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 … Read More

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 … Read More

Column: A disgraceful display of excuses by Pope Francis

posted in: Breaking News, News

Pope Francis arrives during the opening of a global child protection summit day 2 for reflections on the sex abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, at the Vatican, 21 February 2019.ANSA/GIUSEPPE LAMI Washington Pope Francis’ closing address to the Vatican … Read More

Brexit: UK Parliament to decide between ‘no deal’ and delay

posted in: European Union, News

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 … Read More

Fortress Europe? Protectionism and populism raise political risk in the European Union

posted in: Germany, News

Is Europe starting to close its doors to foreign competitors? Recent calls to establish “European Champions” in the wake of the U.S.-led trade wars and an attempt to invigorate flagging economies suggest that Europe is starting to pull up the … Read More

Pope Francis Ends Landmark Sex Abuse Meeting With Strong Words, but Few Actions

In a speech after a Mass at the Vatican on Sunday, Pope Francis said that “even a single case of abuse” must be met “with the utmost seriousness.”  CreditCreditGiuseppe Lami/ANSA, via Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis ended a landmark Vatican … Read More

‘Brexit is a SYMPTOM!’ Yanis Varoufakis warns European Union ‘DISINTEGRATION’ is coming

posted in: European Union, News

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 … Read More

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