ESO in … September 2016
7 October 2016
The following events, initiatives and issues were in the news in September. Click on the links to find information sources indexed in European Sources Online.
- State of the Union speech by the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, 14 September 2016
- Informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government, Bratislava, 16 September – the EU without the UK
- Informal Meeting of EU Defence Ministers, Bratislava, 27 September 2016 – moves towards more defence cooperation
- European Parliament Hearing for Sir Julian King as proposed UK European Commissioner, 12 September 2016
- Spain:
- Continued efforts to create a government following General Election, 26 June 2016
- Catalonia: National Day / La Diada, 11 September 2016
- Galicia / Basque Country: Regional Elections, 25 September 2016
- Socialists in crisis – Resignation of PSOE leader Sánchez, 01 October 2016
- Belarus: Legislative Election, 11 September 2016
- Croatia: Legislative Election, 11 September 2016
- Russia: Legislative Election, 18 September 2016
- Germany – State elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 4 September 2016 and Berlin, 18 September 2016. Reaction of Chancellor Merkel
- G20 Leaders Summit, Hangzhou, China 4-5 September 2016
- European Commission proposes reform of copyright laws, 14 September 2016
- European Commission proposes a mandatory Transparency Register, 28 September 2016
- Ongoing Issues: Brexit – European Migration Challenges