Matt Frei
Angela Merkel: fiscal dominatrix and moral standard bearer
Saint Angela became Time Magazine’s person of the year. On migrants, her mantra was: “Wir schaffen das!” (“We can do this!”)
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Turkey and EU agree outline of new migrant deal
Leaders have agreed the broad principles of a deal to tackle the growing migrant crisis.
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Matt Frei
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Migrants: EU leaders discuss closure of Balkan route
EU leaders meeting in Brussels are discussing the closure of the Balkan route migrants and refugees have been using to reach Germany and other European countries.
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Russia denies war crimes in Syria after hospital bombings
Russia rejects Turkish claims is has committed “an obvious war crime” following the deaths of up to 50 people in bombing attacks on hospitals and schools in Syria.
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FactCheck: Is Cameron scaremongering over “UK migrant camps”?
The claim “If we can get this deal in Europe, if we can this renegotiation fixed and we can stay in a reformed Europe, you know what you get… you know that the borders stay in Calais.” David Cameron, 8 February 2016 The background Could the kind of squalid migrant camps we see on the…
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Migrants die as boat sinks off Turkish coast
More than 20 refugees drown while trying to reach Greece, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Turkey to discuss how to respond to the latest migrant surge caused by fighting in Syria.
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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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Angela Merkel: Germany will cut migrant numbers
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will “noticeably reduce” the number of refugees given sanctuary by Germany.
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FactCheck: Donald Trump’s most outrageous claims
Donald Trump may be the most FactChecked presidential candidate in US history. These are his five biggest howlers.
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Donald Trump Muslims comment condemned by all sides
Donald Trump is criticised by the White House, UN and fellow Republicans after saying Muslims should be banned from entering the US.
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How the outcasts of French politics have joined the mainstream
Did the apparent political unity that ensued after the terror attacks represent only affluent Paris rather than the concerns and fears of France as a whole?
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Alex Thomson
Tommy Robinson is back – but what’s changed?
EDL founder Tommy Robinson says he’s launching a new anti-radical Islamic movement in the UK. But policies? Ideas? Not much in evidence at all.
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Lindsey Hilsum
We cover bomb attacks in Beirut too but you show less interest
I’m just back from Paris – exhausted and not a little upset by what I saw and heard. One of the few good things to come out of these bleak few days is the sudden interest in atrocities committed in the Middle East and Africa. Some have criticised us – the media – for unequal coverage of…
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Abdelhamid Abaaoud: the life and crimes of Paris mastermind
The name Abdelhamid Abaaoud will always be synonymous with the deaths of 129 innocent people in the Paris terror attacks, but he had achieved notoriety before then.
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Matt Frei
From #JeSuisCharlie to #JeSuisParis – France’s bloody year
2015 is turning out to be a grim and possibly defining year for France, and for Europe.
