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Martin Selmayr’s ruthless rise
The top EU official was handed his job by illegal means. Martin Selmayr is one of the most powerful officials in the EU today, and yet nobody voted for him and most people have likely never heard of him. Now the European Ombudsman has found that Selmayr broke the law ‘in letter and spirit’ and ‘did not…
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 8 March 2019
Greetings from Tyler, It is Friday afternoon and as we’ve learned, big news often drops sometime in the evening. There will probably be something that should have been addressed in the update, but was intentionally kept until the evening for whatever strategic reason. That may be the case, but there’s no shortage of matters…
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Britain May Never Leave EU If Brexit Deal Rejected, Says Theresa May
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday called on the European Union for “one more push” to strike a Brexit compromise deal. British MPs will vote on Tuesday on whether to accept Theresa May’s Brexit deal. (File) Prime Minister Theresa May today called on the European Union for “one more push” to strike a Brexit…
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May Makes Last-Ditch Plea to EU to Help Break Brexit Impasse
–EU makes new offer that doesn’t deliver what U.K. demanded –May needs new concessions to convince Parliament by Tuesday U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday will tell the European Union that the outcome of a historic vote on her Brexit deal next week is in its hands, as signs emerged that the two sides…
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Theresa May tells EU it ‘has to make a choice’ in few days before MPs’ Brexit vote
The PM will insist she remains determined to secure legally-binding changes to her deal – despite few signs of progress. Theresa May will tell the EU it ‘has to make a choice too’ Theresa May will tell the EU it “has to make a choice” on Brexit as she continues a last-ditch effort to win…
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Germany: Domestically strong
German unemployment dropped by 32,900 in February (not seasonally adjusted), bringing the total number of unemployed down to 2.373 million, the lowest February reading since reunification. In seasonally-adjusted terms, unemployment dropped by 2,000, leaving the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate unchanged at 5.0%. The number of vacancies increased for the first time since September last year and…
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Brexit: UK Parliament to decide between ‘no deal’ and delay
UK lawmakers have voiced their support for a three-step plan that could allow them to delay the UK’s departure from the EU. MPs rejected an alternative plan that had been proposed by the opposition Labour Party. UK lawmakers have backed a plan by Prime Minister Theresa May that could result in a delay to the…
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‘Brexit is a SYMPTOM!’ Yanis Varoufakis warns European Union ‘DISINTEGRATION’ is coming
YANIS Varoufakis has warned top Eurocrats Brexi is “a symptom of the disintegration of the European Union” as he laid into Brussels for “underestimating” the risk Britain leaving could pose to the Eurozone. The former Greek Finance Minister warned the European Union is to embark on a path of “great decline” after Britain officially leaves the bloc…
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Germany and France will tell Irish to ‘move aside’ for EU Brexit deal, says Ian Paisley
Mr Paisley said the EU could sideline the Irish Government to reach a deal with the UK (Brian Lawless/PA) DUP MP Ian Paisley has said the EU will tell the Irish Government to ‘move aside’ in order to secure a Brexit deal. The North Antrim representative made the prediction as Theresa May continues her negotiations…
