Eric Mamer

EU spokesperson Peter Stano stated that the European Union's stance on Ukraine will remain firm, despite any potential impact from Donald Trump's victory in the US elections. The head of the European Commission's Spokesperson's Office, Eric Mamer, reinforced this, noting that both the EU and the US share a vital interest in supporting a stable and sovereign Ukraine.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to announce the new European Commissioners today.

The EU's two top chiefs said Friday they were "shocked" and "deeply disturbed" by the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians after Israeli troops opened fire during an aid delivery, and demanded an investigation.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will on Thursday meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the Davos World Economic Forum, Commission chief spokesman Eric Mamer told reporters in Brussels on Monday.

Mitsotakis will travel to Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will ask Bulgaria to send a woman to replace the resigned European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, said the Commission's spokesperson Eric Mamer.

He emphasized that the President is very keen on gender equality in the Commission.

The European Union is sending manpower to Greece to assist local authorities in the search and rescue mission taking place in the sea area off the coast of southwestern Peloponnese, following a deadly shipwreck on Wednesday that killed at least 79 migrants, a European Commission spokesperson said on Thursday.

The European Commission's transport unit chief Henrik Hololei has been transferred to another post, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. The transfer comes after a row over several Qatar-paid trips Hololei took.

The European Commission has started an evaluation of the Plan for Reconstruction and Development of Bulgaria, said the spokesman of the European Commission Eric Mamer. The document was submitted to the Commission on 15 October.

Mammer declined to comment on whether the evaluation could be completed before the end of the year or continue thereafter.

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Brussels – The EU maintains that the Union and the countries which have taken part in the NATO mission in Afghanistan have a duty to take care of the Afghans at risk following the Taliban seizure of the country, the European Commission’s spokesperson Eric Mamer said on Tuesday when asked to comment on PM Janez Janša’s recent statement.

Protocol officers from Ankara and Brussels had discussed arrangements before a visit by the top officials of the European Union to Turkey, and the protocol order was arranged in line with the suggestions of the EU, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said.