German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and German Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz (L) attend a cabinet meeting at the German chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 19 August 2020. [EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN] German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said Sunday (23 August) that the … Read More
The graph of Spain’s daily coronavirus case count is taking on an emphatic U-shape, with 3,715 new infections in the past 24 hours – joining Germany and France on Wednesday in reporting the most cases since lockdowns helped Europe quash … Read More
It is the quiet before the storm on Brexit. After a three-week summer break, UK and EU negotiators reconvene this week for another round of talks. They have just several weeks to overcome the key obstacles to a deal—disagreements on … Read More
Tunisian Interior and Prime Minister-designate Hichem Mechichi, right, greets Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio at Tunis Carthage airport in Tunis, Monday. (AP) Talks to focus on broader European aid to fight the poverty and joblessness that fuels it TUNIS: … Read More
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s assessment is that a Brexit agreement can be reached with the European Union in September, the UK chief negotiator David Frost said on Thursday ahead of a round of negotiations with his EU counterpart Michel Barnier … Read More
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has blocked individual German states from rescuing migrants from Greek refugee camps. The state governments are up in arms and are considering legal action. Several of Germany’s 16 states are considering banding together to defy the … Read More
BOLOGNA — As monetary and fiscal authorities have acted aggressively to blunt the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic impact, public debt and central-bank balance sheets have swelled rapidly. In the European Union, this trend is compounded by a new 750 billion euros … Read More
Priti Patel and Gerald Darmanin signed an agreement to share intelligence in the fight against migrant traffickers trying to cross the Channel. AFP The British government on Sunday appointed a former Royal Marine to lead efforts to tackle illegal migration in … Read More
Getty Images The European economy has fallen into its worst recession on record as strict quarantine measures earlier in the year to stop the spread of the coronavirus brought economic activity to an abrupt halt. According to figures released on Friday by … Read More
Collage sources: EU Website NEW YORK (IDN) – Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” is a play featuring two characters waiting for a character, Godot, who never arrives. As such, it is a useful metaphor for the goings-on of the European … Read More