The European Union and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reached a deal Thursday that lays out the terms for the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, but it remains uncertain if the agreement will win support in Britain’s House of Commons.
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Thirty years after the Berlin Wall came crashing down, a wide-ranging survey finds many people in the former Soviet Union bloc happy about the transition to capitalism and multiparty democracy but also saying life in many areas isn’t better and has gotten worse.
Read moreThe unemployment rate across the European Union ticked down a tenth of a point to 6.2% in August, the lowest since the EU statistics office started generating monthly reports in January 2000.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused by European Union officials Wednesday of failing to negotiate seriously and branded the “father of lies” by a lawyer in the U.K. Supreme Court, as his plan to leave the EU in just over six weeks faced hurdles on both sides of the Channel.
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The risk of Britain leaving the European Union without a divorce deal remains “very real,” European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday as EU lawmakers debated the ramifications of a no-deal Brexit.
Read moreThe European Union says no Brexit talks have been scheduled for coming days despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office insisting that meetings would soon begin on a daily basis.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to have his first meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday in search of a longshot Brexit deal.
Read moreGerman Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Tuesday presented a 2020 budget that sticks to the country’s longstanding no-new-debts “black zero” policy, defying speculation in financial markets that Berlin might borrow to fund investments.
Read moreEU leaders criticized U.S. President Donald Trump over his trade threats Saturday at a G7 summit in France overshadowed by trans-Atlantic tensions and worries about the global economy.
Read moreFor much of the year, experts have been warning a global economic slowdown is on the way – with some even using the R-word. Europeans don’t seem worried about recession, with household income and consumption both up in the first quarter of 2019.
Read moreBringing down one data agreement between the European Union and the United States wasn’t enough for privacy enthusiast Max Schrems, who appeared before the European Court of Justice on Tuesday in his nearly 10-year legal battle over Facebook.
Read moreA 31-year-old German woman who captained a ship that rescues refugees at sea was arrested by Italian authorities over the weekend, opening a new chapter in the political and ideological clash over how the European Union should handle immigrants and refugees from Africa and Asia.
Read moreFarmers in the United States use 72 pesticides banned in the European Union, 17 agricultural substances outlawed in China and 11 pesticides no longer allowed in Brazil, the Center for Biological Diversity revealed in research published Thursday.
Read moreThe elections to the European Parliament have never been so hotly anticipated, with many predicting that this year’s ballot which starts Thursday will mark a coming-of-age moment for the euroskeptic far-right movement.
Read more(CN) – European leaders rescued the United Kingdom from crashing out of the European Union on Wednesday night by once
Read moreThe third time was not the charm for British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, with the House of Commons voting down four paths she offered to avoid a messy “crash out” of the European Union in less than two weeks.
Read moreThe logistics of the United Kingdom’s impending divorce from the European Union have been thorny and contentious, leaving the entire process mired in uncertainty. That uncertainty, coupled with the eventual uncoupling from the EU’s customs union, has many British businesses worried about the impact of Brexit on their livelihoods.
Read moreOn the day before the United Kingdom’s divorce from the European Union was supposed to be final, there is still no clear separation plan from the British government.
Read moreBritish Prime Minister Theresa May offered up her job in exchange for her Brexit deal Wednesday, telling colleagues she would quit within weeks if the agreement were passed and Britain left the European Union.
Read moreThe European Commission gave the green light Tuesday to a citizen’s petition seeking a minimum wage for gig economy workers, allowing petition organizers to begin collecting signatures of support.
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