Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi threatened to veto the EU’s budget over a lack of solidarity from European neighbours as it struggles with a huge influx of migrants.
“We give 20 billion (euros) …. and if Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia want to preach at us about immigrants, allow Italy to say that the system is no longer working,” Source The Local
France will close the Eiffel Tower and other tourism landmarks in Paris and draft in thousands more security forces on Saturday to stave off another wave of violent protests in the country over living costs. Source: Reuters
MSF and SOS Méditerranée announced Thursday they will be ending the operations of the Aquarius migrant rescue ship, which has become a lightning rod for the controversy surrounding Europe’s policies on accepting migrants. Source: France24
The German army is growing for the first time since the end of the Cold War. Germany’s defense minister said the new tank battalion will help the country meet its NATO commitments. Source: Deutsche Welle
