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Europe condemns Trump steel tariffs
President Trump has fired the opening salvoes in a trade war, but the European Union hasn’t quite returned fire yet. While retaliatory tariffs have been proposed, but not so far imposed, the EU Trade Commissioner had firm words, calling the US levies on European steel and aluminium “protectionist” and “illegal”. She wasn’t alone… France’s President Macron…
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Giulia Lagana, Open Society European Policy Institute: ‘Italy is becoming a very racist country’
Giulia Lagana is from a foundation which lobbies the EU on migration rights. She was previously migration adviser to the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and served on the UN Committee for Refugees.
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Italy on the edge of crisis: Should Europe be scared?
Share prices across Europe have slumped over the latest political turmoil in Italy – with more elections expected within months. Attempts by the populist Five Star and League parties to form a governing coalition collapsed after the Italian president rejected the choice of a leading euro-sceptic as economy minister. The technocrat Carlo Cottarelli has…
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Steve Bannon interview on Europe’s far-right and Cambridge Analytica
One man who knows how Donald Trump rolls is Steve Bannon. The former chairman of the hard, right-wing Breitbart News website was appointed by Trump as his chief strategist after helping run the presidential campaign. But while the White House may have broken ties with Steve Bannon he’s still carrying on with the work that…
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Mark Zuckerberg apologises to European Parliament over data scandal
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised again, this time to political leaders in the European Parliament, who faced him with a barrage of questions about the social media network’s use of personal data, before he was given a few minutes to respond. Mr Zuckerberg promised that after the Cambridge Analytica scandal the firm would investigate…
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Boris Johnson attends European talks on Iran
There’s been more international condemnation today of Israel’s security forces killing dozens of protesters on its border with Gaza. Boris Johnson has been meeting his European counterparts in Brussels.
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Tom Tugendhat MP on Trump’s Iran announcement: ‘This is an opportunity for Europe to make a difference’
Tom Tugendhat is Conservative chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
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Hungary: a civil war for the soul of Europe
The Hungarian capital looks as splendid as ever. The tourists are here en masse. But behind the alluring facade there is trouble. The European Parliament today accused the Hungary’s ruling Fidez Party of systematically undermining the rule of law, democracy and minority rights at home. The Hungarian Foreign Minister shot back: all lies. Mind your…
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How businesses that rely on European staff are preparing for Brexit
Keeping a good supply of people willing to work while ending free movement from Europe has been one of the main goals of ministers drawing up the Brexit agreement. The Migration Advisory Committee has taken evidence from businesses, industry bodies and Government departments as part of a major inquiry into how this will be done.…
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May to the EU on nerve agent: “Part of a pattern of Russian aggression against Europe”
Theresa May has arrived at the European Summit in Brussels and given a warning to her fellow EU leaders. She said the Salisbury attack was part of a pattern of Russian agression against Europe. But she hasn’t got unqualified support around the table as some EU leaders have called for Britain to provide more evidence…
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Blizzards and icy temperatures kill 60 across Europe
As many as 60 people have lost their lives in severe weather across Europe, where heavy blizzards and icy temperatures have cut off roads and forced hundreds of rail services and flights to be cancelled. Poland and Ukraine were hit by heavy snowstorms – and the Siberian conditions spread as far south as Italy, from…
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“It’s important we are respected”: Ireland’s Minister for European Affairs
Helen McEntee, Ireland’s Minister for European Affairs on the negotiations over the Northern Ireland border.
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Davis tries to reassure Tory Euro-sceptics over Brexit
The Chancellor Philip Hammond has risked stirring up more Tory divisions over Brexit by suggesting the UK should seek a “middle way” in the negotiations. Yesterday he earned a rebuke from Downing Street after saying changes in relations between Britain and the EU could be “very modest”. But in a speech in Middlesbrough, the Brexit…
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Politico Europe’s Ryan Heath: ‘People can’t decide if they want to have selfie with Trump or to boo him’
Ryan Heath has been following the World Economic Forum daily for Politico Europe
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Severe gales and snow batter Britain and continental Europe
Severe gales have proved fatal as stormy weather battered Britain and continental Europe. Three people died in the Netherlands as gusts of over 80 miles per hour toppled trees, blew over lorries and ripped off rooves. Here in Britain, fallen trees blocked railway lines and roads and thousands of homes and businesses were left without…