Madrid poised to make move on Catalonia
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As Germany and Spain prove, history – with all its wounds – is not over
Hitler meets Francp in 1940, in Hendaye on the French-Spanish border. ‘Germany and Spain today find themselves confronted by ghosts of the past.’ Photograph: KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images History is back in Europe. The Catalan referendum and the German election illustrate this spectacularly. The … Read More
EU must condemn Catalonia violence! Farage rages at Brussels silence after chaos in Spain
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NIGEL Farage has claimed the European Union is starting to “resemble the old Soviet Union” after refusing to condemn the violence by Spanish police that left more than 850 people injured amid unrest at the Catalan independence referendum. Spanish police … Read More
Britons ‘don’t know what they want’: Spanish minister blasts Brexit amid Gibraltar row
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SPAIN’S former foreign minister launched a scathing attack on the UK claiming Britons “don’t know what they want” over Brexit. Marcelino Oreja is renowned as being one of the most committed experts on the European Union, having been on one … Read More
Muslim Refugee Terror Attacks Surge in Europe
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A knife-wielding man has been shot dead in the center of Brussels after authorities said he attacked a group of soldiers. The prosecutor’s office confirmed the soldiers shot and killed the man in the Belgian capital. The incident is being … Read More
At least 13 dead, 100 injured in Barcelona van attack
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(CNN)At least 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a van rammed through crowds in the heart of Barcelona on Thursday in what the Spanish Prime Minister described as a barbaric act of terror. Eyewitnesses reported scenes … Read More
Europe’s migrant crisis isn’t going away, but it is changing
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(CNN)Much has changed since the height of the refugee crisis that gripped Europe in the summer of 2015. Since the shocking images of drowned Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi went viral, the crisis has largely been out of international headlines. But … Read More