6:01 p.m.
Borrell does not see the end of the war in Ukraine, which has already been five months, close
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, does not see the end of the war in Ukraine five months after the Russian invasion began “for the moment”.
This is how Borrell responded when questioned this Monday in Santander by the press about the possibility that peace could soon come to Ukraine and also about the hypothesis that Russian President Vladimir Putin could sit before the International Criminal Court , body with jurisdiction over crimes of aggression, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Borrell, who is taking part in a course at the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) on relations between Latin America and the European Union, limited himself to wishing that “hopefully” the war would end soon, but added that, “for now , unfortunately, this perspective is not seen” and, therefore, he has defended that “we must continue helping Ukraine every day”.
With information from Europe Press.
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4:31 p.m.
Ukraine will start exporting grain by sea this week
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, announced on Monday that his government expects cereal exports by sea, blocked due to the war, to resume this week.
The departure of ships from Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea will take place within the framework of the agreement signed on July 22 in Istanbul, according to the minister in an appearance in kyiv, quoted by the Interfax agency.
According to his estimates, the reopening of the ports will allow monthly exports of about 3 million tons, which will bring Ukraine an additional income of 1,000 million dollars.
With information from EFE.
1:40 p.m.
Llop denounces the “blockade” of the PP to renew the CGPJ before the EU Commissioner of Justice, who demands its “urgent” renewal
The Minister of Justice, Pilar Llop, has transferred to the EU Justice Commissioner, Didier Reynders, with whom she has met in San Sebastián, the “blockade” of the PP to renew the General Council of the Judiciary and the European representative has demanded his “urgent and necessary” renewal and has announced that, after the summer, he will visit Spain to speak with legal operators and, even, political forces to find out their opinion.
Llop held these demonstrations in San Sebastián, where he participated in the UPV/EHU summer course ‘The Global Challenges of the European Union’ held at the Miramar Palace, where he took the opportunity to meet with the EU Justice Commissioner , Didier Reynders, and address the issue of the pending renewal of the CGPJ.
The Minister of Justice has affirmed that, in that bilateral meeting, they have discussed one of the “primordial” issues and one of the “priorities” of the Government, which is that “the General Council of the Judiciary be renewed as soon as possible”.
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The PP joins the Judiciary in a definitive blockade after the reform to renew the Constitutional
1:33 p.m.
María Jesús Montero, on the Brussels energy saving plan: “Spain has made a rational use of energy consumption”
The Minister of Finance and newly appointed number two of the PSOE, María Jesús Montero, recalled this Monday that the Government of Spain does not support Brussels’ plan to reduce gas consumption by 15% in the event of a possible Russian supply cut.
“We agree with the European Commission that we have to make a responsible consumption of all energies (…) but on the other hand we have also disagreed with the fact that there is also a 15% reduction in consumption, because there are countries like Spain that has made a rational use of energy consumption”, highlighted the minister in an interview on Al Rojo Vivo on La Sexta.
Likewise, it was pointed out that before August 1st, the Law Proposal for taxes on energy companies and banks will be registered in Congress. “There are certain companies that are seeing their income statements bulge and it is fair and common sense that it can be redistributed”, he has indicated.
Regarding the changes in the PSOE promoted by Pedro Sánchez, Montero has pointed out that in this new stage the party has to “excite and mobilize” its electorate and has assured that it will be able to reconcile the position of minister and deputy general secretary of the PSOE “with work and effort”, taking into account that he joins a team.
The Government attacks the energy saving proposal of the European Commission
11:54 a.m.
Feijóo meets this Tuesday the Executive Committee of the PP to take stock and set priorities in the face of the “challenges” of autumn
The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will meet this Tuesday with the National Executive Committee of the PP to take stock of the political course and set the priorities of the PP in the face of the “challenges” that Spain will face in the fall, with economic and energy “uncertainties”, according to sources from the party leadership have pointed out.
It will be the last Executive Committee of the PP -which brings together the steering committee and the territorial ‘barons’, among others- before the summer holidays in August and Feijóo will dedicate part of his speech to reviewing the pact offers and proposals that has sent Pedro Sánchez and that they have had no response. “We haven’t even received an acknowledgment of receipt,” they complain in ‘Genoa’.
In an economic key, Feijóo will recall the proposals offered by his party in the face of the crisis, at a time when inflation is at 10.2%, fuel prices continue to skyrocket, the shopping basket continues to grow and the energy situation is going way to get worse in fall.
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Feijóo charges against the changes in the PSOE and assures that Sánchez is “the problem”
11:51 a.m.
Russia says it is “not interested” in cutting off gas to Europe
The Kremlin has affirmed this Monday that Russia “is not interested” in the cessation of gas supplies to Europe in the face of the declarations that are heard in some European capitals about that possibility.
“Russia is not interested in that”, indicated the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, in his daily press conference, while indicating that Moscow is a “responsible” gas supplier despite what is said in Brussels and Washington: “Russia has been and continues to be a country that largely guarantees Europe’s energy security.”
At the same time, Peskov pointed out that “if Europe continues the path of adopting senseless restrictions and sanctions, which affects itself, the situation will be different”. “But I repeat, Russia is not interested in that (cutting off gas to Europe),” he insisted.
Inform EFE.
Russia resumes gas supplies to Europe through Nord Stream 1 despite tensions over the war in Ukraine
11:42 a.m.
Ukraine bombs Russian positions in the south in its counteroffensive to recover territory
Ukrainian aviation has bombed Russian positions in the south of the country, in the Kherson region, in its counteroffensive to recover part of the lost territory, according to the latest report issued Monday by the Southern Command.
The head of the Press Center of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, Natalia Humeniuk, reported during a national telethon that the Ukrainian forces had destroyed a Russian command and observation post from which a “counter-offensive operation” was being attempted. in the direction of Kherson.
“We are not standing still, we are making progress, but these results can only be announced to the extent that they materialize,” Humeniuk indicated.
According to the Southern Command report, quoted by the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform, Ukrainian aircraft have hit five targets of the Russian army, in the Beryslav district and two more in the Kherson district.
Inform EFE.
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11:35 a.m.
Russia opens more than 1,300 criminal cases for alleged crimes against the civilian population of Donbas
The Russian Investigative Committee (CIR) has opened more than 1,300 criminal cases for crimes against the civilian population of Donbas, eastern Ukraine, according to its director, Alexandr Bastrikin, in an interview published Monday by the government daily. Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
“During preliminary investigations it has been established that more than 220 people, including members of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, have participated in crimes against the peace and security of humanity, crimes that do not prescribe,” Bastrikin said.
According to the CIR director, charges have been filed against 92 military commanders and their subordinates, and another 96 people, 51 of them commanders of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, have been declared wanted.
Via EFE.
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11:02 a.m.
Pilar Alegría, on the relationship of the coalition government: “Despite the differences, the objectives are met”
The Minister of Education and new spokesperson for the Socialist Executive, Pilar Alegría, has pointed out that despite the differences that exist in the coalition government between the PSOE and United We Can, “the fundamental objectives are being met.”
“The debate is always healthy (…) and, although sometimes there are differences, the important thing is that the objective is met and the objective is to have, for example, a labor reform that has allowed one in two contracts to be indefinite or a vocational training law that will also allow stable jobs. Those are the fundamental objectives and we are fulfilling them”, he indicated in an interview on TVE.
Alegría has downplayed the differences that have arisen in the Executive between both partners and has recalled even the couple with the best avenue “at some point in the relationship they have a moment of discussion”.
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