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  • 18 Jan 2018

    Brexit talks: May and Macron do lunch

    The skies opened and thunder could be heard as Mrs May and President Macron went into Sandhurst to begin their talks and a rainbow was visible in the sky.

  • 15 Dec 2017

    As the European Council ended, there was snippy language from some EU27 leaders about the need for the UK Government to get on with making its mind up about where it wants to go with the future relationship with the EU post-Brexit. But there was also guidance that the EU is ready to start exploratory…

  • 20 Nov 2017

    There’s more political upheaval in Germany, where talks on forming a coalition government have collapsed. Germany’s president has appealed to party leaders to reconsider after the Free Democrats walked out late last night, saying there was “no basis of trust”. Chancellor Angela Merkel said tonight that fresh elections would be the best option if the talks can’t be rescued.

  • 20 Oct 2017

    Warmer words intended to bolster May as she returns to Westminster

    Many here in Brussels are under no illusions how difficult it could be for Theresa May to deliver what they are asking for.

  • 19 Oct 2017

    EU summit dinner: rogue states on the menu

    There’s a bit of diplomatic Jenga going on at this summit. Angela Merkel and others want to extract money, tens of billions of it, from the UK, ideally without toppling Theresa May. So you see tough language from Mark Rutte, head of the newly formed government in the Netherlands, a traditional British ally, spelling out…

  • 19 Oct 2017

    What does Theresa May actually want?

    Theresa May comes into this summit deeply disappointed at the EU’s lack of haste in talks and its stubborn refusal to move on from discussing exit terms to trade talks. But imagine this. Theresa May is sitting in the dinner tonight and when her moment comes to address the other EU leaders makes a compelling…

  • 24 Jul 2017
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    Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday that a Labour government would leave the single market because remaining in it is ‘dependent on membership of the EU’. Commentators have been quick to point out that there are four countries in the single market that are not members of the EU. But is there more going on here…

  • 19 Jun 2017
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    361 days ago, Britain went to the ballot box to decide whether we should be the first member state to leave the European Union. 52 per cent of those that turned up chose to leave. Today is the first official day of divorce proceedings, after 44 years of rocky marriage. And like any break-up, it’ll…

  • 8 May 2017
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    Macron’s French presidency win has been hailed as a victory against the “populist revolution”. FactCheck takes a closer look.

  • 16 Mar 2017

    The ‘Patriotic Spring’ promised by the Dutch anti-immigrant firebrand, Geert Wilders, has failed to flower, as the Netherlands handed election victory to the party of sitting Prime Minister Mark Rutte. He will now try to form a ruling coalition. European leaders applauded the result, led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who called it ‘a good…

  • 2 Mar 2017
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    Mr Farage is wrong to suggest that most people who claim to be refugees are really found to be economic migrants.

  • 27 Jan 2017

    Tomorrow, Mr Trump will be speaking by phone with Angela Merkel and the Russian leader Vladmir Putin.

  • 20 Dec 2016

    It didn’t take long after last night’s attack for the backlash to begin: a clamour of protests about Angela Merkel’s open-door policy towards migrants and refugees.This has, after all, been a year when the fear of terror attacks has haunted Europe, a year which has also seen the rise of the populist right.

  • 15 Dec 2016

    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.

  • 17 Nov 2016

    It’s his “farewell tour” of Europe. But Barack Obama was keen to use his last appearance alongside the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to put down a marker for his successor, warning Donald Trump to be ready to stand up to Russia if needed. Speaking in Berlin, the President said that Mrs Merkel had been his…

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