The EU’s highest court on Wednesday rejected Hungary and Slovakia’s objections to a European-wide migration relocation scheme, laying bare an east-west split among EU member states. Source: Anadolu Agency
Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said during a visit to Moscow on Monday that he wanted to see EU sanctions against Russia dropped “by the end of the year”. Source: The Local
EU-China relations took a symbolic step forward in Beijing on Monday (16 July) when leaders agreed on a joint statement that includes trade and climate issues – something they failed to achieve a year ago at a previous summit in Brussels. Source: EUobserver
The European Union’s top officials arrive in Japan Tuesday to sign the single market’s biggest trade deal ever and present a united front as Washington upends the international trade order. Source: Agence France Presse
