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Europe's bruised 'Queen' Merkel lives another day
AFP, Published on 04/03/2018
» BERLIN - Long dubbed the "Queen of Europe", Germany's veteran Chancellor Angela Merkel emerges as the bruised survivor of her deepest crisis to govern for what many expect will be her final term.
Italy vote 'mess' could deal blow to EU reform push
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - The EU struggled Monday to absorb the shock of a populist breakthrough in Italy amid fears that the anti-migrant blowback would threaten a post-Brexit reform drive led by France and Germany.
Italian left mulls Five Star deal to end deadlock
AFP, Published on 06/03/2018
» ROME: Senior members of Italy's vanquished Democratic Party on Tuesday were defying outgoing leader Matteo Renzi and eyeing a possible deal with the triumphant Five Star Movement after an election that ended in deadlock.
N.Ireland party rejects 'unacceptable' EU Brexit plan
AFP, Published on 06/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - The Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government on Tuesday rejected "unacceptable" EU plans for the Irish border after talks with the bloc's Brexit negotiator.
EU's Tusk to lay down Brexit trade red lines
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» BRUSSELS: European Union President Donald Tusk will on Wednesday unveil draft guidelines for future ties with Britain, which are expected to warn London it cannot have completely free trade after Brexit.
EU's Tusk says 'we don't want to build a wall' with UK
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» LUXEMBOURG - The European Union does not want to "build a wall" with Britain as it leaves the bloc, EU President Donald Tusk said Wednesday as he laid out draft guidelines for negotiations on post-Brexit ties.
EU demands Britain pay 2.7 bn euros over China customs fraud
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - The European Union launched legal action against Britain on Thursday to recover 2.7 billion euros ($3.3 billion) in lost customs duties after London allegedly ignored a scam by Chinese importers.
Why populists increasingly become more popular
News, John Lloyd, Published on 12/03/2018
» Those who feel left behind by the enrichment of the minority and the stagnation of the many are choosing to be represented by political forces that cannot give them what they need, and will likely make their lives worse.
Time to turn Brexit speeches into treaties: EC president
AFP, Published on 13/03/2018
» STRASBOURG: Britain must "translate speeches into treaties" and come up with a detailed plan for its post-Brexit ties with the EU, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Tuesday.
Weakened Merkel to launch her fourth German government
AFP, Published on 14/03/2018
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, bruised by half a year of post-election coalition haggling, on Wednesday starts her fourth and likely final term at the helm of Europe's biggest economy.