Berlin, Paris falter in push for EU integration

Illustration: Liu Rui/GT French President Emmanuel Macron won the election last May mainly because he vowed to “defend France, defend Europe, and strengthen links between Europe and its people.” Since he took power, he has expounded on how to reshape Europe and … Read More

EU’S BREXIT WARNING: Merkel and Macron could push Europe into financial disaster

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REUTERS Brexit warning: Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel could harm Europe Over the next few months as the second phase of Brexit negotiations begin, the European Union will fight tooth and nail over how the UK should leave the Brussels bloc. Although many in … Read More

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim protests over

(CNN)The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that a string of anti-government protests were over after six days of unrest. In comments to the semiofficial Fars news agency, Mohammad Ali Jafari said that only 15,000 people had turned out … Read More

Germany’s Angela Merkel declares Europe top priority for new govt

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Agence France-Presse Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell Germans that European cooperation is “the decisive question of the coming years” in a New Year’s Eve broadcast Sunday, as her conservatives eye tricky coalition talks. Merkel will say that “27 states in … Read More

Brussels is in big trouble: Brexit is the least of Europe’s problems

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When their spaceship first landed on Planet Earth, the Alien Leader chose Brussels. The Alien Guidebook claimed that Europe was a very rich continent where developed countries tried to stop wars by ending aggressive nationalism. Europeans had come together in … Read More

Germany MUST get behind EU reform of sprawling bloc or it will fail says German minister

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ANGELA Merkel’s Germany must lead the movement to reform the European Union or watch it fail, a leading German politician said today. Merkel: We hope to be ready to initiate phase two by December Former foreign minister Joschka Fischer said … Read More

Can Africa thwart the next great migration crisis? European leaders hope so

Under a new system, African leaders have agreed to register ‘vulnerable’ would-be migrants before they can seek asylum in Europe. More than 1.5 million migrants have surged into Europe since 2015. Now European leaders and their African counterparts are working … Read More

FT: Ukraine crisis will ‘cripple’ Russia-U.S. relations, envoy warns

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U.S.-Russian relations will be “crippled” unless a solution is found to the Ukraine crisis, the newly appointed U.S. envoy on the country has warned, dashing any hopes Moscow may still harbor for rapprochement under Donald Trump’s presidency, according to the … Read More

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