Gary Gibbon
EU – Brexit down agenda again, Putin at top
The main agenda for today’s European Council meeting is a reminder of the many fronts on which the EU is threatened at the moment.
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FactCheck Q&A: does Macron’s victory mark the death of right-wing populism?
Macron’s French presidency win has been hailed as a victory against the “populist revolution”. FactCheck takes a closer look.
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Gary Gibbon
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Paris remembers, one year on
President François Hollande has marked the first anniversary of the terror attacks of 2015 by unveiling plaques commemorating the 130 victims. And the state of emergency imposed since then looks likely to be extended.
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Gary Gibbon
Theresa May gets 15 minutes on Brexit
President Hollande gave the sharpest words of the day on Brexit. The French President said: ” I have said it very clearly; Madame Theresa May wants a hard Brexit, then talks will be hard too.”
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Gary Gibbon
G20 summit: can the UK stay relevant?
Can Britain maintain the relevance Mrs May seeks outside the EU?
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Gary Gibbon
‘Brexit means Brexit’ – but what happens next?
Tomorrow, the Cabinet gathers at Chequers. Ministers were given summer homework to come up with how Brexit presents opportunities for their ministries.
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UK gives up European Council presidency
Prime Minister Theresa May says the UK will not take on the European Council presidency next year after voting to leave the EU.
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Nice lorry attack: dozens killed on Bastille Day
At least 84 people, including children, are killed after a man drives a lorry through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, in what the French authorities are calling a terror attack.
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Brussels terror raid: manhunt launched
A manhunt is launched for two suspects after four officers are wounded in an anti-terror raid in Brussels linked to the Paris attacks.
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EDF finance chief quits over Hinkley nuclear project
A senior EDF Energy executive resigns over the company’s plans to build the first new nuclear power station in Britain for 25 years.
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EU talks: ‘a lot still to be done’ says Tusk
European Council President Donald Tusk said there has been “some progress” on the first day of talks at the Brussels summit, but “a lot still remains to be done”.
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Paul Mason
The great global slowdown: what’s next?
If you have a pension, or a string of ISAs, then you are watching – for the second time in a decade – your wealth destroyed. European stock markets are now 20 per cent off their peak in the middle of last year.
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The rise of the French far-right
The tide of migration — and with it, unemployment and fear of terrorism — has fuelled the rise of the far-right in Europe, like the Front National in France. The country has 600,000 more people out of work since President Hollande took power.
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Paris attack: knife-wielding man shot dead by police
A man carrying a knife has been shot dead by officers in Paris after trying to get into a police station on the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
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Cheers and hugs in Paris as world signs up to climate deal
Almost every country in the world has signed up to the “historic” agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.
