AFP/GETTY IMAGES – The British Parliament voted against a Brexit plan supported by Prime Mininster Theresa May. LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday suffered a humiliating defeat over her plan to withdraw Britain from the European Union, thrusting the country further into political chaos with only 10 weeks to go until it is…
Theresa May’s Brexit plans have received a major setback after she suffered a second damaging Commons defeat within 24 hours. MPs backed an amendment demanding the Government return within three sitting days with a new plan if it is defeated in next week’s crunch vote on the British Prime Minister’s Brexit deal. The House voted…
The sun sets over the River Main in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) – Michael Probst BERLIN — European politics just now is a story of how one decision by a pastor’s dutiful daughter has made life miserable for a vicar’s dutiful daughter. Two of the world’s most important conservative parties are…
LONDON (Reuters) – More Britons want to remain a member of the European Union than leave, according to a survey published on Sunday which also showed voters want to make the final decision themselves. Britain is due leave the EU on March 29, but Prime Minister Theresa May is struggling to get her exit deal…
The EU is set for a makeover in 2019, but familiar problems — populism, trade disputes, migration and budget deficits — continue to weigh on the bloc. DW’s Bernd Riegert takes a look at what to expect this year. French EU campaign poster reading ‘This time, I’ll register to vote’ The European Union has had…
European countries must continue to pool and share their sovereignty if they want to shape global affairs, writes Jean-Claude Juncker. A migrant child is helped from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue vessel to disembark in the port of Crinavis in Algeciras, Spain, last week. In 2016, Europe offered asylum to three times as many…
Germany has pledged to spend increasingly more of its budget on its military – Getty images Seven years after Germany scrapped conscription, its defence chief has said employing EU citizens is “an option” to fill expert posts. Army general inspector Eberhard Zorn said the forces had to “look in all directions in times of a…
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and US soldiers patrol the Kurdish-held town of Al-Darbasiyah in northeastern Syria bordering Turkey on November 4, 2018 Delil SOULEIMAN (AFP/File) Turkey has announced a new operation will be launched in Syria within days against a US-backed Kurdish militia The United States responded to Turkey’s announcement that a military…
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