All posts tagged "European Union"

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  What the UK Supreme Court Ruling Means for Brexit

  LONDON — Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that parliamentary approval is needed before the government can start the process of taking Britain out of the European Union. The decision is a setback for Prime Minister Theresa May’s...

  • Posted January 24, 2017
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  European nationalists flaunt strength, buoyed by Trump win

  "We are fighting against a European Union that wants to squash us, that wants to eat us all in the same sauce"

  • Posted January 21, 2017
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  UK’s May signals clean break with EU: No partial membership

  LONDON – More than six months after Britain voted to leave the European Union, British Prime Minister Theresa May finally spelled out what it means: The U.K. will make a clean break from the EU and leave...

  • Posted January 17, 2017
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  Defiant EU Nations Ready Themselves for Trump Presidency

  BRUSSELS – European Union nations bracing for the looming Donald Trump presidency showed defiance Monday in the face of the president-elect’s stinging comments on everything from NATO and German cars to the crumbling of the EU itself. German...

  • Posted January 16, 2017
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  Treasury chief says UK to adapt if barred from EU market

  The UK's economy may be forced to change without access to the single market

  • Posted January 15, 2017
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  Soft is Out! Putin, Trump Force EU to Harden its Defense

  PABRADE, Lithuania – Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite gazed imperiously over snow-covered woodlands, the stage for NATO’s “Iron Sword” exercise. One of the European Union’s toughest leaders – and a karate black belt to boot – she knows...

  • Posted December 27, 2016
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  Czech president links Europe attacks to Muslim migrants

  Zeman denounced the "migration wave", lashing out against "placing Muslim, hardly compatible migrants on our territory"

  • Posted December 26, 2016
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  After Berlin attack, Europe weighs freedom against security

  Nationalists argue that extremist violence is too high a price to pay for the freedom to travel

  • Posted December 24, 2016
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  EU’s Tusk, Poland’s PM differ on nation’s democracy

  They made separate comments on the rising political tension between Poland's conservative gov't and the pro-EU opposition

  • Posted December 17, 2016
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  EU, Cuba sign cooperation pact, vow Trump will not hurt ties

  BRUSSELS — The European Union and Cuba signed a first-ever agreement on closer ties on Monday, and vowed that the arrival in office of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump would not impact on their future relations. “This is...

  • Posted December 12, 2016