arrived on the Greek island of Kos on Friday in order to discuss the major migrant issue with local authorities. However, upon...

Economic Support for Greek Islands Receiving Most Migrants

Caretaker Finance Minister Nikos Christodoulakis on Thursday said islands receiving the bulk of migrants will be economically supported. During a press conference on the refugee issue, Christodoulakis noted that officials of the Economy ministry will be transferred to to the Migration...